On May 1, hundreds of community members rallied at Fresno City Hall before marching to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in solidarity with workers and immigrants. “I stand [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Record-Setting Turnout for No Kings Day
BY PETER MAIDEN No Kings Day, March 28, was the largest national protest in American history, bringing out as many as 9 million people in more than 3,300 separate actions. In Fresno, more than [...] Continue Reading
Celebration of Life for Nancy Waidtlow
Nancy Waidtlow’s life was deeply rooted in the struggles for peace, social justice, human rights and gender equity for most of her 85 years on the planet. The last 15 years or so of her life were [...] Continue Reading
Workers Support Autonomous Vehicle Safety
Around 25 gig workers came out to the lawn in front of Fresno City Hall on March 25 for a press conference to support SB 1246, which would regulate autonomous vehicles statewide. State Senator Dave [...] Continue Reading
Unmasking Patriarchy: The Power of Radical Feminism
On March 7, in commemoration of International Women’s Day, a rally in Fresno was held to raise the voices of local women and to amplify the need for gender equity. The rally was organized by Women [...] Continue Reading
Environmental Justice Meets Animal Rights
To many in Fresno, Kettleman City marks a stopping point on the way to Southern California. Less well-known is its decades-long history of fighting for environmental justice. At the intersection of [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Says “No War”
Nationally and locally, community members are speaking out against the illegal, unprovoked attack on Iran. There have been weekly demonstrations in Fresno organized by Peace Fresno and other cities [...] Continue Reading
El Valle Central dice “No a la guerra”
Al nivel nacional y local, miembros de la comunidad están alzándose en contra del ataque ilegal y no provocado a Irán. Ha habido manifestaciones semanales en Fresno organizadas por Peace Fresno y [...] Continue Reading
Serving Rural Communities
Michael Evans has produced this informative slide show about the Community Alliance effort to serve the rural communities in the San Joaquin Valley. You can see the slide show below. This is a .pdf [...] Continue Reading
The March 2026 Issue of the Community Alliance
You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the March 2026 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages [...] Continue Reading
Resistance in the Heartland
Kings County is not a place most people would expect to see much resistance to the illegal and immoral policies and actions of the Trump administration. It is home to industrial agriculture, state [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans for a People’s Budget
Who gets to decide what safety looks like in the city of Fresno and how are taxpayer dollars used to build that? A new advocacy group, Fresnans for a People’s Budget (FPB), formed to bring awareness [...] Continue Reading