Undocumented, Uninsured, and In Debt For Life

May 15, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Coachella Uninc, Health for All, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, New America Media, Ricardo Lara, SB 1005, United Farm Workers

[Translate]     Editor’s Note:  California Senator Ricardo Lara’s (D- Huntington Park/Long Beach) Health For all Bill (SB 1005) – it would make all Californians, regardless of immigration status, eligible to purchase insurance – advanced out of the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday, April 30, and will go to the Senate Appropriations Committee before being moved for a vote. 

Joaquin Magon: Why Citizenship?

April 15, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: citizenship, comprehensive immigration reform, diary of joaquin magon, Immigration Reform and Control Act, immigration standards, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, path to citizenship, United Farm Workers

[Translate]   The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 31: Why Citizenship?   Citizenship is one of the most important rights in this country; so why is there talk of denying this to an entire population?

Magón: Chávez Film Shows Human Side of Farm Worker Movement

March 28, 2014 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez An American Hero, diary of joaquin magon, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, UFW, United Farm Workers, United Farm Workers Foundation

[Translate]   The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 30: Living Unconquered   “César Chávez: An American Hero” opens in theaters today, bringing to the big screen the story of the beginning of the United Farm Workers.

Magon: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 3

October 30, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: 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

[Translate]   Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of three reports on the DREAMer movement.

Magon: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 1

October 7, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alma Torres, CA Dream Network, CHIRLA, comprehensive immigration reform, DACA, Diana Colin, DREAM Act, immigration reform, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, S. 744, UFW, UFW Foundation, United Farm Workers, Wise Up!

[Translate]     Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of three reports on the DREAMer movement   The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 27: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 1   It was 2010 and the Immigration movement was at a crossroad— continue advocating for comprehensive immigration reform, or support the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, legislation introduced earlier that year by Senator Durbin (D-IL) which would have benefited undocumented youth exclusively, which is the most common version known today (there was a version introduced in 2001 but that, for reasons I’m sure all of you know, failed in a wave of xenophobia and patriotism).

Joaquin Magon: On Strikes, Power, and Unions

December 5, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Amarral, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Nob Hill, strikes, UFW, United Farm Workers

[Translate]   The Diary of Joaquin Magon Entry 20 About a month ago, I was talking to workers on strike at Nob Hill, a chain of high-end grocery stores, trying to figure out what moved them to take this major step.