Olive Crest Striving for a Healthier Student Body

October 4, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Anayeli Zavala, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Valley High School, desert mirage high school, Dr. Oz, Eastern Coachella Valley, Health Corps, Karla Ramirez, Lisa Hernandez, Maria Garcia, Olive Crest Academy, RAP Foundation, Re-Think Your Drink, Regional Access Project, Riverside County Department of Health, Trinidad Arredondo

  MARIA GARCIA and KARLA RAMIREZ/Coachella Uninc   COACHELLA – Olive Crest Academy (OCA), a public charter high school, is making great strides toward a healthier student body through recent grants from The California Endowment (TCE) and Regional Access Project Foundation (RAPF).

Life After Incarceration: Becoming a Mentor for Young Men in Coachella

September 30, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, aurora saldivar, BMOC, Boys and Girls Club, Boys and Men of Color, Building Healthy Communities, carlos gonzalez, Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, ivan delgado, Raices Cultura, Ramon Leija, Riverside County Juvenile Detention Center, the california endowment

  AURORA SALDIVAR/Coachella Uninc COACHELLA — Ramon Leija clearly remembers the moment he decided to turn his life around.

Paved Roads Mean Cleaner Air for Rural ECV Residents

September 25, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AB 1318, Alejandra Alarcon, brenda rincon, CV Link, Darin Schemmer, Eastern Coachella Valley, John Benoit, Margarita Gamez, Pueblo Unido, SCAQMD, Sentinel Energy Project, Sergio Carranza, South Coast Air Quality Management District, St. Anthony's trailer park, V. Manuel Perez

    ALEJANDRA ALARCON and BRENDA RINCON/Coachella Uninc THERMAL – Residents scored a major victory in their 16-year fight for clean air when Riverside County was awarded the funding to pave roads at 31 trailer parks in the unincorporated communities of the eastern Coachella Valley.

Volunteer Work Fun and Rewarding for Student

September 23, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: after school programs, ASES, Coachella, coachella valley unified school district, community service, Eastern Coachella Valley, Karla Martinez, Olive Crest Academy, Peter Pendleton, volunteer, Volunteer Match

  KARLA MARTINEZ/Coachella Uninc   COACHELLA — I never knew hanging out with my little brother could be so rewarding, but this has definitely been the case since I started volunteering at his after-school program at Peter Pendleton Elementary.

Learning Center Opens Doors in Rural ECV

September 12, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Bea Main Learning Center, desert mirage high school, Eastern Coachella Valley, Johnny Flores, Johnny Flores Jr, Ross Jarrett Community Center, San Jose Community Learning Center, Sister Gabi Williams, thermal

  JOHNNY FLORES JR/Coachella Uninc   THERMAL — After six years and $600,000 in contributions, the San Jose Community Learning Center has finally opened its doors in rural Eastern Coachella Valley.

Discovering the Power of Words

August 22, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alejandra Alarcon, beat reporter, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley High School, college of the desert, Eastern Coachella Valley, ivan delgado, power of words, youth journalism

    ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Uninc   I know how it feels to be unheard. But when I began to write, I learned I had the power to change this.

First Day of School Brings Mixed Emotions

August 15, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: coachella valley unified school district, Eastern Coachella Valley, First Day of School, Maria Garcia, Olive Crest Academy

    MARIA GARCIA/Coachella Uninc   All summer long, I was looking forward to, and dreading, August 12 at the same time. 

State Hearing Urges Action to Improve Lives of Young Men of Color

August 8, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, Assemblymember Manuel Perez, BMOC, Boys and Men of Color, Building Healthy Communities, California Assembly, Dr. Robert Ross, Eastern Coachella Valley, Liberty Hill Foundation, PolicyLink, the california endowment

      SACRAMENTO — State legislators held a hearing August 8 calling for ongoing policy and legislative solutions to improve the lives of the state’s young men of color.