Roman Lopez-Mojarras came out as transgender during his freshman year at Coachella Valley High School. He said he was the only openly transgender person in the school.
But he found resources to help him through his transition in 2017. Lopez-Mojarras comes from a Mexican household where both his parents speak Spanish. The school provided him with a booklet written in Spanish for parents of transgender adolescents, which he described as a great resource. They were super supportive but they didn t know where to start, and now they (understand), Lopez-Mojarras said.
The resources were there because of Alianza Coachella Valley. The nonprofit conducted a 2016 survey of students in Desert Mirage and Coachella Valley high schools to ensure funds received by the Coachella Valley Unified School District aligned with student needs. The survey included questions about support systems, medical care and access, and a section for students who identify as LGBTQ.
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Coachella Valley Alumnae Panhellenic (CVAP) met Thursday, May 13, 2021, via Zoom to distribute their annual scholarships to 18 area high school seniors. These young women were selected based on their academic, extra-curricular and volunteer activities and were awarded between $2,350 and $3,350 to assist them with their first-year college expenses.
Distributed annually since 1954, the goal of the
CVAP Scholarship Fund is to give outstanding graduating seniors some preliminary financial support to pursue and realize their college dreams.
The CVAP recipients will be attending universities throughout the country in the fall. Many have selected schools within the University of California system. They will be pursuing a wide variety of degrees and majors, including climate engineering, sports medicine, music industry management and immigration law. Most have completed advanced placement courses, which give them up to a half year of completed college requirements prior to their p
The Palm Springs Human Rights Commission recently recommended the removal of former Mayor Frank Bogert s statue from the front of City Hall, citing his involvement in the forced ouster of families of color, during the mid-1960s, from tribal land known as Section 14.
Political activist David Weiner launched a petition to remove the statue in June amid nationwide efforts to address racial injustices following Floyd s death.
Middleton said she wants Palm Springs to continue with its efforts to address racism.
“We all need a time of healing, and we have had far too many generations of people who have grown up with vastly inequitable opportunity. I want to see us do everything that we possibly can to ensure that the generation of young people in our schools today do not fall victim to the kind of racism and bigotry that has been far too prevalent in our country,” she said.
Priority One Coachella Valley, a nonprofit organization started last year by the city of Palm Desert to continue its efforts to make the local Cal State San Bernardino satellite campus an independent college, has launched a website and social media campaign.
The website includes a petition the organization is hoping people will sign urging state legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom to make Palm Desert the site of the next CSU campus and opportunity to sign up to receive updates about the effort.
It also includes statements from local students and business owners on what they see as a need for a full four-year university in the Coachella Valley and the impact it would have on the local economy.
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