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Forum to Address Key Issues in Rural Communities

October 3, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, Bea Main Learning Center, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, community organizer, desert mirage high school, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, Pueblo Unido, Pueblo Unido CDC, Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation, Rodolfo Pinon, Rural Forum on Sustainable Communities, San Jose Community, San Jose Community and Bea Main Learning Center, Sergio Carranza, sustainable communities, thermal

By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated THERMAL, Calif. – Eastern Coachella Valley residents, leaders, organizations, and officials will gather tomorrow to discuss key issues surrounding their rural community at the Rural Forum on Sustainable Communities.

City’s General Plan Moves Closer to Update

September 27, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, community, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Garcia, Fiesta de la Salud, General Plan, General Plan Update, Johnny Flores, Luis Lopez, Matt Burris, Raimi and Associates, the california endowment

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0H5xCVdl9M&feature=plcp[/youtube] By Johnny Flores, Jr., Coachella Unincorporated Coachella, Calif. – Last week’s third Fiesta de la Salud moved the city of Coachella closer to completing the long overdue update of its general plan, which will be the first in the Coachella Valley to include a community health element.

Disaster Relief for Eastern Coachella Valley Communities

September 26, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: American Red Cross, Building Healthy Communities, Catholic Charities, Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Duroville, Eastern Coachella Valley, Imperial County, Lideres Campesinas, Margarita Luna, Mecca, North Shore, Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation, Riverside County, Rodolfo Pinon, the california endowment, thermal

Foundations band together and leverage resources to respond to community health and safety needs; Severe weather event highlights the desperate need for safe, affordable housing in the region Coachella, Calif.

Changing Lives A World Away

September 21, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Esperanza Navarro, Indio High School, Interact Club, Kimberly Miranda, Malawi, Mali, New America Media, Peanut Butter Project, Philippines, Rotary, Rotary International, Severe Acute Malnutrition, Sierra Leone, Somalia

By Kimberly Miranda, Coachella Unincorporated A few years ago, my friends and I decided to help nourish children in Africa – and we were able to do so without leaving the Eastern Coachella Valley.

Community Rallies to Help Residents of Flooded Trailer Parks

September 13, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, Bonita Kelsey, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella Unincorporated, Coca Cola, desert mirage high school, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Duroville, Duroville Flood, Eastern Coachella Valley, flood, Las Palmitas Elementary, Mecca, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Sean Kelsey, Sister Teresita, St. Anthony's trailer park, Supervisor John J. Benoit, Teresita Navarro, thermal, Tom Foley, xavier college prep

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRshAplxhiQ[/youtube] By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated MECCA, Calif. – Instead of working with children in Duroville’s after-school program as she usually does, Sister Teresita Navarro spent Tuesday evening knocking on doors at the trailer park to check on the well being of the families that live there.

Green Space: A Community Changing its Urban Landscape

August 7, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alejandra Alarcon, antonio ruiz, Bay Area Video Coalition, Berkeley Studies Media Group, boyle heights beat, brenda rincon, Building Healthy Communities, city heights, Coachella Unincorporated, green space, healthy neighborhoods, Jessica Perez, Kris Rivera, Media Arts Center San Diego, New America Media, patricia johnson, Rico Blevins, San Diego, san diego media bootcamp, san diego union tribune, South Kern Sol, the california endowment, Voices of San Diego, Voicewaves, Youth Advocacy Boot Camp

[youtube]http://youtu.be/TPtyG4CAJqs[/youtube] 2012 YOUTH MEDIA BOOT CAMP: SAN DIEGO In July 2012 the Media Arts Center San Diego, with funding from The California Endowment, hosted a three-day boot camp to train Southern California youth journalists how to effectively tell individual stories within a community context.