The Fresno County Grand Jury recently released a report on mental health care in the Fresno County Jail. The Grand Jury’s investigation was triggered by complaints submitted by the local ACLU [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
The Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Faith Calendar
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 actions; to model interfaith [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
Freedom and the 4th of July By Leonard Adame On this 4th of July, hot dogs will blacken on a grill sending smoke signals to people with beers stuck in their hands. A few Americans will invoke, as [...] Continue Reading
Bravo Success for BMB Leadership Academy in Southwest Fresno
Organizational effectiveness is often the key component to an organization’s success. The Black Men and Boys (BMB) Leadership Academy demonstrated “effectiveness.” The experience was indeed awesome as [...] Continue Reading
Progressive News Briefs
Education Without Borders A march and rally was held in downtown Fresno last month to draw attention to the Fresno Unified School District’s high dropout rate, support ethnic studies programs and [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
I was pleasantly surprised when I read David Roy’s “Progressive Religion...Is Not an Oxymoron” article this month. Roy’s article takes a look at why there is such a chasm between the stated goals of [...] Continue Reading
Reporting from Inside
[Editor’s note: The Community Alliance is proud to present the following article, which is the introduction to the book Boston has written, scheduled to be published this summer. Boston’s book is a [...] Continue Reading
World Courts of Women: Become Part of the Solution
The California Central Valley Journey for Justice has provided its endorsement to the World Courts of Women and invites other Central Valley groups and individuals to do the same. The World Courts of [...] Continue Reading
Defending Civil Liberties in Fresno
The American Civil Liberties Union affiliate staff in San Francisco used to joke that they should open an office in Fresno. That never happened, but it sure seems like it did. The affiliate and the [...] Continue Reading
The Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Faith Calendar
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 actions; to model [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
Classrooms, Not Prison Cells By Daniel Treglia I’m inspired to write because of Miriam Hernandez, who wrote “Where’s the Attention to Education” in the May issue of the Community Alliance. Although [...] Continue Reading
Don’t Feed the Animals
We’ve heard the story of “The Bird Man of Alcatraz,” by Robert Stroud. Prison folklore has it the Bird Man smuggled bird eggs and fledglings (baby birds) inside his coat into the cell house on “The [...] Continue Reading