Courtesy of the Kauffman family (Editor’s note: With great sadness, the Community Alliance announces the passing of Dr. George Kauffman, a longtime contributor with dozens of scientific book [...] Continue Reading
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Robert Mezey, a Fresno Figure in the Free Speech Movement, Dies at 85
By Community Alliance staff Robert Mezey, award-winning poet, professor and translator, died April 25 from pneumonia at a nursing home in Bowie, Md. He was at 85. Mezey, described as having a [...] Continue Reading
Dolores Huerta Foundation – June 2020
DHF Vecinos Emergency Relief We understand that crisis support and relief is important to the survival of many in our community. Many of those in need are essential workers, and their two top [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – June 2020
Membership Brunch Cancelled Due to Circumstances The WILPF Membership Committee regrets to announce that the rescheduled Membership Brunch has been cancelled. The rescheduled date was June 20. [...] Continue Reading
Covid-19 versus the Essential Worker
By Saraí Ramos González Rural communities with large numbers of workers in the food production sector will be disproportionately affected by Covid-19. Many are ineligible to receive government aid, [...] Continue Reading
Corona Blues: COVID-19 and Our Black Community
By I. smiley G. Calderon Emerging data and statistics about the mortality of the deadly novel Covid-19 disease have disturbingly shown Black Americans suffering at greater percentages and rates [...] Continue Reading
Double Jeopardy of Being a DACA Recipient during a Pandemic
By Diego San Luis Ortega The Covid-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it. We all fear for the health of our families and anxiously await new information to help us weather this crisis. But [...] Continue Reading
Pandemic Hurting Local Small Businesses
By Eduardo Stanley The social crisis created by the eruption of the coronavirus pandemic has hurt the economy since March, when local and state governments implemented a “stay in place” policy to [...] Continue Reading
Fresno—A Hotbed of Radicalism?
By Mike Rhodes May 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of a social and political upheaval that changed how some people saw this sleepy little town. Shaw Avenue south of Fresno State was shut down by [...] Continue Reading
Exotic Cat Zoo Facing Trouble in Coronavirus Shutdown
By Peter MaidenPhotos by Peter Maiden Less than 40 miles from Fresno on the way to Sequoia National Park, at an elevation of 3,000 feet, there is a turnoff from Highway 180 to a place called Cat [...] Continue Reading
An Empowering Friendship
By Pat Wolk (Editor’s note: Eleanore “Ellie” Bluestein passed on April 7 in Fresno. She was 91 years old. Ellie was born in New York, where she met her husband, Gene. They moved to Minnesota for [...] Continue Reading