By Hannah Brandt By now, most of Fresno and the Central Valley knows about the desperate situation at Summerset Village Apartments in south central Fresno. The squalid conditions have made headlines [...] Continue Reading
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Fresno County Office of Education Prior Pay Policy Perpetuates Wage Inequality
By Hannah Brandt On July 12, 2012, Aileen Rizo-Acosta was at a casual business meeting with several other colleagues from the Fresno County Office of Education’s math department. She works as a math [...] Continue Reading
Uprooting Racism Project Reactivated
By Vickie M. Fouts The Uprooting Racism Project grew out of a book discussion using Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel. It was sponsored by the Women’s [...] Continue Reading
WILPF January 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING January 14 (second Thursday of each month), 7 p.m.–9 p.m. at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave. Meetings are open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK January [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change: Effect on the Oceans
By George B. Kauffman (Editor’s note: The sources for the information included herein are available in the online version of this article.) The latest comprehensive assessment carried out by the [...] Continue Reading
The Spirit of Volunteering
By Ruth Gadebusch Last month, I used this column to write about trials and tribulations of volunteering, just how our overloaded lives were affecting and being affected by volunteering. Arguably, my [...] Continue Reading
Kern County Fracking Field Trip
By Ron Martin Tom Frantz, Kern County farmer-activist, led about 25 members of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and Fresnans against Fracking on a tour of sites of polluting [...] Continue Reading
Failing Codes
By Simone Cranston-Rhodes It is the day before Thanksgiving, and I am bundled up against the cold as I walk around Summerset apartments with my companion Gone Nanthadeth. Many of us will be thankful [...] Continue Reading
En Recuerdo and Dia de los Muertos event at Arte Americas
By Community Alliance Staff Throughout the month of November, downtown Fresno museum, Arte Americas, put on an exhibit of artwork celebrating the iconic Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. It was called [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor: December 2015
By Hannah Brandt It is the end of another year, a time when many of us observe Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays with loved ones, taking time to reflect the state of our lives and our world. [...] Continue Reading
The Trials and Tribulations of Volunteerism
By Ruth Gadebusch Having recently had the privilege—or challenge, depending on perspective—of serving on several nominating committees, I have been forced to think about volunteers in today’s world. [...] Continue Reading