By Dianne Anderson Pictures worth 1,000 words or more are sure to spark thought-provoking, if not politically charged, conversations behind the fight against discrimination and other DEI topics now forbidden in many federally funded circles. Dr. Audrey Maier said this year’s exhibition of 27 powerful Homegrown Heroes shows how they have braved the political storms ...

By Dianne Anderson As the Big Election ramps up unhinged, hate surges across the state and nation, requiring more talk, and especially more action. Going into the November elections, Dr. Regina Patton Stell hopes anti-hate events like the one coming up will expand awareness and increase the political energy to make a difference where it counts the most. ...

By Dianne Anderson Not a hair out of place when casting out the solid bronze bust of Kamala Harris meant painstaking work for artist and sculptor Bernard Edmonds, who always labors over the eyes, the nose and the mouth. From hours and hours of studying faces, learning the nuances by memory, nothing escapes his senses, ...

By Korbin McCarthy One half of an iconic American duo, Dr. Tommie Smith, famed for the 1968 Olympic games, was the keynote speaker in Riverside for the unveiling of the new Civil Rights Institute. Smith, along with Dr. John Carlos, famously protested on the podium with their fists raised in the air during the 1968 ...

Dr. Tommie Smith, whose raised fist became a symbol for racial justice during the 1968 Olympic games, will be the keynote speaker at the opening of the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California (CRIISC) on Saturday, October 22. The free public celebration begins at 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.) at the Institute’s ...