February 01, 2012
I spent the week of January 9th through 15th at The Lodge at Simpsonwood in Norcross , Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, in a training exercise for national leaders conducted by PICO National.
November 23, 2011
Ontario Youth Want All Students to Succeed
November 10, 2011
As the Tuesday, November 8 elections approached, youth from Inland Congregations United for Change in San Bernardino geared up to make an impact by walking neighborhoods and making phone calls to increase voter turnout in the city.
November 09, 2011
Mensaje rotundo por parte de los votantes que dijeron basta a los incrementos de impuestos, pero que ahora contarán con menos lugares recreativos. Kuna Noticias hablo con líderes políticos y comunitarios sobre lo que esto significa y la confusión generada por la "Medida K".
November 08, 2011
Early results show Measure K, the half-cent sales tax hike proposed to raise money for more parks, is heading for a defeat.
10/10 precincts reporting
Residentes de 4 ciudades del Condado de Riverside salieron a votar hoy con respecto al incremento de los impuestos. En el Valle de Coachella las ciudades de Palm Springs con la "Medida J", Indian Wells "Medida H" y Coachella con las "Medidas K" y L" que incrementarían los impuestos de ventas por medio centavo de forma permanente
November 05, 2011
The day before Coachella voters are set to hit the polls and decide on a sales tax increase, city officials have agreed to meet with residents concerned about the ballot measure and other fees.
Coachella voters are set to hit the polls and decide on a sales tax increase, city officials have agreed to meet with residents concerned about the ballot measure and other fees.
November 04, 2011
Three Churches to hold City-wide Forum on Eve of Election
November 03, 2011
A sólo días de las elecciones del 8 de Noviembre residentes de la ciudad de Coachella se muestran un tanto divididos en cuanto a la "Medida K". Medida que busca incrementar medio centavo a los impuestos de ventas para la creación y mantenimiento de parques.
October 30, 2011
With incomes declining, more also choose to rent
October 28, 2011
Proponents cite dire need for parks in city with large youth population
October 23, 2011
Coachella Families Contributed to City Water Rate Study Session
October 19, 2011
Coachella Residents Weigh In: Families feel double-taxed during this economy; faith leaders say good jobs and solutions to increased utility rates are needed.
October 13, 2011
Rancho Mirage — A sea of concrete slabs are all that's left of more than 100 homes that used to be a part of the Rancho Palms mobile home park on Peterson Road.
October 11, 2011
Bill helps get DUI checkpoints back on point
October 10, 2011
Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 353, co-authored by Assemblymembers Gil Cedillo and Michael Allen. The bill establishes uniformity and clarity in the increasingly controversial vehicle impoundment process at DUI checkpoints. AB 353 ensures that DUI checkpoints stay focused on their goals rather than targeting safe, sober drivers who may not have a California license.
October 06, 2011
Durante los próximos cuatro años, residentes de la ciudad de Coachella verán un incremento de un 27 por ciento en el costo del agua y mientras ya han visto un alza en el costo del drenaje.
October 05, 2011
How candidates for three seats on the board of Riverside Unified School District would involve parents in schools was an issue at a forum sponsored by Inland Congregations United for Change.
October 04, 2011
SAN BERNARDINO - With less than a month until the school board interviews final candidates for superintendent, students and other community members made clear on Tuesday what they wanted to see in the district's top administrator.
September 28, 2011
Fundamental acts taken for granted by most Americans take on a whole new meaning for the visually impaired. Casting a secret ballot, for example.
September 18, 2011
Registrar of Voters, the Braille Institute and ICUC partner to motivate participation in elections
September 15, 2011
If the walls in Edmund Dantez's home in the Dream Homes neighborhood of Cathedral City could talk, they would have some vivid stories to tell. Working with the Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC), Dantez hopes to shine a positive light onto the area and develop more community projects such as a community garden, water-conscience landscaping and sidewalk installation.
September 05, 2011
A detention center to house immigrant detainees set to open in Adelanto raises many important concerns for immigrants and their advocates in the community. While the facility could potentially keep detainees closer to their families and legal counsel, the so-called public-private partnership that produced this facility shows that immigration law isn't just a divisive political issue - it's big business.
