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Remembering Cesar Chavez and Raising the Next Generation of Organizers

March 31, 2015April 22, 2015 Coachella Unincorporated 1 Comment Cesar Chavez, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley High School, college of the desert, Eastern Coachella Valley, farmworker rights, farmworkers, Indio, MECha, New America Media, UFW, United Farm Workers, youth journalism

AMBER AMAYA and CHRISTIAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Pins from a United Farm Workers of America Convention were

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CU Reporters Thankful for Youth Mentors

November 27, 2013November 27, 2013 Coachella Unincorporated 0 Comments Alejandra Alarcon, aurora saldivar, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella Valley High School, college of the desert, Eastern Coachella Valley, jocelyn vargas, Johnny Flores, Karla Martinez, Olive Crest Academy, raices, Silvia Paz, Trinidad Arredondo, Victoria Contreras, xavier college prep

    Editor’s Note: The staff of Coachella Uninc. recently gathered for our Thanksgiving dinner to reflect on everything for

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Magon: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 3

October 30, 2013October 30, 2013 Coachella Unincorporated 0 Comments college of the desert, comprehensive immigration reform, DACA, Deferred Action, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, desert mirage high school, DREAM Act, Dreamer Chronicles, Eastern Coachella Valley, immigration reform, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, S. 744, UFW, United Farm Workers

  Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of three reports on the DREAMer movement. Part one can

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Discovering the Power of Words

August 22, 2013 Coachella Unincorporated 0 Comments Alejandra Alarcon, beat reporter, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley High School, college of the desert, Eastern Coachella Valley, ivan delgado, power of words, youth journalism

    ALEJANDRA ALARCON/Coachella Uninc   I know how it feels to be unheard. But when I began to write,

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CU Reporters Share Peaks and Pits of School Year

June 3, 2013June 4, 2013 Coachella Unincorporated 1 Comment 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

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Leap of Faith Pays Off for Olive Crest Graduate

May 21, 2013May 21, 2013 Coachella Unincorporated 2 Comments Coachella, Coachella Unified School District, college of the desert, CVUSD, Fatima Ramirez, Margaret Hensel, Olive Crest Academy

                    FATIMA RAMIREZ/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA — As I sit on

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OPINION: Student Reporters Respond to Congresswoman

September 24, 2012October 26, 2012 Coachella Unincorporated 4 Comments 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.  You were great!!!!!! Unbelievably

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OPINION: 2012 Presidential Election “Got Personal” at DNC

September 12, 2012October 26, 2012 Coachella Unincorporated 4 Comments aurora saldivar, barack obama, Charlotte, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, college of the desert, Democratic National Convention, Democratic National Convention 2012, DNC, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, health, health care access, immigration reform, Jacqueline Lopez, Julian Castro, Michelle Obama, NC, New America Media, Republican National Convention, RNC, the california endowment

    By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated CHARLOTTE, NC – It got personal for me at the 2012 Democratic National

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A Plan B She Never Knew Existed

September 6, 2012 Coachella Unincorporated 3 Comments Alejandra Alarcon, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley High School, College, college of the desert, Eastern Coachella Valley, education, Oregon, Portland, Portland State University, San Francisco State University

    By Alejandra Alarcon, Coachella Unincorporated Reporting from PORTLAND, Ore. – At a very young age, my siblings and

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