Community & Social Justice Episodes
Shaping Champions
Josh Giles is the super successful head coach of the Corona-Centennial High School’s boys basketball team. As coach of the Huskies, Giles’ long list of honors includes being named the 2020-21 Cal-Hi Sports Coach of the Year. ...
Bridges That Carried Us Over Project
The John M Pfau Library on the campus of Cal State University San Bernardino holds a digital archive honoring inland southern California’s Black history. In this episode of SoCal Voices, Assistant Professor of History Marc Ro...
Holiday Heroes
Feeding America Riverside-San Bernardino CEO Stephanie Otero returns to SoCal Voices to share how you can be a real holiday hero by helping people dealing with food insecurity. Resources Instagram: @feedingamericaie Facebook:...
LA's Restaurants and the Pandemic
For a brief moment, it appeared that the pandemic’s severe impact on the restaurant industry would ease. As southern Californians began getting vaccinated against the deadly virus, infections, hospitalizations and deaths decl...
Inland SoCal's Economy
What does the future of inland SoCal’s economy look like? Is it all about warehousing or are other opportunities on the horizon? In this episode of SoCal Voices, Inland Empire Regional Chamber of Commerce president Edward Orn...
Back to the Office?
The US labor department recently reported that 4 million people quit their jobs in one month. It’s the highest number of resignations in two decades, and it’s happening as companies are requiring employees to return to the of...
Shifting demographics and the fight against racism
The rising majority in southern California and across the nation is more racially diverse than ever. This group’s impact on society is becoming more evident every day. That’s a long overdue change for some but for others, the...
Beyond the Verdict
With the guilty verdict in the Derrick Chauvin trial now behind us, what’s next in the push for equity and justice? Corey Jackson, founder and director of the Center Against Racism and Trauma (CART), and Janice Rooths of Anti...
Food Insecurity in the IE
In San Bernardino and Riverside counties, over 400,000 people experience food insecurity. One in four children in the Inland Empire is food insecure and the pandemic has only made things worse. In this episode of SoCal Voices...
Ending Child Marriage and Sex Trafficking
Rima Nashashibi is the founder and president of the Orange County based nonprofit GlobalHope 365, dedicated to ending harmful practices toward women and girls such as Child Marriage and Sex Trafficking. In this edition of SoC...
Insurrection and Accountability
In this edition of SoCal Voices, San Bernardino native Brandon Watts, a first year law student at Howard University, shares his thoughts about the January 6 insurrection, double standards in policing, and whether equity can b...
My Thoughts on the Insurrection
The storming of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 showed the glaring and undeniable difference in how white and Black Americans are treated by law enforcement. The good news? Acts like these only push seekers of ju...
Will it Change Anything?
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors recently adopted a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. It aims to address long-standing disparities in housing, employment, criminal justice and more. On this edi...
Social Justice and the Bottom Line
The murder of George Floyd while in police custody sparked protests against police brutality and renewed calls for social justice. While a number of major corporations publicly decried Floyd’s murder and recommitted to divers...