Coachella Unincorporated reporters share their reflections on President Barack Obama’s recent announcement in support of gay marriage. Their responses are mixed, although as a group they favor gay marriage. They also share how their personal views on this issue are different or similar to those of their parents. President Obama has been an icon of change and hope. His [...]
By Alejandra Alarcon Coachella Unincorporated Coachella, Calif. — College of the Desert student Nancy Ramirez hopes to bring about change in her community by doing the thing she loves to do the most – create art. Ramirez knew that she loved to draw since she was six. She looked up to her older brother and made her mother [...]
By Santos J. Reyes Coachella Unincorporated Coachella, Calif. — Everardo “Chip” Flores always had the dream of being a professional tattoo artist, but he never wanted to have his work misinterpreted. Flores, along with his business partner Daniel “Dreamer” Giron, now has his own shop where he can practice the art of tattooing his way. Art & Ink [...]
By Johnny Flores, Jr. Coachella Unincorporated After school activities, such as dance class or organized sports, are out of reach for many children in the Eastern Coachella Valley, where more than one in ten families live below the federal poverty level. “Growing up, I was one of those kids,” said Rosie Welmas, founder of Rosie’s Kids, a non-profit dedicated [...]
By Aurora Saldivar Coachella Unincorporated Mecca, Calif. – About a dozen children from St. Anthony’s Trailer Park laid the first stones for their long awaited community garden at their first Community Build Day earlier this week. Their Community Build Day kicked off the collaborative project of Kounkuey Design Initiative and Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation, the park’s new [...]
By Aurora Saldivar Coachella Unincorporated Gloria Rodriguez knew she wanted to be a journalist at a very young age. She went on to have a career in broadcast journalism before helping to launch Coachella Unincorporated, a youth-led media outlet in the Eastern Coachella Valley, in early 2011. Rodriguez, former co-coordinator of Coachella Unincorporated, recently returned to her broadcast roots [...]
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The Coachella Fest grounds at dusk. PHOTO: Jesus Vargas/Coachella Unincorporated By Jesus A. Vargas, Coachella Unincorporated A cacophony of voices invades your ears, ringing with tangible excitement. You manage to distinguish Australian and British English from the audible jumble, but you also hear Spanish, something that’s probably German and some other languages that you won’t even try to figure [...]
