By Dianne Anderson | The Precinct Reporter News
February 13, 2025
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 of life around gender, national origin, and a significant focus on race and ethnicity.
“We have some fantastic heroes including Rose Mayes, who is the head of the Fair Housing Council of Riverside. She has an amazing story about how she was called to activism that folks can learn about,” said Dr. Maier, Public History Director at the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California.
Also featured is Robert Bland, who led the effort to integrate Riverside’s Eastside School, and how his legacy is lasting, but especially relevant today.
