Posts Tagged as "Coachella"

Ruiz Riding Latino Vote to Congressional Victory in Riverside County

November 8, 2012 / By
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    Editor’s Note: As of late Wednesday night, the official count had Democrat Raul Ruiz leading Republican incumbent Mary Bono Mack in California’s 36th Congressional District by 2.8 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting.

Voter Enthusiasm Sweeping Across Eastern Coachella Valley

November 5, 2012 / By
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  By ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA, Calif. – It seemed as if everyone in town was there.

Dia de los Muertos in Coachella

November 4, 2012 / By
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5sXgarueUM&list=UUAdFRk2kWuxdCfDtOJGrpyw&index=1&feature=plcp[/youtube]   Video Slideshow by JOHNNY FLORES/Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. — Eastern Coachella Valley residents continued the centuries-old tradition of honoring the dead with two separate celebrations, Raices Cultura on October 27 and Forest Lawn Coachella on November 2.

Joaquín Magón: Farm Workers Will Benefit From Prop 37

November 3, 2012 / By
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  Entry 19: Farm Workers Left Out of Prop 37 Discussion, But Have a Stake SALINAS – As an organizer with the United Farm Workers, I’ve grown accustomed to seeing farm workers routinely be excluded or absent from the public discourse happening around issues of food justice.

Voto Latino Get Out the Vote Rally in Coachella Nov. 3

November 2, 2012 / By
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    COACHELLA, Calif. — This Saturday, November 3, 2012, in partnership with Assemblymember V. Manuel Perez 80th (D-Coachella) and Raices del Valle of Coachella, and with the support of Mayor Eduardo Garcia, Communities for a New California and Mi Familia Vota, Voto Latino Action Fund will host a “Get Out The Vote” rally.

Community Group Poised to Take Action Following Youth Research Findings

November 1, 2012 / By
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  By ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA, Calif. – Racies Cultura, a non-profit organization promoting culture and art in the community, revealed the findings of its yearlong Youth-Led Participatory Research Project (YPAR) at the most recent Building Healthy Communities collaborative meeting.

Dia de los Muertos Celebration Nov. 2 at CV Cemetery

October 29, 2012 / By
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    COACHELLA, Calif. — Mariachi, Aztec dancers, altars, rosaries, flowers, pan de muertos, and a religious service – this is how the community will honor their dead at Forest Lawn’s inaugural Día de los Muertos Celebration.

California’s Pickiest Eaters Grade New School Lunches

October 24, 2012 / By
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  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
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  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.,