September 01, 2011
Throughout the years, the reputation of the Dream Homes neighborhood in Cathedral City has been tarnished by violence, gangs and crime. Sergio Rosas, 24, is working to change that and highlight the positive aspects of the community.
August 27, 2011
The Justice for Immigrants Coalition of Inland Southern California (JFIC) is deeply concerned about the implementation of the Secure Communities (S-Comm) program in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
August 18, 2011
It took a combination of children becoming ill, community outrage and disclosures in the press before the Department of Toxic Substances Control used its authority to stop shipments to a soil-recycling plant that never had state authorization to operate. Hundreds of thousands of tons of dirt contaminated with lead, pesticides, gasoline and other waste were sent to the plant.
August 10, 2011
San Bernardino Unified School District will hold meetings this month to hear public comment on what residents want in a new superintendent.
July 07, 2011
Help is on the way from the federal government for some homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments because of prolonged joblessness.
June 20, 2011
CALIFORNIA: Manifestaron enfrente de las oficinas del senador estatal Bill Emmerson pidiendo su voto legislativo.
About 114 residents from San Bernardino and Riverside counties traveled to Sacramento on Tuesday, May 24 for the 15th Annual State Immigrant Day. From Indio to Upland, people concerned about immigrant rights came together to lobby through visits to their state representatives.
June 16, 2011
Youth interested in healthy outlets will be among those participating in a public being held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Mecca on Monday, June 20th at 7pm.
June 13, 2011
Hundreds of teenagers today are expected to fill the steps of the capitol to urge lawmakers to invest in their future.
June 03, 2011
A student-led assembly will be held on Monday, June 6th at 9am in the Desert Mirage High School auditorium. Students will work towards public commitments from Superintendent Adams, Principal Rodriguez and Kevin Kalman the Director of Desert Recreation District to address the need for more healthy youth outlets.
June 02, 2011
On Tuesday night, May 31, Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC) hosted a forum at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in San Bernardino to address the foreclosure crisis facing the entire Inland Empire but in particular, portions of San Bernardino that have been hit especially hard.
June 01, 2011
...a loan modification can be a near-maddening process, as told by those who delivered testimony during an Inland Congregations United for Change event held Tuesday night at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in San Bernardino.
May 23, 2011
A group of students at Ontario High School are launching their own food revolution. Unhappy with lunch menus they felt were unhealthy, a group of students from a local church have started a campaign to change the meals churned out of the school cafeteria.
May 19, 2011
On Saturday, May 14, Inland Empire Congregations for Change (ICUC) celebrated their 20th anniversary with a gala at the National Orange Show. Founded in 1991 by a group of faith leaders, the organization has grown in numbers and strength and become synonymous with community and youth organizing and empowerment to bring about change in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
May 13, 2011
Two years ago, Riverside resident Esther Ruvalcaba attended her first meeting of Inland Congregations United for Change. Almost immediately, she became a leader in the faith-based community-organizing group, and now she sits on its board of directors. Her quick rise is common in the organization, which encourages and trains residents to advocate for themselves and their communities on issues such as education, pollution control, the foreclosure crisis, immigration and health care.
May 12, 2011
Inland Congregations United for Change, a group of more than 40 local churches, organized Wednesday's forum, which about 75 people attended. The group solicited audience questions.
FORMER LOCAL PASTOR PUBLISHES BOOK ON FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
April 28, 2011
Leaders from Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Mecca and Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC), had a chance to voice the concerns and ideas of their congregation in a public meeting held by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).
Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told an auditorium full of Mecca residents that they are investigating a soil-recycling plant for possible violations of federal hazardous waste regulations.
April 12, 2011
On Sunday, April 10th Duroville residents inaugurated their new basketball court with over 75 residents registering for basketball teams, determining the rules of the court’s use and forming the first-ever Duroville Basketball Association.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has reversed a decision by local authorities to give unlicensed drivers an opportunity to avoid losing their vehicles at DUI checkpoints.
