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Civil Rights Institute planned for downtown Riverside gets $100,000 gift
By RYAN HAGEN | rhagen@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise March 6, 2018 The civil rights institute planned for downtown Riverside is closer to opening after receiving $100,000 from Bank of America. With the gift, presented to the Riverside City Council on...
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Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California Awarded $100,000
By The Voice March 4, 2018 Bank of America has awarded $100,000 to the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California (Institute). The bank’s Market President for the Inland Empire, Al Arguello, presented the grant to Q’Vinc Asberry, of the...
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Bank of America Awards $100,000 Grant to the Civil Rights Institute of Southern California
Institute announces new Bank of America Diversity Center Riverside, Calif. — February 27, 2018 — The Inland Empire’s vision for a new civil rights center is one step closer to becoming reality thanks to a generous $100,000 grant from Bank of America, the Civil Rights...
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Area Leaders Kick Off Civil Rights Institute Project
By Dawn Hassett Riverside Lawyer Magazine February 2018 | Volume 68 | Number 2 | Page 8 Inland officials gathered to lend their endorsements to the new Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California on October 23, 2017. Keynote speakers Senator...
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Footsteps to You Exhibition and Black History in Riverside
February 2, 2018 Talking with the presenters of Footsteps to You: Chattel Slavery, the visiting exhibition currently in the UC Riverside Special Collections department, revealed some noteworthy facts about Black History and the City of Riverside. Riverside...
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Learning from Lulamae
By Paulette Brown-Hinds, PhD | The Voice Photos by the Voice December 3, 2017 Over one hundred friends and community leaders gathered to celebrate the 100th birthday of Inland Southern California icon Dr. Lulamae Clemons. I revisited an article I published...
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Mission Heritage Plaza
Mission Heritage Plaza Mission Heritage Plaza has 72 units of 1, 2, and 3 bedroom affordable housing. These new homes will add workforce housing to Downtown Riverside. The development will also provide a new home for the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County. The...
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Facilities Planned for the Civil Rights Institute
The Civil Rights Institute will serve the whole Inland region and be an active center for organizations involved in fostering civil discourse and furthering civil rights. Meeting, incubator, and exhibit space, are planned and the programming will reach the community...
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Walk of Fame Recognizes National Heroes
Sponsors have paid $10,000 each to underwrite some amazing civil rights heroes for the Institute’s Walk of Fame: more than 10 of the 25 honorees currently proposed and approved. These three heroes who made the difference in our courts don’t yet have sponsors. Consider...
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Thanks for Making our Kick Off a Big Success
Over 200 people helped us start the public phase of our $2 million campaign. You made the difference. Thanks to you, we are half way to our first million. Despite the rising temperatures, inland officials gathered to lend their endorsement to the new Civil Rights...
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