Speakers at the Jan. 25 Stop the Hate Town Hall identified the path to ending the violence against marginalized communities: Report all incidents of hate crimes, increase solidarity between impacted [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
The February 2023 Issue of the Community Alliance
You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the February 2023 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages [...] Continue Reading
2023: Opportunities for Disadvantaged Communities
It is hard to believe that the first month of 2023 has already ended, but what has not ended are the needs and challenges faced by disadvantaged communities. Which are these communities and why are [...] Continue Reading
Remembering Dr. King: Tributes to Greatness
Jan. 16 was a federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 94th birthday, observed across the nation and around the world. It is a holiday to some but a holy day to others. Reflecting [...] Continue Reading
MLK Jr. and the Class Question
As an undergraduate student, at his father’s house in Atlanta, a young inquisitive Martin Luther King Jr. read Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto and therefore Marx’s critique of capitalist social [...] Continue Reading
Hate Is in the Heart
Each month—no, each day—it seems the ugly face of hate forces itself upon us. Senseless violence, heartless killings, stone-cold murders. Last year, we had 647 mass shootings in the United States. [...] Continue Reading
Shelter Emergency—Homeless Lives Matter
“I could care less about Disney on Ice when there are people [not] waking up, dead on the streets. I am the one who has to drive through Tower seeing bodies lying there, lifeless, because the warming [...] Continue Reading
Let the Healing Begin!
On Jan. 12, the U.S. Board of Geographical Names (USBGN) gave the 93675 zip code a new name: Yokuts Valley. This marks the culmination of a two-year process that began with local Indigenous activists. [...] Continue Reading
The Passing of Jay Hubbell (1946–2023)
By Community Alliance Staff Jay Hubbell—born Berl Jay Hubbell—was an active member of our community. Although a member of the Democratic Party, his activism went well beyond the party. He was also [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Center for Nonviolence Sponsored Page
February 2023 [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
February 2023 [...] Continue Reading
Refugios de Emergencia: Las Vidas de Las Personas Sin Hogar Importan
“No podría importarme menos ‘Disney on Ice’ cuando hay personas que amanecen muertas en las calles. Yo soy el que tiene que conducir a través del barrio Tower de Fresno para ver cuerpos tirados allí, [...] Continue Reading