For Immediate Release
02/14/2023
Riverside, CA— 02/14/2023 — Today, on the 5th anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland, FL, where 17 children were massacred and 17 others injured in the attempt to murder them, we are once again reeling from yet another school shooting. Read more…
For Immediate Release
01/28/2023
Riverside, CA— 01/28/2023 — Yesterday, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, two horrific videos, that of the October 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi by a right-wing extremist, and the other the murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands of the Memphis Police, were released to the public. This shows us again what happens when Othering takes place and people are violently hurt or murdered by those who invoke cruelty and call it justice. These latest traumatizing videos of yet another Black man brutalized by the hands of the police, or that of an innocent senior attacked by a hammer-wielding intruder because his wife is an elected leader, serve as a painful reminder of how far we have yet to progress in this country to stem systemic racism, misinformation, and hatred, the same trifecta of terror that leads to unthinkable atrocities like the Holocaust. Read more…
Election Held During December Meeting of RCDP Following Exit of Former Chair Rodriguez
Riverside, CA— 12/12/2022 — At the December General Membership Meeting of the Riverside County Democratic Party, voting members elected the charismatic and energizing Palm Springs Democrat, Joy Silver, as the new Chair of the Riverside County Democratic Party. Incoming Chair Silver steps into the spot vacated by outgoing Chair Tisa Rodriguez, who resigned her position to join Close the Gap California. Fellow RCDP Members Yousuf Bhaghani of Corona and Edison Gomez-Krauss of Anza also ran for the Chair position but finished second and third, respectively. Read more…
