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The HUE Looking for Local Acts

February 26, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Esperanza Navarro, Johnny Flores, MULA, The Hue

JOHNNY FLORES, JR/Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. — Calling all performers! The HUE Music and Arts Festival wants your talents for its the third annual family-friendly event Saturday, April 6, 2013.

Coachella Uninc: New Office Space at Raices

February 11, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Johnny Flores, raices, Tony Aguilar

By TONY E. AGUILAR/Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. — It’s been nearly two years since the youth journalists of Coachella Unincorporated began covering the Eastern Coachella Valley.

#DREAMBRAVE Summit Inspires Youth to Create Change

January 28, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: #DREAMBRAVE, Alejandra Alarcon, born this way foundation, Building Healthy Communities, Dream Brave Summit, Eastern Coachella Valley, Lada Gaga, Lady Gaga Foundation, Martin Luther King

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ulbmi6HDmA&list=UUAdFRk2kWuxdCfDtOJGrpyw&index=1[/youtube] By ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Unincorporated LOS ANGELES, Calif. — It was no coincidence that Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation hosted its statewide #DREAMBRAVE Youth Summit on Martin Luther King, Jr.

VIDEO: California Teens Respond to Newtown Tragedy

December 21, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Demand a Plan, Dr. Robert K. Ross, Health Happens Here, the california endowment

[youtube]http://youtu.be/VTfpVlaZjvU[/youtube] Young people call for a “real plan” that goes beyond gun control and doesn’t turn schools into fortresses LOS ANGELES, Calif.

2012 Newsmaker: Elizabeth Toledo

December 19, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Coachella Unincorporated, coachella valley unified school district, Eastern Coachella Valley, Elizabeth Toledo, Fatima Ramirez, Planned Parenthood, Riverside County Board of Education, Roy Wilson

As the year comes to an end, Coachella Unincorporated is featuring some of the people who made a positive impact on the Eastern Coachella Valley in 2012.

California’s Pickiest Eaters Grade New School Lunches

October 24, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, California, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Fatima Ramirez, Jacob Simas, New America Media, New York Times, Olive Crest Academy, school lunch, the california endowment, Youth reporters

By Jacob Simas and Youth Reporters, New America Media Two months into a new school year that saw stricter federal nutrition guidelines go into effect for school meals, youth reporters from New America Media fanned out in high schools across California to interview their peers and check out the view from the lunch line.

Raices Cultura Invites Community to Dia de los Muertos Celebration

October 23, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, Building Healthy Communities, Centro Martin Ortiz, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, Eastern Coachella Valley, Esperanza Navarro, jocelyn vargas, Johnny Flores, raices, Raices Cultura

By Johnny Flores, Jr., Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. – Eastern Coachella Valley residents will celebrate the Mexican tradition of honoring the dead at Raices Cultura’s Seventh Annual Dia de los Muertos on October 27, from 6 to 9 p.m.,

Certified Farmers’ Market Returns to Downtown Coachella

October 19, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Certified Farmers’ Market, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, farmer's market, Kaiser Permanente, Palm Springs Cultural Center’s Certified Farmers’ Market, Paul Palodichuk, Rabobank, the california endowment, Wholesome Wave

COACHELLA, Calif. — Fresh, locally-grown fruits and vegetables are coming back to downtown Coachella, starting this coming Saturday, October 20, when the Palm Springs Cultural Center’s Certified Farmers’ Market returns for its 2012/13 season.

VIDEO: Rural Forum on Sustainable Communities

October 8, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, desert mirage high school, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, Pueblo Unido, Pueblo Unido CDC, Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation, Rural Forum on Sustainable Communities

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1U5Vz_c6XE[/youtube] PHOTOS: Ivan Delgado/Coachella Unincorporated THERMAL, Calif. — Eastern Coachella Valley residents, leaders, organizations, and officials gathered on October 4 to discuss key issues surrounding their rural community at the Rural Forum on Sustainable Communities.