How a Bag of Flour Taught Me About Dyslexia

March 16, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Dyslexia, Eastern Coachella Valley, Join Coachella Unincorporated, learning disorders, reading

MARIA GARCIA / Coachella Unincorporated When I started looking around my house for a bag of flour, my mother asked me what I planed on baking.

Uncle Sam Wants DACA Recipients to Avoid Tax Scams

March 13, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: ACA, Affordable Care Act, DACA, IRS, Medi-Cal, National Immigration Law Center, taxes

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Mar 12, 2015 Pictured above: DACA recipient Ana Alcantara, 22, was misinformed by her tax preparer and ended up paying an unnecessary penalty.

Diversifying Environmental Movement Key to Tackling Climate Change

March 10, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: climate change, environment, Green 2.0, New America Media, NGO, Sierra Club, The Raben Group, University of Michigan

By Seung Lee, New America Media Over 200 environmentalists, philanthropists, and journalists convened last week at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco at an event hosted by Green 2.0 (an initiative of The Raben Group) and New America Media to discuss an issue that’s become increasing urgent in effectively addressing climate change – the lack of diversity in the mainstream environmental movement.

Indigenous Leaders Call for Driving Test in Their Own Language

February 5, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated

La Opinión, News Report, Araceli Martínez Ortega, Translated by Elena Shore, Posted: Jan 28, 2015 Lea en español Leaders of the Mixtec community of Oxnard, Calif.

Agua 4 All Campaign Launches in the Eastern Coachella Valley

January 29, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Agua4All, Building Healthy Communities, clean water, Eastern Coachella Valley, Pueblo Unido CDC, Rural Communities Assistance corporation, San Jose Community Center, The califnornia endowment

AMBER AMAYA/ Coachella Unincorporated THERMAL, Calif. — Agua 4 All, a pilot project that aims to bring clean drinking water to rural communities across California, launched Wednesday at the San Jose Community Center in Thermal, Calif.

Son Jarocho Takes Root in East Valley

January 26, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: culture, Eastern Coachella Valley, Fandango, jarana, music, Rancho La Boquilla, Son Jarocho, tarima, thermal, Veracruz, zapateado

JOHNNY FLORES / Coachella Uninc. Brightly colored papel picados are strung around the courtyard at the Rancho La Boquilla in Thermal, Calif.