A Safe Space for Community at San Antonio del Desierto mobile home park

March 24, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Building Healthy Communities, Eastern Coachella Valley, Jessica Bremner, Karla Martinez, Kounkuey Design Initiative, Maria Garcia, Mecca, Pueblo Unido CDC, San Antonio del Desierto, Silvia Paz, St. Anthony Mobile Home Park, the california endowment

  MARIA GARCIA, KARLA MARTINEZ and BRENDA RINCON/Coachella Uninc   MECCA — The children of the San Antonio del Desierto no longer have to worry about getting hurt while they play because a safe playground has replaced the rocky dirt patch at the center of their mobile home park.

Coachella Valley Filmmaker Christian Sesma is “Living the Dream”

March 14, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Christian Sesma, Coachella, Coachella Valley filmmakers, Danny Trejo, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Garcia, Jason Mewes, Johnny Flores, latino filmmakers, The Night Crew

    JOHNNY FLORES JR/Coachella Uninc   COACHELLA — When Christian Sesma graduated from San Diego State University in 2003, he had no idea where his bachelor of arts degree in anthropology would take him.

Why Won’t My Friend Leave her Abusive Boyfriend?

March 11, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: domestic violence, Eastern Coachella Valley, Karla Martinez, Love is Respect, loveisrespect, teen dating violence

    KARLA MARTINEZ/Coachella Uninc   When I spotted a bruise on my friend “Anna,” I didn’t need to ask her how it got there.

Esperanza Center Offers Free After School Fun and Learning

March 7, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, Environmental Youth Alliance, Esperanza Center, Esperanza Youth and Family Center, Karla Martinez, tutoring, volunteer opportunity

  KARLA MARTINEZ/Coachella Uninc   COACHELLA — Tutoring, making new friends, and helping the environment are just a few of the reasons that students come to Esperanza Youth and Family Center (EYFC) every day after school.

Assemblymember Perez Joins Student Effort to Save Red Legged Frog

February 25, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AB 2364, Assemblymember Frank Bigelow, Assemblymember Manuel Perez, Calaveras County, California red-legged frog, Dr. Kerry Kriger, Eastern Coachella Valley, Ivan Valenzuela, Salton City, Save the Frogs, Sea View Elementary, State Assemblyman V. Manuel Perez, Timothy Steele, Virginia Haddad

  IVAN VALENZUELA/Coachella Uninc   SALTON CITY, Calif. – Assemblymember V. Manuel Pérez has joined the Sea View Elementary School student effort to save the California red-legged frog with the introduction of Assembly Bill 2364, which would establish this endangered frog as the official state amphibian.