April 05, 2011
Residents of the Coachella Valley shouldn't have to put up with the deplorable environmental conditions in Thermal, Mecca and Coachella.
March 25, 2011
On Tuesday,March 15, parents, community, faith leaders,and faith-based organizations from Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC) and Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement (COPE) went before the San Bernardino City Unified School District Board (SBCUSD) to address concerns regarding the dropout rates amongst Latino and African American students.
March 21, 2011
March 16, 2011
SAN BERNARDINO - City religious and community leaders held a rally prior to Tuesday's school board meeting to address the high number of Latinos and blacks dropping out of San Bernardino City Unified schools.
Community's new campaign aims to clean up neighborhood
San Bernardino City Unified School District heard from parents, to teachers, to community members at its regular board meeting earlier this week. Parents wanted students to graduate and teachers were there to stay in the classrooms to fulfill that goal.
March 15, 2011
A coalition of faith-based groups Tuesday called on San Bernardino City Unified School District to double the number and increase the percentage of students who complete college admissions requirements.
March 10, 2011
Activists are pressuring Riverside to get tough on banks and responsible lending
March 04, 2011
Community organizers have scored a concession from Coachella's police department that they say will reduce the number of vehicles owned by unlicensed immigrant drivers that are towed and impounded.
March 03, 2011
On Friday, Feb. 25, Inland Churches United for Change (ICUC), an interfaith community group in the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino and the Coachella Valley, called for the city of Riverside to create a responsible lending ordinance to study the impact of financial institutions in the local economy and reward the institutions for positive contributions to the local economy during a press conference in downtown Riverside.
February 20, 2011
Dear friends of The Inland Congregations United for Change
February 18, 2011
VALLE DE COACHELLA: El Departamento del Sheriff así lo informó y el concejo de la ciudad lo aprobó.
To make sure students get a nutritious start to their day, San Bernardino High School began offering a program known as Grab and Go in recent weeks.
February 16, 2011
In pursuit of health, environmental justice and an end to a lack of recreational opportunities, Duroville residents with Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC), take action and construct a small community park with the help of private donor Ted Foley.
February 11, 2011
Wednesday night at the Coachella City Hall Chambers, ICUC leaders won permanent implementation of their 30 minute window recommendation for the towing of unlicensed drivers at sobriety checkpoints throughout Coachella, Thermal and Mecca from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department which polices in Coachella. With partners Comite Latino and COFEM also present, ICUC leaders urged Coachella police and officials to implement the 30 minute window towing policy immediately and not just in cases of sobriety checkpoints but anytime a police officer is on patrol.
January 27, 2011
Jennifer Gonzalez swipes her id card and picks up cereal, milk, and a banana on her way to class. Unlike previously, when Jennifer would have to make sure to get to school early enough to get to the cafeteria, she can now grab a nutritious breakfast from the new breakfast cart added to the Cajon campus.
January 19, 2011
Community members hope to revitalize a portion of Cathedral City by cleaning up a dumping site near the Dream Homes neighborhood.
December 16, 2010
Los retenes vehiculares están impactando la fe de los residentes del Inland Empire, según plantearon lideres religiosos que sostuvieron ayer una reunión con el jefe de la policía de Riverside Sergio Díaz para pedir que no se lleven a cabo estos operativos a 500 pies de distancia de las iglesias.
December 12, 2010
San Bernardino City Unified school administrators plan to step up intervention programs after learning the dropout rate has climbed in the district.
November 26, 2010
Karla Antunez has only just begun her studies at San Gorgonio High School, but her father is already looking ahead to her graduation date. To ensure she and other area students get there, Jorge Antunez and other parents involved with Inland Congregations United for Change have embarked on an effort to improve graduation rates in the San Bernardino City Unified School District.
November 18, 2010
Parents from a numerous San Bernardino congregations gathered at Arroyo Valley High School's cafeteria Saturday to present the latest developments in their dropout prevention work and engage community members in finding solutions.
November 04, 2010
A national network of faith-based organizations, homeowners and community organizers met with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday (Nov. 3), urging him to tackle problems with fraudulent foreclosures.
