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As wildfires ravage Southern California, particularly in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, it’s hard to ignore the profound connection between environmental justice and immigration policy. These fires are more than…
BY VERONICA ROMAN, COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST
Escrito por Veronica Roman La experiencias vividas con nuestra comunidad ha sido maravillosa. En el año 2021 inicié mi trabajo como organizadora comunitaria con La Coalición Justicia para Inmigrantes. Me…
BY ALMA TREJO, CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR, INLAND EMPIRE IMMIGRANT YOUTH COLLECTIVE
By Alma Trejo, Campaign Director, Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective This past November, the Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective had the privilege to graduate our very first Immigrant Youth…
BY ANN E. FINK, AND JUNE HIBINO, MEMBERS OF NIKKEI PROGRESSIVES IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE
By Ann E. Fink, and June Hibino, members of Nikkei Progressives Immigration Committee This year marks the 82nd anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin Roosevelt…
BY ESMERALDA SANTOS
By Esmeralda Santos, Shut Down Adelanto “Let me begin by saying that I came to theory because I was hurting – the pain within me was so intense that I…
BY VERONICA ROMAN
Escrito por Veronica Roman ¡Tenemos un nuevo inicio de Año! 2024… 365 días del año para mejores oportunidades de crecimiento y aprendizaje.Lo vivido durante la pandemia nos ha transformado a…
BY EMILIO AMAYA
No dejaba de sonar nuestro teléfono…eran las 6 de la mañana, y era otra llamada de una familia preocupada porque el padre de familia había sido detenido en la avenida…
BY DAVID FRIEDMAN
By David Friedman, Realicore & Viva La Boba As a White, Jewish individual, I am understandably the last person who should be commenting on the inequality that exists between street…
Community vs Capital By Daniel Reyes, Digital Organizer Nestled in the heart of Southern California—with a population and size that rivals some states—sits the Inland Empire (IE). With a culture…
The Push Against Anti-Street Vendor Legislation By Alejandro Meza Aguilar, Coachella Valley Organizer The Coachella Valley: an amalgamation of towns and cities isolated in the Inland Empire. It’s a place…
A New Dawn for Endless Opportunities By Eddie Torres. Policy Coordinator “I believe in living. I believe in birth. I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire…
BY DIANNA CAAL-REQUENA
by Dianna Caal-Requena One in five residents in the Inland Empire are immigrants. One in five. Immigrants are part of the fabric of our community; they are our neighbors, friends,…