The League of Women Voters, San Bernardino celebrated their 48^th annual Citizens of Achievement and Civic Engagement Ceremony honoring community leaders and organizations on Sunday, October 8, at the Sterling Natural Resource Center in Highland.

Honorees included Francine Cepeda Blacksher, founder of Pacific Islander Graduate Recognition Program; Dr. Jenna Cortez-Aguirre, St. Mary’s Ballet Folklorico of Redlands; Kristin Malaby, So Cal Trash Army; Dr. Enrique Murillo, Jr., founder of Latino Education & Advocacy Days (LEAD) and President Joe Biden appointee to the United States Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics; Ratibu Shadidi (William “Bill” Henry Jacocks) posthumously for his community activities, civic engagement, social activism, and advocate of “Kwanzaa Consciousness;” High Desert Pearls, social justice advocates; Inland Empire Children’s Book Project, giving books to children ages 0-18; and Westside Action Group, effort to reduce racial inequities in San Bernardino.

At the conclusion of the program, the League was honored with recognition from Mayor Helen Tran and Council members along with community leaders.

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