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Peace & Social Justice Calendar
MARCH 2022 Sponsored by the Fresno Center for Nonviolence Note: Contact the organizer for up-to-date information on whether meetings are in person or via Zoom. TUESDAY, MARCH 1 National [...] Continue Reading
Remembering and Honoring Dr. King
Jan. 17 was a federal holiday in honor of Dr. King’s 93rd birthday, which was observed across the nation and abroad. Let us take a moment to reflect on the life and legacy of this legendary and iconic [...] Continue Reading
8 de Marzo, Día Internacional de la Mujer: Un día Más de Lucha
Por Inti Mena Navarro En mayo del 2015, en Argentina, la adolescente Chiara Paez, de 14 años, embarazada, fue asesinada por su novio, Manuel Ignacio Mansilla Gallegos, de 17 años, quien la mató a [...] Continue Reading
California Quiere Transformar Medi-Cal En Un ‘Cuidado Integral De La Persona’
A los 66 años, Edward El tiene una nueva oportunidad de vida, literalmente. En dos semanas, se mudará a su propio apartamento en Berkeley después de pasar la mayor parte de los últimos 16 años sin [...] Continue Reading
Remembering and Honoring Dr. King
January 17th was a federal holiday in honor of Dr. King's 93rd birthday which was observed across the nation and abroad. Let us take a moment to reflect on the life and legacy of this legendary and [...] Continue Reading
Dr. King’s Connections to Fresno
In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Fresno to support the Rumford Fair Housing Act. An event was organized to advocate for fair housing in the city that started with a march from the Fresno [...] Continue Reading
“The Right to Know” When Pesticides Are Applied
In February 2021, the Community Alliance published an article describing the intensive use of pesticides in California and the efforts that several state entities are undertaking to protect people [...] Continue Reading
City and County Have Millions Yet Only Kick People When They’re Down
On Jan. 12, it was a truly dystopian scene at H and San Benito streets in downtown Fresno. Police car lights in the dense fog, the jaws of large heavy equipment scooping up property and debris in the [...] Continue Reading
Solutions for Homelessness Cannot Keep Up
Downtown Fresno holds some of the city’s fastest-growing homeless encampments. Tents, personal belongings and homeless individuals fill the streets. Since 2020, the pandemic has put Americans in [...] Continue Reading
Tell More Black Stories through Film
As we celebrate African-American History Month 2022, let us thank the Black filmmakers who are making films that tell African-American history from different viewpoints. We now have Black directors, [...] Continue Reading
Dolores Huerta Foundation
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