The Way of Peace Awards images by Richard D. Iyall, Cowlitz and Mike Rhodes. The Child's Award went to Danay Ferguson, presented by Nancy Hatcher, for Ferguson's record-breaking book donation drive. [...] Continue Reading
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City Council Award to Floyd D. Harris’ Freedom School
On June 23, 2016, Rev. Dr. Floyd D. Harris Jr. received an award from the Fresno City Council for his Freedom School summer program that began last year. Councilmen Oliver Baines III gave Harris the [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – July 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday July 14, 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK Women in Black will be in [...] Continue Reading
June 2016
You can read the .pdf version of the June 2016 Community Alliance below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier reading. Simply place your cursor over the [...] Continue Reading
Democracy Now! in Fresno
By Hannah Brandt On April 29, Fresno welcomed Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan thanks to an event put on by local KPFA Pacifica Radio affiliate, KFCF 88.1. Amy Goodman is host and executive producer of [...] Continue Reading
ROCK THE VOTE
Rock the Vote: The Central Labor Council registered voters in Tower and Lowell Districts and held a rally at Ted Wills Community Center on May 14. Community Alliance newspaper had a table at the [...] Continue Reading
BOYCOTT DRISCOLL’S
Boycott Driscoll’s: Local activists picketed Driscoll’s Berries outside Whole Foods grocery store in Fig Garden on May 14. Images by Hannah Brandt. [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – June 2016
By Hannah Brandt In case you’ve missed it, there is an election this month. It is the California Primary on June 7th. In most presidential election years, by the time the California Primary rolls [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor- June 2016
FAIR WAGE By Raymond Ensher Evidently, Fresno business chamber leader Al Smith (letter, 1-30) has not been watching “Undercover Boss.” The employees who appear state they need a fair wage so they do [...] Continue Reading
Sir Harold W. Kroto (1939-2016), Obituary
By George B. Kauffman Sir Harold W. Kroto, the progressive scientist known for his efforts in science advocacy who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize [1] for his role in discovering the buckyball, a [...] Continue Reading
THE MANY AND VARIED FRESNOS
By Ruth Gadebusch The map may indicate Fresno as one place but for those of us who live in and observe the area we know there are many segments. All too often these different areas, and their sets of [...] Continue Reading