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Posts Tagged as "Eastern Coachella Valley"

BHC Seeks Input for Community Plan

March 18, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: bhc, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, community health, Eastern Coachella Valley, Fatima Ramirez

FATIMA RAMIREZ/Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Building Healthy Communities Eastern Coachella Valley is hosting three different events to allow local residents to voice their thoughts on ways to improve their community’s health for its upcoming Community Action Plan update.

Helpful Products, Dangerous Toxins

March 6, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, Environmental Health Leadership Summit, environmental justice, environmental toxins, Fatima Ramirez, Martha Dina Arguello, pesticides, Physicians for Social Responsibility

FATIMA RAMIREZ/Coachella Unincorporated THERMAL, Calif. – Shampoo. Beauty products. Household cleansers. On a typical day, most people use about 20 products such as these before they even leave their homes.

VIDEO: Environmental Leadership Summit

March 4, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alejandra Alarcon, Coachella Unincorporated, desert mirage high school, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Guevara, EJ Summit, environmental justice, Inaugural Environmental Leadership Summit, Mecca, Salton Sea, thermal

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJstp6LWE7c[/youtube] Video by ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Unincorporated THERMAL, Calif. — On February 23, 2013, approximately 200 empowered and concerned residents gathered to gain more awareness and continue taking on the environmental issues affecting the communities of the Eastern Coachella Valley.

VIDEO: Down the Road

February 25, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alejandra Alarcon, aurora saldivar, Celia Garcia, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Duroville, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Guevara, environmental justice, ivan delgado, Lawson Dump, Western Environmental

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku8ojaUT-q0[/youtube] Coachella Unincorporated reporter Ivan Delgado shares his personal journey to environmental awareness as he comes to the startling realization of the environmental issues minutes from his home.

Video: Life Among Landfills

February 21, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Duroville, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Guevara, environment, environmental justice, ivan delgado, Lawson Dump, Mecca, Promotores Comunitarios del Desierto, video, Western Environmental

Ivan Delgado’s video featuring environmental activist Eduardo Guevara was first posted on Coachella Unincorporated and New America Media in June 2012.

An Advocate Blooms in the Desert

February 18, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alejandra Alarcon, Celia Garcia, Eastern Coachella Valley, environmental justice, Mecca, vida en el valle, Western Environmental

Click to view Alejandra Alarcon’s audio slideshow featuring environmental activist Celia Garcia, first posted on Vida en el Valle and Coachella Unincorporated April 2012.

Environmental Summit to Empower Residents Feb. 23

February 15, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, desert mirage high school, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Guevara, Enrique Manzanilla, Environmental Health Leadership Summit, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Fatima Ramirez, John J. Benoit, Promotores Comunitarios del Desierto, Salton Sea

FATIMA RAMIREZ/Coachella Unincorporated THERMAL, Calif. — Eastern Coachella Valley residents will soon have the opportunity to learn more and receive information empowering them to take on the environmental issues affecting them daily.

Coachella Uninc: New Office Space at Raices

February 11, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Johnny Flores, raices, Tony Aguilar

By TONY E. AGUILAR/Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. — It’s been nearly two years since the youth journalists of Coachella Unincorporated began covering the Eastern Coachella Valley.

Youth at Ruiz Event: These are the Issues We Face in Eastern CV

February 1, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: 36th congressional district, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Eastern Coachella Valley, Fatima Ramirez, ivan delgado, Raul Ruiz, Youth Issues, Youth Voice

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