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Celebration and Reflection at Chavez National Monument Dedication

April 1, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alfonso Taboada, Armando Lopez, Arturo Rodriguez, aurora saldivar, barack obama, Barrett Boaen, brenda rincon, Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez National Monument, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, community organizer, desert mirage high school, Dolores Huerta, environmental justice, Farm Workers, health, Helen Chavez, hilda solis, Indio, ivan delgado, Johnny Flores, Juliana Diaz Smith, Keene, Ken Salazar, kris kristofferson, New America Media, Paul Chavez, President Barack Obama, president obama, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Swanton Berry Farms, tehachapi mountains, thermal, Tony Aguilar, UFW, United Farm Workers, Villa La Paz

[Translate] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkkmtoRNGLE&list=UUAdFRk2kWuxdCfDtOJGrpyw&index=5[/youtube] KEENE, Calif. — On October 8, 2012, over 6,000 people descended upon Villa La Paz — the home, operational headquarters and final resting place of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez — for President Barack Obama’s dedication of the César Chávez National Monument.

Forum to Address Key Issues in Rural Communities

October 3, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, Bea Main Learning Center, Building Healthy Communities, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, community organizer, desert mirage high school, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, Pueblo Unido, Pueblo Unido CDC, Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation, Rodolfo Pinon, Rural Forum on Sustainable Communities, San Jose Community, San Jose Community and Bea Main Learning Center, Sergio Carranza, sustainable communities, thermal

[Translate] By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated THERMAL, Calif. – Eastern Coachella Valley residents, leaders, organizations, and officials will gather tomorrow to discuss key issues surrounding their rural community at the Rural Forum on Sustainable Communities.

Environmental Justice Taskforce to Hold Workshop Today

October 3, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Cal/EPA, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, community, community organizer, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Guevara, environmental justice, Environmental Justice Enforcement Taskforce for the Eastern Coachella Valley, EPA, Luis Olmedo, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, UCR Palm Desert

[Translate] Palm Desert, CA – As part of their efforts to raise awareness of the living conditions of the Eastern Coachella Valley, the Environmental Justice Enforcement Taskforce for the Eastern Coachella Valley will hold a workshop on cumulative impacts today.

The Diary of Joaquín Magón: The Incredible Story of Griselda

September 10, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Baja California, Calexico, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, community organizer, coyotes, Eastern Coachella Valley, El Norte, El Salvador, Farm Workers, Guatemala, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Mexicali, migrant workers, north, Oaxaca, Salton Sea, Sinaloa, strawberry, strawberry fields, UFW, United Farm Workers

[Translate] Entry 18: The Incredible Story of Griselda, A Migrant Farm Worker I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes I slept on the ground in the light of the moon On the edge of the city you’ll see us and then We come with the dust and we go with the wind -Pastures of Plenty, Woody Guthrie Griselda left, as many of them do.

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

[Translate] 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

[Translate] 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.

I Am Joaquín Magón

July 3, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, community organizer, Dolores Huerta, Eastern Coachella Valley, Gustavo Esteva, I Am Joaquin, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Madhu Suri Prakash, Mexico, Ricardo Flores Magón, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales, Salinas, San Diego, UFW, United Farm Workers, writer

[Translate] By Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix It’s been a little over a year since I started writing “The Diary of Joaquín Magón,” the blog where I share my experiences working with the United Farm Workers.

Community Organizers: A Thermometer for Communities

July 19, 2011 / By paulina
Tags: Cesar Chavez, civil rights, community organizer, ICUC, Martin Luther King, Obama, Yvanna Cazares

[Translate] Community organizer Yvonna Cazares By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated In the midst of social and economic disparity, community organizer Yvonna Cazares says her job is to “look at root causes of why people are poor and how we can address that.”