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California Health Report: Central Valley Residents Help One Another
Into the void left by a health care system that doesn’t offer sufficient translation services and an economy that demands grueling labor from low-wage agricultural and meatpacking workers, Punjabi residents in California’s Central Valley have created an organization to help each other.
Claudia Boyd Barrett
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May 22, 2022
Young people with their faces painted watch the unveiling of a mural honoring prominent civil rights activists at a May, 2023 event organized by the Jakara Movement at Jaswant Singh Khalra Park in Fresno. The park is a hub for events catering to Fresno’s Punjabi community, including health fairs and a farmer’s market.
Sahibjit Singh
