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— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

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RIVERSIDE—Exhibition: Homegrown Heroes

September 27, 2024May 31, 2025

Free
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RIVERSIDE—The Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California invites the public to its newest exhibition, Homegrown Heroes. The ambitious $200,000 bilingual exhibition and oral history project interviewed 25 elders and emerging leaders, heralding the start of the Civil Rights Institute’s oral history program, a determined effort to preserve hundreds of Inland stories. Focusing on the interest areas of race and ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, gender, and national origin, the exhibition expands what civil rights work looks like in our region.

When: Runs from September 27, 2024 to May 31, 2025
Exhibition hours: Wednesday-Friday, 12 pm-5 pm

Where: 3933 Mission Inn Ave. Suite 103, Riverside, CA 92501

For more information, contact: 951-682-5307, info@inlandcivilrights.org

Link: inlandcivilrights.org

Details

Start:
September 27
End:
May 31, 2025
Cost:
Free
Grant Line:
Website:
https://www.inlandcivilrights.org

Venue

Civil Rights Insitute of Inland Southern California
Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, California 92501 United States
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