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Youth Reporter Attends Prep School in Search of Opportunity

September 4, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, Johnny Flores, New America Media, OLPH, opportunity, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Palm Desert, Xavier, xavier college prep, Xavier College Preparatory High School, youth journalism

By Johnny Flores, Jr. Coachella Unincorporated A year ago, I was feeling anxious, nervous, and scared.

Mecca Youth’s Journey from Fields to Starbucks

August 29, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Advancement Via Individual Determination, Alejandro Ortega, Alma Silva, AVID, Boys and Girls Club, Coachella Unincorporated, community, desert mirage high school, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, Mecca, Mecca Boys and Girls Club, Mecca Starbucks, Starbucks, thermal, Tony Aguilar, youth employment

By Tony Aguilar,  Coachella Unincorporated MECCA, Calif. — This summer was unlike any other for 17-year-old Alejandro Ortega.

EPA Visit a Good Start, but Not Enough for Mecca

August 24, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Amy Miller, Becky Ross, brenda rincon, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Comité Cívico del Valle, Consolidated Tire Recyclers, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eastern Coachella Valley Environmental Justice Taskforce, Eduardo Guevara, environmental justice, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, First Nation Recovery, IVAN, IVAN Coachella, Johnny Flores, Kathleen Johnson, Luis Olmedo, Mecca, Promotores Comunitarios del Desierto, Western Environmental

By Johnny Flores, Jr., and Brenda R. Rincón Coachella Unincorporated MECCA, Calif. — Two dump sites.

Assemblymember Pérez Inspires Young Reporters to Push Envelope

August 14, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: assemblymember victor manuel perez, aurora saldivar, Boys and Men of Color, brenda rincon, California Agriculture and Service Worker Act, california state assembly, California State Assembly Select Committee Status of Boys and Men of Color, casa, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley High School, coachella valley unified school district, college of the desert, CVUSD, Eastern Coachella Valley, Harvard, harvard university, ivan delgado, Johnny Flores, MECha, Tony Aguilar, Unión Estudiantil de la Raza, University of California Riverside

By Brenda R. Rincón, Coachella Unincorporated INDIO, Calif. – A large poster hangs above Victor Manuel Pérez’s desk at his district headquarters, with the words “This is our moment, this is our time” etched atop a pensive Barack Obama.

Park Expansion to Offer Much Needed Rec Area for Youth

August 10, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Bagdouma Park, bagdouma park expansion, c.s. legacy construction, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, coachella valley unified school district, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Garcia, Johnny Flores, jonathan hoy, maria machuca, Mayor, parks and recreation, rancho las flores park, soccer month

By Johnny Flores, Jr. Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. – In this Eastern Coachella Valley city with over 2,000 registered soccer players there are only three regulation-size soccer fields.

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.

Residents’ Help Needed to Curb Costly Problem

August 3, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: budget, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Garcia, graffiti, graffiti abatement, graffiti hotline, Johnny Flores, maritza martinez, Mayor Eduardo Garcia, tagging, vandalism

By Johnny Flores, Jr. Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif, — In the 2011-12 fiscal year, the City of Coachella budgeted $91,372 to combat the costly problem of graffiti or “tagging,” as it commonly known.

Digging In: One Neighborhood’s Issues and Solutions

July 31, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, casas saludables, Christian Rozier, city heights, Coachella Unincorporated, Dasire'e P-Norman, housing, ivan delgado, juan ramirez, land use, little saigon foundation, media arts center, patricia johnson, remedy garden, rich maccurren, san diego media boot camp, speak city heights, susan nguyen, the california endowment, virginia angelo, Voicewaves, walk san diego

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Coachella Kicks Off New Sidewalk Project

July 27, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alejandra Alarcon, arturo guzman, Building Healthy Communities, cbdg, Coachella, coachella cbdg, Coachella Unincorporated, community block development grant, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Garcia, sidewalk project, sidewalks

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