The Hue Music and Arts Festival Highlights Local Musicians

April 30, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: bhc, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, the hue festival, The Hue Music Arts Festival

BRYAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Now in its fourth year, The Hue Music and Arts Festival has grown to become a highly anticipated event featuring local musicians and artists.

Students Raise Questions About CV Link Development

April 29, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, CV Link, CVAG, LUPA

  Editor’s Note: Last week, students from the Land Use Planning Awareness (LUPA) project and Coachella Unincorporated student reporters held a discussion about the CV Link project, a proposed 50-mile active transportation trail that would stretch from Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs to Coachella, at NOVA Academy in Coachella.

Governor Brown Orders Mandatory Water Reductions

April 13, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, drought, Governor Jerry Brown, water reductions, youth journalism

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Local Youth Share Their Concerns About CV Link Access Point

April 6, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, CVLink, Eastern Coachella Valley, LUPA Project, NOVA Academy, Riverside County

Editor’s Note: The following video was produced in partnership with the Land Use Planning Awareness team, a community capacity building project designed to empower communities across the eastern Coachella Valley.

Remembering Cesar Chavez and Raising the Next Generation of Organizers

March 31, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley High School, college of the desert, Eastern Coachella Valley, farmworker rights, farmworkers, Indio, MECha, New America Media, UFW, United Farm Workers, youth journalism

AMBER AMAYA and CHRISTIAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Pins from a United Farm Workers of America Convention were scattered across a long table covered in a bright red banner.

Lideres Campesinas: Fighting for Farmworker Women

March 28, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, farmworker women, farmworkers, Lideres Campesinas

AMBER AMAYA / Coachella Unincorporated  Editor’s Note: For the past 27 years, Lideres Campesinas, a nonprofit organization based in Oxnard, Calif.,

East Valley Residents Give Obama’s Immigration Order Mixed Reviews

November 26, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Amber Amaya, Beaman Law, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, immigration, immigration reform, Obama, president obama, San Jose Community Center, thermal, U.S. Immigration

  AMBER AMAYA/ Coachella Uninc. THERMAL — A crowd of 30 eastern Coachella Valley residents gathered at the San Jose Community Center last Thursday night where they watched President Obama, on Spanish-language television, make his long awaited immigration announcement.

Q&A: Why Prop 47 Matters in the East Valley

October 31, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, New America Media, Prop 47

Coachella, Calif. — Allex Luna, a community organizer for Inland Congregations United for Change, has worked with local youth and families for several years.

Rethinking Our Drinks: Saying “No” To Sugar

October 10, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Choose Water, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Regional Access Project Foundation, Rethink Your Drink

Post 1 October 9, 2014 STAFF / Coachella Uninc. Coachella — “In Riverside County, 42 percent of ninth graders are overweight, yet almost half (47 percent) of high-school-aged (12-17) students report drinking at least one soda or other sugar-sweetened beverage per day.