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Play on Tyisha Miller Shooting in Riverside to Benefit Civil Rights Center
By Press Enterprise Staff Photo by: Kurt Miller, Press Enterprise September 25, 2022 A play about the 1998 fatal shooting of Tyisha Miller by Riverside police will raise money for the soon-to-open Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California. The hip-hop...
Dreamscape Brings the Voice of Police Shooting Victim Tyisha Miller to the Stage
Special September 30 performance to benefit Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Before there was George Floyd and the many more recent police shootings that have heightened attention and spurred outrage through social media, there...
Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California Names Sabrina Gonzalez As First Executive Director
Photo by Michael J. Elderman Educator and community engagement professional Sabrina Gonzalez will be the inaugural executive director of the Civil Rights Institute that is opening in October 22, 2022 in downtown Riverside. An Inland Empire native and third-generation...
Civil Rights Institute Of Inland Southern California Under Construction In Riverside
By Benjamin Purper | Empire KVCR News The Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California is now under construction in downtown Riverside. It’s meant to be a place of action and conversation around civil rights in the Inland Empire. The $43 million, five-story...
Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California Breaks Ground in Downtown Riverside
By Megan Jamerson | Empire KVCR News | Photo Credit: Megan Jamerson The Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California broke ground on its new home in downtown Riverside on October 22. It received over $3.5 million in funding from the state of California in...
Riverside Peace Walk Celebrates Start of Civil Rights Museum Project
By DAVID DOWNEY | ddowney@scng.com | The Press-EnterprisePhoto by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG October 22, 2020 | UPDATED: October 23, 2020 A peace walk and ceremony was staged Thursday, Oct. 22, to celebrate the anticipated start of construction...
$3.5 Million in State Funding Will Help Open Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California
Assemblymember Jose Medina leads the effort in 2019-20 state budget RIVERSIDE, Calif. — June 29, 2020 — The Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California announced today that it has officially received $3.5 million in state funding, secured in the 2019-20 state...
Riverside’s Civil Rights Institute Receives State Funding
By Megan Jamerson | Empire KVCR News The Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California announced on Monday that it officially received the state funding needed to complete its downtown Riverside project. The funds were approved by Governor Gavin Newsom for the...
City of Riverside Receives More Than $32 Million in State Funds for New Affordable Housing
Projects will assist low-income residents, veterans and formally homeless individuals RIVERSIDE, Calif. – June 21, 2019 – The City of Riverside has received more than $32 million in funding from the state’s “No Place Like Home” and “Affordable Housing and Sustainable...
Virtual Groundbreaking: Civil Rights Institute, Fair Housing Offices, and Affordable Housing Project Underway
Civil Rights Institute, Fair Housing Offices, and Affordable Housing Project UnderwayA virtual groundbreaking is taking place on the internet for a new multi-use project that will serve several major community needs in the inland region. Attending, via...