The mission of Raices Cultura is to create a space for artistic and cultural expression, to promote healthy communities, and to strengthen the voice of the Eastern Coachella Valley
We are currently accepting applications for our Youth Led Participatory Action Research Project. If you are a high school student in the Eastern Coachella Valley and are interested in gaining advocacy skills as well as helping improve your community, this is a perfect opportunity for you to become involved. To download the application click on the link. Community_Research_Associate_Job_Description_Advocacy
As some of you may know Raices has worked with a group of smart, hard working, leaders for the past year on a Youth Led Research project. Youth have been researching the current recreational opportunities in communities in the Eastern Coachella Valley including Coachella, Mecca, Oasis and North Shore. They have been able to survey …
Raices youth have gathered information regarding the current recreational opportunities in the Eastern Coachella Valley and have utilized Healthycity.org as a tool to map the information they have compiled. Healthy City allows organizations to gather information and utilize maps to visualize information compiled. Raices youth have added images of opportunities that are accessed by the …
The first 3 raise beds are up in the Raices community garden. So far we have a few vegetables planted and hope more to come.
Students have been able to collect over 400 youth surveys from both Coachella Valley High School and Desert Mirage High School. They have begun to enter data onto Surveymonkey.com. The comments provided by youth had provided us with great insight on youth’s perspective on the current recreational opportunities available in the Eastern Coachella Valley. Look …