Jose Leon-Barraza: Fresno Risks Losing Valuable Parks Site (The Fresno Bee - 11/21/15)
Ten years ago, the city of Fresno promised its residents and the National Park Service that it would construct a park over a five-year period at a cost of $13 million if the NPS donated a 49 acre site at 2155 S. Peach Avenue to the city. In 2006, the NPS accepted the proposal and donated the site. The site was previously used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a research station.
Fusion, in partnership with The California Endowment, is looking for 12 young people (ages 18-25) from California to take part in a 7-month (Jan. -Aug.) journalism training, mentorship and reporting program. Each fellow will work closely with an editorial advisor and a journalism mentor at Fusion as they produce a series of original, multimedia stories that will touch on some of the most critical community-health issues in our state. Fellows will be given the opportunity of having their stories published for a wide audience across Fusion media platforms.
California's prosperity depends on its young people having a fair chance to thrive and succeed - including the 70 percent of young Californians who identify as people of color. It's time California invest in the success of young people of color including putting an end to racial profiling with Assembly Bill (AB) 953.
AB 953, written by Assemblymember Shirley Weber of San Diego, will increase law enforcement transparency and accountability to communities by training police on racial profiling and implicit bias.
Flu Vaccination Clinic Fresno County Department of Public Health
1221 Fulton Mall
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Flu Vaccination Clinic Fresno County Department of Public Health
1221 Fulton Mall, Rm. 120
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Fresno BHC Holiday Community Gathering Tehipite Middle School
630 N. Augusta Street
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Help the Residents of the Summerset Apartments
Residents living in the Summerset Apartments need your help! The apartment complex has been without gas for more than 10 days which means families have been left without heat or the capabilities to cook a warm meal.
Our friends at Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries Inc. (FIRM Inc.), are collecting donations of blankets, socks, heaters, water kettles, and monetary donations to help with food. Volunteers are also needed to help provide a hot meal to at least 300 individuals.
Donations are being accepted at FIRM Inc., 1940 N. Fresno Street. For more information, call (559) 487-1500
"As residents grow cold, gas lines remain off at a Fresno apartment complex" (KFSN ABC 30)
New Partnership with Fresno State Athletics a Home-Run for Children's Health
The Red Wave made a visit to south Fresno thanks to a new partnership with Fresno Building Healthy Communities and Fresno State Athletics. More than 50 kids took part in the 2015 Kids Baseball & Softball Clinic held on November 14 at Tehipite Middle School.
Children, ages 8-14 from across Fresno, learned tips and techniques alongside Fresno State baseball and softball players and coaches. Each child was also given a free lunch courtesy of Port of Subs and a baseball or softball glove courtesy of The Next Level Diamond Academy.
WeConnect Helps Hundreds with DACA Applications and More
Community members began lining up in the early hours Saturday morning in hopes to get connected with programs and services they need at the WeConnect Health Fair and DACA Clinic at the Mexican Consulate in north Fresno.
More than 80 individuals applied for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) for the first time and hundreds more received information about the services available in the community.
"Hundreds of valley residents received free health care and legal assistance" (KFSN ABC 30)
Survey Says - Voters Support #Parks4All!
Volunteers from Community for a New California Education Fund have been reaching out to registered voters over the last two weeks to hear what they think about parks.
These volunteers spoke with more than 2,000 registered voters in Fresno and 91% of them supported #Parks4All and updating the outdated Fresno Parks Master Plan and investing in parks with the most need.
California student suspension rate drops as 'willful defiance' punishments decline
School suspension rates have fallen in California for students of every ethnicity in the last three years, a sign that a shift in discipline practices in many school districts is starting to have an effect, according to a study released Monday by the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the UCLA Civil Rights Project. The study includes a spreadsheet of the number of suspensions by ethnicity in 901 California school districts.
It's that time of year again! Beginning Sunday, November 1st, it's time to #GetCovered - which means it's time to renew or to get enrolled in no- or low-cost health insurance. Fresno Building Healthy Communities partners are ready to help you review and select your health care plan for 2016.
For more information about Covered California Open Enrollment, visit
CoveredCA.com.
For information about Fresno Building Healthy Communities enrollment partners, visit FresnoBHC.org/getcovered.
Fresno BHC Gives Back at Bike Build Out
Fresno Building Healthy Communities leaders and advocates have been in high-gear all year - working to create #OneHealthyFresno. Because of their hardwork throughout the year, Fresno Building Healthy Communities - in partnership with Off The Front - gave back to these leaders with a chance to build a bike for their child, just in time for the holidays.
Giving Back to Community Leaders at Bike Build Out (KFTV Univision 21 - 11/7/15)
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