If you are homeless and living in Fresno (or anywhere in California), you are probably eligible to receive a free cell phone as part of a program run by the state Public Utilities Commission. If you [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
Rethinking Priorities
By Community Alliance Staff Since 1980, California has built 20 new prisons, and only one new university. It’s time to rethink California’s priorities! Join us as we engage in conversation and [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Calendar – June 2013
Compiled by Fresno Metro Ministry ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive [...] Continue Reading
A Gift of Life for Caroline
By Steve Malm It is to the enduring credit of the Community Alliance newspaper that its focus has always been equity, justice, and compassion. It is in that sense we make an appeal for the gift of [...] Continue Reading
Freefall into Madness: The Fresno County Jail’s Barbaric Treatment of the Mentally Ill
Reported and written by Fresno State journalists Sam LoProto, Damian Marquez, Angel Moreno, Jacob Rayburn, Brianna Vaccari, Liana Whitehead and their professor Mark Arax. For the past six years, in [...] Continue Reading
March of the Butterflies: Immigration Reform 2013
By Jamie San Andres “We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us!” chanted some of the masses last year at the May 1 march. Some may ask, what do the members of the immigrant community mean [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press – May 2013: Peter B. Collins Visits San Quentin
By Boston Woodard A highly respected independent progressive recently returned to San Quentin. Peter B. Collins is an American radio host and media consultant from the San Francisco area. Collins [...] Continue Reading
Don’t Let Feds Murder Lynne Stewart
By Maria Telesco If you were in serious trouble, maybe accused of terrorism, the best court-appointed lawyer you could hope for would be Lynne Stewart. A criminal defense attorney for more than 30 [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Pinto Restoration and Reconnection
By Jesse C. Gonzales “Pintos” The tag or label pinto when referring to a current prison inmate has been handed down through the decades. Although of European roots, it has evolved in meaning to [...] Continue Reading
Gus and Trino’s, 42 and ’47
By Leonard Adame My dad, a pro boxer before World War II absorbed him, was also a cook. So the Army Air Force decided that he should prepare meals for thousands of GIs three times a day. Soon, he was [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Calendar – May 2013
Compiled by Fresno Metro Ministry ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive [...] Continue Reading
Civil Rights Groups and Pastors Rally Against Police Brutality
By Floyd D. Harris, Jr. Rev. Floyd D. Harris Jr., national president of the National Network in Action, a civil and human rights organization, the Mexican-American Political Association, the Fresno [...] Continue Reading