Global Girl Media Uses Filmmaking to Empower ECV Girls

April 3, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Boys and Girls Club, Eastern Coachella Valley, Global Girl Media, Karla Martinez, Maria Garcia, Mecca, Mother/Madre, the california endowment

[Translate]   Editor’s Note: Coachella Unincorporated reporters Karla Martinez and Maria Garcia participated in Global Girl Media’s spring program, along with other Eastern Coachella Valley girls, at the Boys and Girls Club in Mecca.

Previously Halted Improvements Now Underway in Mecca

March 26, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Guevara, Ivan Valenzuela, Mecca, Mecca Elementary, Riverside County, Riverside County Redevelopment Agency, Supervisor John J. Benoit

[Translate]   IVAN VALENZUELA/Coachella Uninc   MECCA – The streets near Mecca Elementary School are undergoing a series of improvements as part of a $1 million project recently approved by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.

A Safe Space for Community at San Antonio del Desierto mobile home park

March 24, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: brenda rincon, Building Healthy Communities, Eastern Coachella Valley, Jessica Bremner, Karla Martinez, Kounkuey Design Initiative, Maria Garcia, Mecca, Pueblo Unido CDC, San Antonio del Desierto, Silvia Paz, St. Anthony Mobile Home Park, the california endowment

[Translate]   MARIA GARCIA, KARLA MARTINEZ and BRENDA RINCON/Coachella Uninc   MECCA — The children of the San Antonio del Desierto no longer have to worry about getting hurt while they play because a safe playground has replaced the rocky dirt patch at the center of their mobile home park.

Youth Mobilize for Day of Action in Coachella

January 14, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, Boys & Girls Club, brenda rincon, Chelsea Clinton, Clinton Foundation, Coachella, coachella valley housing coalition, Day of Action, Eastern Coachella Valley, Health Matters Conference, Mecca, The First Tee, Trinidad Arredondo, Valley View Elementary

[Translate]     AURORA SALDIVAR and BRENDA R. RINCON/Coachella Uninc   COACHELLA – Three years ago Jose Rodriguez was more likely to be found vandalizing neighborhoods rather than cleaning one up.

Creative Ideas for Free Summer Fun

June 27, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Bagdouma Park, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, Eastern Coachella Valley, Fatima Ramirez, Maker Camp, Mecca, summer, swimming

[Translate] FATIMA RAMIREZ/Coachella Unincorporated   EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY – With summer underway, teenagers everywhere are out of school and asking the age-old question, “What can I do during the hottest months in the year?”

CV Study Reveals Disparities of East Versus West

June 24, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Building Healthy Communities, California Institute for Rural Studies, California Rural Legal Assistance, Celia Garcia, Center for Regional Change, Coachella, Comité Cívico del Valle, CRLA, Duroville, Eastern Coachella Valley, environmental justice, ICUC, Inland Congregations United for Change, Invisible Coachella Valley, ivan delgado, Jonathan London, Mecca, Megan Beaman, North Shore, Pueblo Unido CDC, Salton Sea, the california endowment, UC Davis

[Translate]     IVAN DELGADO/Coachella Unincorporated   EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY — With its lavish resorts and golf courses, the Coachella Valley is a getaway to some and a retirement home for others.

Fight Summer Boredom in the ECV

June 10, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Boys and Girls Club, Coachella, Coachella boxing club, Eastern Coachella Valley, Johnny Flores, Mecca, raices, Zumba

[Translate]     Coachella Unincorporated got together with community members at their most recent editorial meeting to discuss summer opportunities for young people in the Eastern Coachella Valley.

New Mecca Community Council Member Motivated by Family

May 29, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Claudia Figueroa, Claudia Guevara, Eastern Coachella Valley, ivan delgado, Johnny Flores, Mecca, Mecca Community Council, Riverside County, unincorporated communities, Western Environmental

[Translate]                           JOHNNY FLORES, JR/Coachella Unincorporated   MECCA — Claudia Guevara was recently sworn in as a member of the Mecca Community Council, continuing her family’s tradition of making a difference in the unincorporated community they call home.