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  • Prop. 47’s Second Battle — Getting the Word Out

    May 12, 2015 /

    The Public Defender’s Office began meeting with potential applicants as early as December of last year. “I see around 10 people every week,” said Andrade. “The application process is long and takes time because it's on a case by case basis.”

    Crissy Gallardo  incarceration  merced county  Merced Organizing Project  MOP  Prop 47  spotlight  Vincent Andrade  

  • Merced’s Fight for #Health4all

    April 27, 2015 /

    Hundreds of organizers, activists, and advocates rallied last week at the Capitol in a show of support for SB 4, otherwise known as the Health 4 All. The bill, which passed the Senate Health Committee in a unanimous vote last week, would provide health insurance to all Californians, including undocumented residents.

    #health4all  adam gray  anthony cannella  health care  policy  spotlight  undocumented  

  • Redemption Means Forgiveness: Q&A With Paul S. Flores

    April 17, 2015 /

    Redemption is forgiveness and the second part is actually moving forward and starting to bring the positive things into light. The accountability and responsibility is looking inside your pain. Then the redemption part is when you start taking the lessons from that pain.

    arts  family  gangs  healing  paul flores  placas  spotlight  theatre  violence  

  • 50 Years After Chavez, the Struggle for Farmworkers Continues in Merced County

    April 13, 2015 /

    “I wish they would treat us better, or that we could have more opportunities,” said Gonzalez, who also noted that working in the fields while being a student at Merced College student is challenging. “I’ve been working in the fields since I was in high school, because it is the only way I could make a living.”

    farmworkers  legrand  planada  spotlight  UFW  undocumented  

  • Residents Speak Out on the Effects of Violence in Merced

    April 9, 2015 /

    Merced County just counted its ninth homicide of 2015 a few days ago. The previous year had the most homicides on record in the county at 31. Many of the Merced County victims have been young people of color, like the young man shot and killed in Winton earlier this week and a Merced teen who was shot and killed in the parking lot of Tenaya Middle School back in February. Much of the media coverage around the violence has focused on law enforcement, gang activity and property values. We’ced youth reporters asked our community members a different question: How has violence affected your life?

    community  gangs  mental health  merced  spotlight  violence  

  • Civic Leaders Discuss Mass Incarceration In Valley

    April 7, 2015 /

    FRESNO– Community leaders, residents and state officials met Thursday night in West Fresno at Westside Church of God to talk about Proposition 47 and the flaws in the criminal justice system in Fresno County and across California.

    BSCC  FIC  incarceration  mass incarceration  PICO  Prop 47  spotlight