El 17 de mayo, Mike Rhodes recibió el Premio a la Trayectoria del Centro Para la no Violencia de Fresno (FCNV, por sus siglas en inglés), en reconocimiento a su dedicación a la paz y a la justicia [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Primero los Inmigrantes el 1 de Mayo
El Primero de Mayo de este año en el Valle Central fue un día de acción centrado en las políticas de deportación masiva de la administración Trump y en defensa de los trabajadores inmigrantes y sus [...] Continue Reading
Mike Rhodes Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
On May 17, Mike Rhodes received the Fresno Center for Nonviolence (FCNV) Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his dedication to peace and social and economic justice. Rhodes co-founded the [...] Continue Reading
Scholarship Fund Advances Social Justice
When I was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer seven years ago and was told that I “might” have a year to live, local attorneys Steve Malm and Howard Watkins approached me with a proposal. They wanted [...] Continue Reading
The Catastrophe Continues
May 15 marked the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, the “catastrophe” in 1948 when more than 750,000 Palestinians (80% of the population) were forcibly dispossessed from their lands and homes in what is [...] Continue Reading
Exploring Land Use in the San Joaquin Valley
Who decides how land in the San Joaquin Valley is used? How do those decisions affect our lives? What can we do about it? Those queries were the overarching theme of an environmental and land-use [...] Continue Reading
Community Responds to Veterans’ Healthcare Cuts
Trump and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have proposed cuts to the VA’s workforce and budget that affect various aspects of service for veterans. These changes include job losses, potential [...] Continue Reading
Cientos Participan de “Equidad en la Plaza” en Sacramento
Cientos de personas, muchas de ellas representando a organizaciones sin fines de lucro del Valle de San Joaquín, se reunieron el 23 de abril en la explanada frente al capitolio estatal de Sacramento [...] Continue Reading
It Has Happened Here: Hit the Streets!
In the 1935 dystopian novel about fascism titled It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, Lewis states that “when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” It seems [...] Continue Reading
Fighting Oligarchy Tour Inspires Bakersfield
The coast-to-coast “Fighting Oligarchy Tour,” featuring Senator Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.), hit the Central Valley town of Bakersfield, where oil and agriculture [...] Continue Reading
Equity on the Mall
Fourteen hundred people, many of them representing nonprofits in the San Joaquin Valley, came together on April 23 on the mall in front of the State Capitol in Sacramento to listen to speakers, [...] Continue Reading
May Day March in Madera
The Madera May Day Committee announced on April 21 the celebration of International Workers’ Day on May 1 starting at 5 p.m. The celebration will include a 40-minute march through the city [...] Continue Reading