2012 Newsmaker: Elizabeth Toledo

December 19, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, Coachella Unincorporated, coachella valley unified school district, Eastern Coachella Valley, Elizabeth Toledo, Fatima Ramirez, Planned Parenthood, Riverside County Board of Education, Roy Wilson

[Translate]   As the year comes to an end, Coachella Unincorporated is featuring some of the people who made a positive impact on the Eastern Coachella Valley in 2012.

Youth Reporters: Race Matters in Presidential Election

November 6, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alejandra Alarcon, aurora saldivar, barack obama, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, election 2012, Fatima Ramirez, ivan delgado, Johnny Flores, Mitt Romney, Tony Aguilar, Youth reporters

[Translate] In 2008, Barack Obama inspired a generation of young people to campaign, get politically active and vote — all of which undoubtedly played a role in his becoming the first black president in U.S.

California’s Pickiest Eaters Grade New School Lunches

October 24, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, California, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Fatima Ramirez, Jacob Simas, New America Media, New York Times, Olive Crest Academy, school lunch, the california endowment, Youth reporters

[Translate]   By Jacob Simas and Youth Reporters, New America Media   Two months into a new school year that saw stricter federal nutrition guidelines go into effect for school meals, youth reporters from New America Media fanned out in high schools across California to interview their peers and check out the view from the lunch line.

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

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