Editor’s note: This is a public service announcement from the Barrio Art Collective, which is dedicated to all of the people in the struggle in the barrios, alleys and marginalized areas in Fresno and [...] Continue Reading
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Poetry Corner – June 2014
Edited by Richard Stone Alex Vavoulis, former professor at Fresno State and a founding father of KFCF, offers us a poem written in 1966 by his longtime friend Thanasis Maskaleris. Vavoulis writes, [...] Continue Reading
Undocu-Queers: The Invisible Intersection between Immigrant and LGBTQ Rights
By Grisanti Valencia Undocu-queers have been at the forefront of the immigrant rights movement fighting for all immigrant families. Their stories have inspired all of us in many ways. An undocu-queer [...] Continue Reading
Mothers Helping Mothers: When There’s a Need We Must Act
By Gloria Hernandez with Rosemary Moreno and Irene Serrano (Editor’s note: Back in the early 1990s, there were a lot of droughts that disproportionately affected a lot of the campesina/o communities, [...] Continue Reading
A Student’s Voice Heard
By Cheyann Wakefield As a senior at Fresno High, I look forward to what my future holds and I reflect on my experience as a Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) student. I think about what I’ve been [...] Continue Reading
Prisoners and Shadows Draining Like Slow Water: On the Film Cesar Chavez
By Leonard Adame I’d never heard of Cesar Chavez when I was 15 and driving bobtails stacked with cherry tomatoes from Dinuba to Orange Cove. I was happy the little truck had a radio and often [...] Continue Reading
Immigration Reform Movement Reaches Critical Juncture
By Stan Santos The movement for a permanent solution to the crisis confronting more than 11 million undocumented persons living in the United States has reached a critical point in its historic [...] Continue Reading
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: Restoring the Balance of Justice
By Community Alliance Staff The Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) has designated an annual National Crime Victims’ Week, and it will be observed April 6–12 this year. The theme of this year’s Victims’ [...] Continue Reading
Farmworkers: The Ignored and Marginalized
By Chucho Mendoza Pineda As National Farmworker Awareness Week approaches this month, we must make an honest attempt to shed light on the reality of these human beings. When it comes to addressing [...] Continue Reading
The Bitter Reality for Farmworkers
By David Bacon (Editor’s note: Reprinted from New America Media, Nov. 27, 2013. Reference http://newamericamedia.org/2013/11/the-bitter-reality-for-farm-workers.php.) As families prepare to [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Metro Ministry: Supporting Social and Economic Justice
By Chanel Ruiz-Mendez and Sarah Sharpe On Dec. 5, Fresno Metro Ministry will celebrate 43 years of advocacy to create a more “respectful, compassionate and inclusive community” at its Anniversary [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights Commemoration in Fresno
By Sudarshan Kapoor “We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta [...] Continue Reading