There comes a time when efforts to avoid the truth begin to fail, when one can no longer go about daily life and pretend that all is okay. If you are like most of us, you are experiencing this. There [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
California Banks Take $21 Million from Welfare Families Yearly
(Author’s note: Thanks to the Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organization (CCWRO); Jessica Barthalow, Western Center on Law and Poverty (WCLP); Lydia Velasco, Central California Legal Services [...] Continue Reading
ACLU Responds to the Fresno County Grand Jury
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
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