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Local Groups to Host Deferred Action Seminar

October 10, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Childhood Arrivals, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Comité Cívico del Valle, Deferred Action, desert mirage high school, DREAM Act, Eastern Coachella Valley, FIRME, Jose M. Chiquito, Leaders of Tomorrow, Mecca, Russell Jauregui, thermal, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS

THERMAL, Calif. — Leaders of Tomorrow, FIRME Productions, and Comité Cívico del Valle are presenting a Deferred Action workshop this Saturday, October 13, from 11 a.m.

Disaster Relief for Eastern Coachella Valley Communities

September 26, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: American Red Cross, Building Healthy Communities, Catholic Charities, Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Duroville, Eastern Coachella Valley, Imperial County, Lideres Campesinas, Margarita Luna, Mecca, North Shore, Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation, Riverside County, Rodolfo Pinon, the california endowment, thermal

Foundations band together and leverage resources to respond to community health and safety needs; Severe weather event highlights the desperate need for safe, affordable housing in the region Coachella, Calif.

OPINION: Student Reporters Respond to Congresswoman

September 24, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, college of the desert, Daily Kos, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Duroville, Eastern Coachella Valley, El Informador del Valle, Fatima Ramirez, Gary Stone, Johnny Flores, Marc Troast, Mary Bono Mack, Mecca, Olive Crest Academy, The Desert Sun, thermal, Third World Toilet, Tony Aguilar, University of Redlands, xavier college prep

Thank you!!!! I heard some of your remarks with the councliman (sic) from Coachella.

Red Cross Closes Thermal Emergency Shelter; Residents Petition for Answers

September 22, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: American Red Cros, brenda rincon, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Daphne Hart, Duroville, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Guevara, Facebook, flood, flying doctors, Mecca, Red Cross, St. Anthony's trailer park, thermal

By Brenda R. Rincon, Coachella Unincorporated THERMAL, Calif. — On September 19, the American Red Cross closed its emergency shelter at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal.

Community Rallies to Help Residents of Flooded Trailer Parks

September 13, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, Bonita Kelsey, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella Unincorporated, Coca Cola, desert mirage high school, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Duroville, Duroville Flood, Eastern Coachella Valley, flood, Las Palmitas Elementary, Mecca, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Sean Kelsey, Sister Teresita, St. Anthony's trailer park, Supervisor John J. Benoit, Teresita Navarro, thermal, Tom Foley, xavier college prep

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRshAplxhiQ[/youtube] By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated MECCA, Calif. – Instead of working with children in Duroville’s after-school program as she usually does, Sister Teresita Navarro spent Tuesday evening knocking on doors at the trailer park to check on the well being of the families that live there.

Doctoral Student Explores Eastern Coachella Valley History with Youth

August 30, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alejandra Alarcon, aurora saldivar, Christian Paiz, CVUSD, desert mirage high school, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eastern Coachella Valley history, Mecca, Scripps College, United Farm Workers, University of Southern California

By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated MECCA, Calif. – University of Southern California doctoral student Christian Paiz spent this summer exploring the history of the Eastern Coachella Valley with local students, stimulating and facilitating discussions with the hope of inspiring change in his hometown.

Mecca Youth’s Journey from Fields to Starbucks

August 29, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Advancement Via Individual Determination, Alejandro Ortega, Alma Silva, AVID, Boys and Girls Club, Coachella Unincorporated, community, desert mirage high school, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, Mecca, Mecca Boys and Girls Club, Mecca Starbucks, Starbucks, thermal, Tony Aguilar, youth employment

By Tony Aguilar,  Coachella Unincorporated MECCA, Calif. — This summer was unlike any other for 17-year-old Alejandro Ortega.

EPA Visit a Good Start, but Not Enough for Mecca

August 24, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Amy Miller, Becky Ross, brenda rincon, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Comité Cívico del Valle, Consolidated Tire Recyclers, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eastern Coachella Valley Environmental Justice Taskforce, Eduardo Guevara, environmental justice, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, First Nation Recovery, IVAN, IVAN Coachella, Johnny Flores, Kathleen Johnson, Luis Olmedo, Mecca, Promotores Comunitarios del Desierto, Western Environmental

By Johnny Flores, Jr., and Brenda R. Rincón Coachella Unincorporated MECCA, Calif. — Two dump sites.

Student Reaches for Dreams with Deferred Action

August 16, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: amnesty, Atlixco, barack obama, brenda rincon, California State University, Childhood Arrivals, Coachella, Coachella Unincorported, college of the desert, Deferred Action, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Deferred Action scams, DREAM Act, Eastern Coachella Valley, immigration lawyer, Jose Chiquito, Leaders of Tomorrow, Mecca, Mexicali, Obama Administration, Puebla, Russell Jauregui, thermal, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, University of Laverne, USCIS

By Brenda Rincón, Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif. – Cris* was only 12 years old when she left Atlixco, Puebla, with her brother and sister to join their parents in the United States.