by Hannah Brandt

By Emily Brandt and Hannah Brandt March 31, 2019 On Monday, April 8, 2019, residents of the City of Fresno and the rest of the Central San Joaquin Valley are invited to a revival of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign and March on Washington. The assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin…

20 songs to beat the heat If you’ve been here before or read my articles in Community Alliance newspaper, you know that I usually write about pretty serious stuff. After frying my brain voting in the California primary, I needed a fun break. So I made a summer playlist. Thinking…

From Fresno Pacific Peace Club to Randa Jarrar It has been four months since I wrote my last From the Editor. After two and a half years, I stepped down as editor of Community Alliance newspaper. It is my pleasure to pass the reins to Elsa Mejía on her first…

This month, it is hard to write this. That is not only because I happen to be sick as a dog as I do so, but as many of you know, this is my last month as editor. …

“Your attendance is your support,” says Zoyer Zyndel, Trans-E-motion chair and emcee at the Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) at Fresno State on Nov. 20. Trans-E-motion is a local organization that works to provide support and education to transgender persons, their families, and their friends. Later, Zyndel said that “the…

In July 2014, just a month before Americans were confronted with images of 17-year-old Michael Brown lying dead from police gunshots on the street in Ferguson, Mo., television screens were filled with brutal carnage on the other side of the world in Gaza. …

On July 18, Mi Familia Vota held a press conference on healthcare in coordination with several other groups including Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Centro Binacional para el Desarollo Indígena Oaxaqueño (CBDIO), Planned Parenthood, the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno, the Latino Coalition…

Three years ago, the hashtag #YesAllWomen went viral on social media as women confronted the world with their stories of sexual abuse and assault. The aim was to make people listen to and take seriously women’s lived experiences, which have for so long been dismissed, mocked and even turned on…