On the day after an election wipeout, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sat down with a coalition of homeowner advocates, clergy and people subject to the cruelty of HAMP, the government’s loan modification program.
November 03, 2010
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner met with homeowner advocates and people who have struggled to get mortgage modifications from banks participating in the administration's anti-foreclosure program.
October 28, 2010
Please come join San Bernardino’s Superintendent of schools, Dr. Delgado, district and school personnel, education advocates, community leaders, students and clergy at our First Education Community Conference on Saturday, November 13 at 9:30 a.m.
September 22, 2010
A community-based initiative to inform families in the eastern Coachella Valley about the parts of Obama’s health care reform that go into effect this week will be held in Mecca on Thursday, September 23.
September 18, 2010
A workshop that will provide free counseling for homeowners needing help with mortgages will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, at St. Thomas Catholic Church, 3774 Jackson Street, in Riverside.
September 09, 2010
El alcalde de Coachella, Eduardo García, junto con el jefe de policía de Coachella, el Capitán Raymond Gregory, y Teniente de Coachella, Frank Taylor, participaron en una discusión en la Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Soledad este último martes, ocho de septiembre.
September 08, 2010
September 07, 2010
With the Prospects of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Dim, Churches Seek Local Relief from Unjust State Policies
August 19, 2010
Latinos in Southern California are far more likely to be exposed to pollution from manufacturing plants than any other ethnic or racial group, a new UC Irvine study concludes.
August 15, 2010
There's more to the issue than just disagreement over whether a city impound yard is a fair way for deficit-ridden San Bernardino to bring in money.
August 13, 2010
Jorge Perez has worked in conjunction with the Inland Congregation United for Change to help make positive strides in immigration reform.
July 28, 2010
We are student leaders with Inland Congregations United for Change who were attacked in a recent letter ("Training needed," July 16).
July 23, 2010
A group of concerned parents are doing all they can to ensure the San Bernardino City Unified School District turns around 11 low-performing schools.
July 21, 2010
For the most part, it will be business as usual at Davidson Elementary and other district schools on Aug. 3, when the school year starts. That's exactly what's burning teachers and parents.
On behalf of the Inland Congregations United for Change committee that planned last month's (June 6) "Justice for Immigrants Takes Faith in Action," I would like to take a moment and the opportunity to thank the officials who attended or sent representatives.
July 20, 2010
The Parents' Committee of Inland Congregations United for Change, which is made up of parishioners from various churches and whose children attend multiple schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District, has been conducting trainings and research in order to have a say in the changes soon to take place at the schools designated by the state for intervention.
June 10, 2010
Mientras el coro entonaba la canción "No tengas miedo", miles de feligreses de varios estados y regiones de Estados Unidos, incluyendo el Inland Empire, oraron por una reforma migratoria integral y el fin a la separación familiar creada por las redadas de agentes federales, el domingo 6 de junio durante el evento "Justicia para los inmigrantes Día de Acción de Fe".
June 09, 2010
Hundreds of families from congregations across the Inland Empire joined with faith leaders to express the need for immigration reform with a path to citizenship and press leaders for change consistent that values the humanity of others, regardless of their country of origin.
May 07, 2010
ICUC, representing 23 faith congregations in Riverside and San Bernardino counties demonstrated Friday, calling for county government to give higher priority to fighting foreclosure fraud with prosecutions and education.
April 10, 2010
Advocates held a prayer vigil in Cathedral City on Friday night as part of a nationwide campaign to urge Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year.
April 08, 2010
Dozens of people attended a prayer vigil April 8, 2010, urging Congress to act swiftly to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
May 13, 2008
Several hundred students, parents and clergy held a candlelight procession to symbolize their hope that they can shed light and bring change to the darkness of violence.
April 03, 2007
Elizabeth Robles and her son Gabriel Robles, 14, say they are having trouble finding affordable health insurance.
February 21, 2007
Hundreds of protesters jammed City Hall to demand the City Council spend a small portion of Measure Z anti-crime funds on programs that target at-risk youth.
February 16, 2007
SB council ripped for not spending any funds on young
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