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Barred from Federal Programs, DREAMers May Qualify for Medi-Cal

June 25, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DREAM Act, DREAMer, Medi-Cal, New America Media, VIJI SUNDARAM

VIJI SUNDARAM/New America Media This article is also available in Spanish. 中文翻譯 OXNARD, Calif. – For years, DREAMer Rodrigo Perea, 18, lived under a threatening cloud of deportation.

Sealing Youth Offender Records Brings Chance at a New Life

June 21, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AB 1006, California Council on Youth Relations, David Cunningham, New America Media, Senate Appropriations, Senate Public Safety Committee, youth offender records

Ed. Note: In June, youth advocates testified before a hearing of the Senate Public Safety Committee in Sacramento in support of AB 1006, which would require court and probation officers to inform youth offenders of how to seal their records upun turning 18.

CU Reporters Share Peaks and Pits of School Year

June 3, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, barack obama, brenda rincon, Chavez National Monument, college of the desert, ivan delgado, Johnny Flores, Karla Martinez, New America Media, peaks and pits, The Chapparal

Our Peaks Ivan Delgado Beat Reporter “This year has gone all too well to have one specific high moment of the year.

NAM Launches YouthWire

May 31, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Uninc, Coachella Unincorporated, New America Media, Richmond, Silicon Valley DeBug, South Kern Sol, The Beat Within, The Know, Voicewaves, We'Ced, youth media, YouthWire

SAN FRANCISCO — New America Media invites you to explore the scope of our youth media work via YouthWire.org

Health Reform Means Not Going to Mexicali for Care

May 13, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Alejandra Alarcon, Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, Mexicali, New America Media, Ronnie Cho

ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Like a lot of other families living in the Eastern Coachella Valley, when one of our family members fell sick, it meant driving about a hundred miles across the border into Mexico, to the City of Mexicali, to get taken care of by a doctor.

Career Academies Baffle, Even as They Boost CVHS Grad Rates

May 10, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AB 790, brenda rincon, Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, Coachella Valley High School, CVEP, Eastern Coachella Valley, Health Careers Academy, John Noonan, Kent Braithwaite, Kim McNulty, Linked Learning, New America Media, Simon Moore

Ed. Note: In 2011, California’s legislature passed AB 790, a statewide initiative aimed at addressing the growing number of high school graduates unprepared or under-prepared for either college or a career.

Celebration and Reflection at Chavez National Monument Dedication

April 1, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alfonso Taboada, Armando Lopez, Arturo Rodriguez, aurora saldivar, barack obama, Barrett Boaen, brenda rincon, Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez National Monument, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, community organizer, desert mirage high school, Dolores Huerta, environmental justice, Farm Workers, health, Helen Chavez, hilda solis, Indio, ivan delgado, Johnny Flores, Juliana Diaz Smith, Keene, Ken Salazar, kris kristofferson, New America Media, Paul Chavez, President Barack Obama, president obama, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Swanton Berry Farms, tehachapi mountains, thermal, Tony Aguilar, UFW, United Farm Workers, Villa La Paz

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkkmtoRNGLE&list=UUAdFRk2kWuxdCfDtOJGrpyw&index=5[/youtube] KEENE, Calif. — On October 8, 2012, over 6,000 people descended upon Villa La Paz — the home, operational headquarters and final resting place of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez — for President Barack Obama’s dedication of the César Chávez National Monument.

Coachella Uninc. to be Honored at NAM Media Awards

March 1, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Cesar Chavez, Coachella Unincorporated, ivan delgado, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, NAM Ethnic Media Awards, New America Media, Raul Ruiz, The Diary of Joaquín Magón

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — New America Media (NAM), the nation’s largest association of ethnic media outlets, has announced the winners of its 2013 NAM Ethnic Media Awards for Southern California, honoring exceptional journalism by members of the ethnic media in the region.

Ethnic Media’s Collective Message to the White House: Do It Now

January 29, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: barack obama, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, immigration, immigration reform, New America Media

Editor’s Note: This editorial was produced in association with New America Media (http://www.newamericamedia.org), a national association of ethnic media, and was published by more than 50 ethnic media across the country to bring attention to the urgency of immigration reform.