Sailor Jones, originario de Carolina del Norte, es un organizador veterano y defensor de la comunidad que lleva más de dos décadas luchando por la justicia social en su estado. Como miembro de la [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
Celebrating International Workers Day
BY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE STAFF More than 200 people marched through downtown Fresno on May 1 for International Workers Day demanding immigration reform and honoring workers throughout the world. It [...] Continue Reading
Town Hall in Reedley
Stop the Hate is the theme for a town hall to be held in Reedley on June 30. Hate crimes and incidents are on the rise, and this event will bring together a coalition of groups with the tools and [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade and Festival
Fresno's 33rd annual Rainbow Pride Parade takes place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 3 in the Tower District (Wishon and Olive). For more information and other related events, [...] Continue Reading
Moving to Community Choice Aggregation for Energy
By Rob England The Climate Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has been a leader in creating climate solutions and action plans for a climate-safe future in California, hosted a community meeting [...] Continue Reading
Progressive, Local/Independent News
The May 2023 Issue of the Community Alliance is now online You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the May 2023 Community Alliance newspaper. There are [...] Continue Reading
May 2023 Final
You can read the print version of the paper below. This is a .pdf of the May 2023 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier [...] Continue Reading
A Rent Control Movement Surges in Delano
The message Xochitl Rodríguez had for her Delano City Council members during the April 3 meeting was clear, strong and to the point: “I don’t want to be 27 (years old) and still live with my [...] Continue Reading
Clovis Fought the Law and the Law Won
“Clovis didn’t get to be 70% white by accident,” said Patience Milrod in 2019 when filing a lawsuit initiated by longtime housing and homeless advocate Dez Martinez against the City. Milrod continued, [...] Continue Reading
May Day in Fresno 2023
Video: https://youtu.be/phufOFxzY_U This video illustrates who attended the march and some of the groups involved in organizing this years May Day celebration. **** (The following history of [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
The Whim of Nature and Conservatives The recent floods exposed a problem that nobody seems to want to talk about: the fragility of communities where workers, immigrants and low-income families [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Progressive Newspaper Influence I feel really happy knowing that the Community Alliance newspaper is still around. I actually grew up in one of the smaller towns of the San Joaquin Valley (Dinuba) [...] Continue Reading