Conference Aims to Send More Students to College

March 12, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Assemblymember Manuel Perez, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley High School, coachella valley unified school district, Dr. Raul Ruiz, jocelyn vargas, Johnny Flores, Poder de Saber, raices

  JOHNNY FLORES, JR/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA – According to the Riverside County of Education, only about 53 percent of Coachella Valley Unified School District graduates pursue higher education.

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.

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.