For nearly 60 years, farmworkers around the country have celebrated the legacy and momentous actions of Cesar Chavez. In 1965, Chavez began his first steps toward changing the lives of farmworkers. [...] Continue Reading
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City of Fresno Opens New Office for Immigrants
The Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs (OCA) is a new office providing a way for the City of Fresno to serve its diverse communities most in need of assistance. Areas of assistance include helping [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Bee Columnist Platforms Fascist
Deep into Fresno Bee writer Marek Warzsawki’s recent column on anti-vaxxer disruptions at Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) board meetings comes this oblique reference: “All but one of the 22 [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day Redux
At the risk of revealing my age, I want to reminisce briefly about the first Earth Day: April 22, 1970. I was in my freshman year of high school. My civics teacher, Mike Thompson, was right out of [...] Continue Reading
Rural Communities Targeted for Dirty Energy Projects
Mendota is a small city in western Fresno County that is known as the “Cantaloupe Center of the World” and for having some of the best pupuserias (restaurants specializing in pupusas, a traditional [...] Continue Reading
Remembering and Honoring Dr. King
January 17th was a federal holiday in honor of Dr. King's 93rd birthday which was observed across the nation and abroad. Let us take a moment to reflect on the life and legacy of this legendary and [...] Continue Reading
The Peace and Social Justice Calendar
February 2022 Sponsored by the Fresno Center for Nonviolence Note: Contact the organizer for up-to-date information on whether meetings are in person or via Zoom. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY [...] Continue Reading
Dr. King’s Connections to Fresno
In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Fresno to support the Rumford Fair Housing Act. An event was organized to advocate for fair housing in the city that started with a march from the Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Alicia Jrapko, Rest in Power
Alicia Jrapko, a first-line fighter for a better, more just and equitable world, died on Jan. 11 after a long illness during which she continued to work as much as possible. As leader of the [...] Continue Reading
City and County Have Millions Yet Only Kick People When They’re Down
On Jan. 12, it was a truly dystopian scene at H and San Benito streets in downtown Fresno. Police car lights in the dense fog, the jaws of large heavy equipment scooping up property and debris in the [...] Continue Reading
The March for Our Future
By Community Alliance staff On Dec. 4, hundreds marched in Fresno demanding that Boards of Supervisors in Central Valley counties listen to the people regarding new district boundaries. [...] Continue Reading
City and County Have Millions While Unhoused Die in the Streets
On Dec. 14, the Fresno Police Department’s Homeless Assistance Response Team (HART, aka the heartless team) raided a small homeless encampment behind a convenience store during a hard, cold rainstorm. [...] Continue Reading