On July 10, dozens of community members held a vigil commemorating Nolan Wells, the Black 18 year old who disappeared during a Fourth of July trip with his three white high school [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights
La muerte de Nolan Wells–Más preguntas que respuestas
El 10 de julio, decenas de miembros de la comunidad realizaron una vigilia en memoria de Nolan Wells, el joven negro de 18 años que desapareció durante un viaje del Cuatro de Julio con tres de sus [...] Continue Reading
When Murder is Not A Crime
On July 10 community members gathered outside the U.S. Federal Building in Fresno for a vigil for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo who was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in [...] Continue Reading
Cuando el asesinato no es delito
El 10 de julio, miembros de la comunidad se reunieron afuera del Edificio Federal de Estados Unidos en Fresno para una vigilia por Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, quien fue baleado y asesinado por agentes del [...] Continue Reading
Derechos queer: ¿dónde estamos ahora?
El 26 de junio de 2015, acababa de cumplir 14 años. Vivía en el centro de Fresno en ese entonces, y mi madre y yo estábamos en nuestra sala viendo la historia desarrollarse en las noticias. El [...] Continue Reading
Queer Rights: Where Are We Now?
On June 26, 2015, I had just turned 14. I was living in downtown Fresno at the time, and my mother and I were in our living room watching history unfold on the news. Last June was the 10th [...] 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
ICE Detention Facilities: Barbaric and Negligent
Local and National ICE Out Protests Grow On Jan. 31, thousands of protesters across the United States demonstrated against the federal government’s immigration detention centers, enforcement [...] Continue Reading
Africans Sold Africans—Myth or Reality?
The transatlantic slave trade remains one of the most devastating systems of exploitation in human history. Among the most persistent and controversial claims surrounding this history is the assertion [...] Continue Reading
ICE: A Chronicle of Violence and Death
“She Was an Amazing Human Being” The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis has led to outrage and anger across the United States and around the [...] Continue Reading
Resistance Is Not Futile
If it had not dawned upon us before recent events, it should be totally obvious now: Christian theocrats, white nationalists and oligarchs who never have enough money are trying to drag the United [...] Continue Reading
Residentes de Fresno se pronuncian sobre Venezuela
Durante el mes de enero, se llevaron a cabo tres manifestaciones en Fresno para protestar contra el ataque estadounidense a Venezuela: una en la intersección de las avenidas Blackstone y Nees el 3 de [...] Continue Reading