It’s already deadly on the streets of Fresno. It’s deadly, in part, because it is Fresno City policy to continue encampment sweeps and because of its refusal to support safe camps. Women, the elderly, [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
International Workers Day Celebrated in Fresno
May Day was celebrated in downtown Fresno on May 1. The theme was immigration reform, and about 300 people enjoyed the march, music and camaraderie with family and fellow workers. International [...] Continue Reading
Community Slows Tax Renewals
Sales tax renewal efforts in Fresno and Madera counties hit historic roadblocks in May and have no chance of success at the ballot this year. Running on 20th century plans for the future, the renewal [...] Continue Reading
College Students with Criminal Records
In my recent study of California college students with criminal records (CSCR), we are invited to bear witness to one way that decolonizing practices can unfold in higher education institutions. In [...] Continue Reading
Abolish the S-Word in Place Names
In 2019, in remembrance of Hanna Harris, the U.S. Senate designated her birthday, May 5, as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Harris was just 21 and a [...] Continue Reading
Roberto De La Cruz Showed Workers How to Change Their Lives
Courtesy of the United Farm Workers It was with profound sorrow that the farmworker movement learned of the sudden passing of lifetime farmworker and union activist Roberto “Bobby” De La [...] Continue Reading
Some Thoughts on the Abortion Issue
Basically, abortion or anti-abortion is a religious concept. Many anti-abortionists claim that a soul is present immediately upon conception. Many of those who favor abortion do not believe that there [...] Continue Reading
Las Mujeres Luchan por sus Derechos y su Dignidad
Hace casi 50 años, la Corte Suprema dictaminó que las mujeres tenían el derecho fundamental de elección cuando se trataba de abortar. Los abortos no siempre fueron ilegales, de hecho, el primer estado [...] Continue Reading
Un Día Sin Cuidado Infantil
Cientos de cuidadoras infantiles de California decidieron no trabajar por un día como una manera de protestar en demanda de mejores condiciones laborales y beneficios. El día se llamó “Un Día Sin [...] Continue Reading
Fresno: Exigen a la Ciudad Solución a Crisis de Vivienda
La crisis de la vivienda está llegando a límites intolerables: las rentas aumentan incesantemente y hay pocas casas y departamentos accesibles para familias de bajos ingresos—la mayoría de la [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
June 2022 [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Center for Nonviolence
June 2022 Sponsored Page [...] Continue Reading