The Hue Music and Arts Festival Highlights Local Musicians

April 30, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: bhc, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, the hue festival, The Hue Music Arts Festival

[Translate] BRYAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Now in its fourth year, The Hue Music and Arts Festival has grown to become a highly anticipated event featuring local musicians and artists.

Students Raise Questions About CV Link Development

April 29, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, CV Link, CVAG, LUPA

[Translate]   Editor’s Note: Last week, students from the Land Use Planning Awareness (LUPA) project and Coachella Unincorporated student reporters held a discussion about the CV Link project, a proposed 50-mile active transportation trail that would stretch from Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs to Coachella, at NOVA Academy in Coachella.

Governor Brown Orders Mandatory Water Reductions

April 13, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, drought, Governor Jerry Brown, water reductions, youth journalism

[Translate]   [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxmWBEKAO5c[/youtube]

Local Youth Share Their Concerns About CV Link Access Point

April 6, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, CVLink, Eastern Coachella Valley, LUPA Project, NOVA Academy, Riverside County

[Translate] Editor’s Note: The following video was produced in partnership with the Land Use Planning Awareness team, a community capacity building project designed to empower communities across the eastern Coachella Valley.

Remembering Cesar Chavez and Raising the Next Generation of Organizers

March 31, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: 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

[Translate] AMBER AMAYA and CHRISTIAN MENDEZ / Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA — Pins from a United Farm Workers of America Convention were scattered across a long table covered in a bright red banner.

Lideres Campesinas: Fighting for Farmworker Women

March 28, 2015 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, farmworker women, farmworkers, Lideres Campesinas

[Translate] AMBER AMAYA / Coachella Unincorporated  Editor’s Note: For the past 27 years, Lideres Campesinas, a nonprofit organization based in Oxnard, Calif.,

East Valley Residents Give Obama’s Immigration Order Mixed Reviews

November 26, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Amber Amaya, Beaman Law, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, immigration, immigration reform, Obama, president obama, San Jose Community Center, thermal, U.S. Immigration

[Translate]   AMBER AMAYA/ Coachella Uninc. THERMAL — A crowd of 30 eastern Coachella Valley residents gathered at the San Jose Community Center last Thursday night where they watched President Obama, on Spanish-language television, make his long awaited immigration announcement.

Q&A: Why Prop 47 Matters in the East Valley

October 31, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, New America Media, Prop 47

[Translate] Coachella, Calif. — Allex Luna, a community organizer for Inland Congregations United for Change, has worked with local youth and families for several years.

Rethinking Our Drinks: Saying “No” To Sugar

October 10, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Choose Water, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Regional Access Project Foundation, Rethink Your Drink

[Translate] Post 1 October 9, 2014 STAFF / Coachella Uninc. Coachella — “In Riverside County, 42 percent of ninth graders are overweight, yet almost half (47 percent) of high-school-aged (12-17) students report drinking at least one soda or other sugar-sweetened beverage per day.