Community Alliance
The Voice of the Progressive Movement since 1996
By Hannah Brandt On Jan 18, 2016 Fresno’s annual March, ‘Mountain of Food’ collection, and Commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. began at Fresno City Hall with speeches from local leaders including [...] Continue Reading
By Hannah Brandt February is an unusual month, in many ways. It is Black History Month, a time to reflect on and celebrate achievements in African American history. Just as Martin Luther King Jr’s [...] Continue Reading
By Hannah Brandt A Fresno State student recently back from Palestine spoke at the Reedley Peace Center on Jan. 15, 2016. She was born and grew up partially in the U.S., living first in New York City [...] Continue Reading
By Hannah Brandt and Santy Phaphol It is the day before Thanksgiving and two former Roosevelt High classmates are trudging through soggy grass at Summerset Apartments in south central Fresno. Rusted [...] Continue Reading
By Hannah Brandt This month marks the start of a new calendar year. As a former teacher who spent twenty years as a student (yes, that means eight years in college), it is always strange for me to [...] Continue Reading
By Hannah Brandt “Being the only Black minister in Fresno on the front lines, in the trenches, I have a bulls-eye on me. But I am okay with that because being on the front lines gives people hope.” [...] Continue Reading
By Hannah Brandt By now, most of Fresno and the Central Valley knows about the desperate situation at Summerset Village Apartments in south central Fresno. The squalid conditions have made headlines [...] Continue Reading
By Hannah Brandt On July 12, 2012, Aileen Rizo-Acosta was at a casual business meeting with several other colleagues from the Fresno County Office of Education’s math department. She works as a math [...] Continue Reading
By Hannah Brandt It is the end of another year, a time when many of us observe Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays with loved ones, taking time to reflect the state of our lives and our world. [...] Continue Reading
By Hannah Brandt On Sept. 27, the Central Valley Progressive Political Action Committee (CVP PAC) hosted union organizer and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta at the home of Pat Wolk. It was a time to [...] Continue Reading
By Hannah Brandt “Fresno always drags you back in.” Several people have said this to me since I moved back to town a little over a year ago. They were met with my raised eyebrow, since I did not [...] Continue Reading
By Hannah Brandt At 6 a.m. on Sept. 2, a charter bus pulled up to the St. Rest Baptist Church in west Fresno to meet 40 bleary-eyed passengers headed to a rally in the state capital to promote AB [...] Continue Reading
