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High Desert LGBTQ+ History Takes the Spotlight at Riverside Exhibition
By McKenna Mobley | Daily Press January 22, 2026 A slice of High Desert history has made its way into Riverside's first historical survey exhibition at the Civil Rights Institute, dubbed "Out in the I.E." A total of 1,500 square feet of exhibition space chronicles the...
‘Out in the I.E.’ exhibit to open at Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California
By Staff Press Enterprise January 9, 2026 A new exhibition, “Out in the I.E.,” is set to open at the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California in Riverside. The exhibition, a survey of the Inland Empire’s LGBTQ+ history, opens with an event 6-9 p.m. Jan. 15...
Civil Rights Institute Receives Riverside Hero Award from Chamber
By Gazette Staff | The Raincross Gazette Photo by Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California January 7, 2026 The honor recognizes CRIISC's work preserving local civil rights history and offering educational programming across Riverside County. The Greater...
New Exhibit Reveals Riverside as Home to America’s First Koreatown
By Community Contributor | The Raincross Gazette Photo Credit: Erik Chen July 31, 2025 'Building Our Region's Korean Communities' exhibit highlights 1905 Pachappa Camp discovery by UC Riverside researcher. On July 24, the Inland Empire Civil Rights Institute...
Korean Communities to be Focus of Exhibit at Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California
By Staff | Press Enterprise July 17, 2025 Opening event for "Building Our Region’s Korean Communities" is July 24 at Civil Rights Institute in Riverside. Read More
‘Good Trouble’: Rallies Around U.S. Honor John Lewis, Decry Trump
By Corey Williams and Christine Fernando The Associated Press July 17, 2025 Critics of President Donald Trump’s controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people rallied across Southern California and...
Local Korean Communities Will Be Focus of New Exhibit
By Staff Report, Press Enterprise July 17, 2025 A new exhibition, “Building Our Region’s Korean Communities,” will open in late July at the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California in Riverside. The exhibit’s grand opening event, 6-8 p.m. July 24, will...
10 Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth 2025
By Alyssah Hall | Black Voice News June 18, 2025 Alyssah Hall President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, freeing enslaved Black people. Over two years after the proclamation was announced, on June 19, 1865, a Union Army...
Midwife Aiyana Davison Hosts “Village House’s Voices of Midwifery: A Village Story”
By Alyssah Hall | Black Voice News June 17, 2025 Alyssah Hall Across the country in 2021, there were 13,409 certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives and 3,195 who were students, according to the most recent data from the U. S. Government Accountability Office....
Inland Empire nonprofit leaders advocate for community well-being
By Deanna Hendrick and Greg Bradbard IEHP Foundation April 28, 2025 On a sunny spring day in April, nearly 80 nonprofit leaders from the Inland Empire gathered on the steps of the California State Capitol as they prepared for a busy day of dialogue around improving...