Por Jenny Manrique Aunque solo el 0.6 por ciento de la población estadounidense vive en asilos de ancianos, la pandemia del COVID-19 ha causado 43,000 muertes y 210,000 contagios en estos centros [...] Continue Reading
Archives
Esclavitud y Brutalidad Policíaca. Condiciones Preexistentes
Por Francisco Duarte La frase “condición preexistente” suele limitarnos a pensar en algún seguro de salud que se hará difícil y caro de obtener. La verdad es que en lo social, económico y hasta [...] Continue Reading
El Ciclo de Protestas y el “Empezar de Nuevo”
Por Sunita Sohrabji La pandemia COVID 19, que ha dominado las noticias durante gran parte de 2020, quedó relegada a un segundo plano la pasada semana, cuando los EE.UU. volvieron su espíritu [...] Continue Reading
¿Cómo Construir un Futuro Más Equitativo Después del Covid-19?
Por Jenny Manrique Una generación de gente joven blanca se ha tomado las calles en el medio de una pandemia para protestar no solo por la muerte del afroamericano George Floyd a manos de la [...] Continue Reading
Hundreds March in Support of Black Lives Matter
Photos by Peter Maiden Several hundred marchers met at Saint Rest Baptist Church in West Fresno June 6 to promote the message of Black Lives Matter in a peaceful manner. They marched over a mile to [...] Continue Reading
Strong Protest Against Police Brutality in Fresno
Photos by Peter Maiden The Unitarian Church of Fresno held a vigil for allies Friday evening, June 5 in remembrance of George Floyd and against police violence. About three hundred people came, [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – July 2020
WILPF MEETING - Normally we meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all. There will be no [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Center for Nonviolence – July 2020
We honor and celebrate the 150th year (2019-2020) of Gandhi’s birth the principles of peace and nonviolence sustained by those who are a part of the global struggle for freedom and [...] Continue Reading
Black Lives Matter and the City of Fresno Work Together with A Proclamation and Street Painting
By Peter Maiden Over four hundred people came out to downtown Fresno June 18 to paint “Black Lives Matter” in twenty foot tall letters on P Street where it passes in front of City Hall. The event [...] Continue Reading
Ambush of Arias Revisited
By Sergio Cortes May 12: Home of Miguel Arias Ben Bergquam and a dozen of his supporters arrived at Fresno City Council Member Miguel Arias’s apartment door. Bergquam runs a Facebook page [...] Continue Reading
Become a Monthly Sustainer or Make a Donation Today
The Community Alliance is looking forward to returning to printing the newspaper again, as soon as it is safe to do so. Help us prepare for the return of the print version of the Community [...] Continue Reading
Protest of the Killing of George Floyd
By Community Alliance Staff On May 25, George Floyd, an African American resident of Minneapolis, Minn., was killed by a White police officer, Derek Chauvin, of the local police department. The [...] Continue Reading