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    The Community Alliance is a monthly newspaper that has been published in Fresno, California, since 1996. The purpose of the newspaper is to help build a progressive movement for social and economic justice.

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The Death of a Peaceful Warrior

By Irene Serrano The original director of the Chicano Youth Center, Alfonso Hernandez, has died at the age of 64. A native of Fresno, he graduated from Central High, attended Fresno City College and [...] Continue Reading

Pay Discrimination Is Real

By Aileen Rizo  It was July 2012 when one moment I was a math educator who was happy of my 16-year career accomplishments, and the next moment it all seemed to shatter before me. There I was sitting [...] Continue Reading

I Ate Asparagus

By Leonard Adame Edited by Richard Stone Leonard Adame is a frequent contributor to the Community Alliance, with numerous and eloquent photo essays and commentaries to his credit. Here, he expands [...] Continue Reading

Youth Film Festival on Water Crisis

By Victoria Lee ACEL Fresno Charter High School students have created a great opportunity for youth to get involved in a film festival to identify solutions to the water crisis. We have been in a [...] Continue Reading

Handmade with Love

By Abigail Janzen Has the increased commercialization of a certain holiday been getting you down? Right after Christmas I was already being bombarded with overflowing ads (in my already broken [...] Continue Reading

International Darwin Day 2015

By George B Kauffman As our nation prepares to celebrate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the entire world is preparing to celebrate the birthday of Charles Darwin, who is ranked alongside our [...] Continue Reading

WILPF: February 2015

WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday February 12, 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness.  This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK February 4, first [...] Continue Reading