Magon: A Familiar Scene in Bakersfield

August 19, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AgJobs, Bakersfield, Coachella, DREAM Act, immigration reform, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Kevin McCarthy, S. 744, S744, The Diary of Joaquín Magón, UFW, UFW Foundation

    The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 25: A Familiar Scene in Bakersfield   Bakersfield, CA –The movement for immigration reform brought over 1,000 supporters to Bakersfield last week to put public pressure on House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy – the new “whipping boy” on immigration as Politico newspaper has so dubbed him.

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.

The Diary of Joaquín Magón: An Organic Strawberry Recalls

August 22, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: An Organic Strawberry Recalls, Coachella, community organizer, Farm Workers, Food Justice Movement, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, organic strawberries, organic strawberry, oxnard, Salinas, strawberry, strawberry fields, The Diary of Joaquín Magón, UFW, United Farm Workers

Entry 17: An Organic Strawberry Recalls   An Organic Strawberry Recalls: I grew up around Griselda.

The Diary of Joaquín Magón: An Organizer Defined

July 30, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Coachella, community organizer, community organizers, Dolores Huerta, Farm Workers, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, organizer, organizers, Salinas, salinas valley, The Diary of Joaquín Magón, UFW, United Farm Workers

  The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 16: An Organizer Defined As I look at the desolate power of a voice that cannot be heard, hands that can lift a million crates, eyes that can see through lies, and smiles that bend like the crescent moon our mothers worshipped, I see that the hope is at times as thin as the space in between strawberry rows that flow through the ground like tuned guitar strings.