POR PERSONAL DE LA ALIANZA COMUNITARIA Vickie Fouts, una activista local muy respetada y muy comprometida, falleció el 23 de mayo de 2014, “muy pacíficamente, con su osito de peluche, mi hermano [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
When Organized Workers Changed the Rules
International Workers’ Day is celebrated in more than 100 countries on May 1. However, the United States does not recognize it as an official holiday. Instead, the United States has its own version, [...] Continue Reading
Sit-in at CSU-Fresno to Stop Genocide in Gaza
Students at CSU-Fresno held a sit-in on campus to focus attention on the genocide taking place in Gaza and to call for an immediate end to the war. Over 150 students, faculty and community [...] Continue Reading
Progressive, Local/Independent News
Progressive, Local/Independent News The May 2024 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 2024 [...] Continue Reading
Attorney General Addresses Activists in Fresno
The United Against Hate summit at Fresno City College on April 6 brought together a coalition of community groups whose goal is to reduce hate crimes in Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley. It included [...] Continue Reading
Immigrants Keep the American Economy Afloat
The success of the American economy is dependent on a successful and ordered immigration system. Since the 1970s, the native-born U.S. population has not been having enough children to replace [...] Continue Reading
Manzanar: Living History and Remembering the Past
“We can never fully right the wrongs of the past. But we can take a clear stand for justice and recognize that serious injustices were done to Japanese Americans during World War II.” —President [...] Continue Reading
Japanese Incarceration Panel Brings History to Young People
On April 24, about 90 people filled the Forum Hall Auditorium at Fresno City College to listen to Dale Ikeda and Marion Masada talk about the Japanese incarceration during World War II. From 1942 [...] Continue Reading
Hate Crimes Difficult to Convict
An increasing number of hate crimes are being reported in California, but convictions continue to remain low, said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. At the April 6 United Against Hate summit [...] Continue Reading
National Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
On May 2, the City of Fresno will present a proclamation addressing the historical and ongoing epidemic of violence perpetrated against Indigenous people. This proclamation is a resolution recognizing [...] Continue Reading
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$24 Billion Spent and Even More Unhoused People
On April 9, California released an audit of the State’s homelessness funding, including an evaluation of the efforts undertaken by the State to monitor the cost-effectiveness of such spending. The [...] Continue Reading
El Procurador General Habla con Activistas en Fresno
POR MIKE RHODES La cumbre “Unidos Contra el Odio”, que tuvo lugar en el Colegio Comunitario de Fresno el 6 de abril, reunió a una coalición de grupos comunitarios cuyo objetivo es reducir los [...] Continue Reading