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The Inland Empire Black Worker Center (IEBWC) serves as a resource to help address Black unemployment and under employment. In this edition of SoCal Voices, Community Organizer Dominique Dean shares the principles that guide…
Riverside’s Gail B. Smith started working for Pacific Telephone/Pacific Bell (known today as AT&T) in the 1970s. When she was hired, she was Riverside’s first African American woman splicer and installer for the phone compan…
Kathy Murphy is an author, singer, inspirational speaker, surfer, mother and certified health and life coach who believes in faith and trust over fear. In this edition of SoCal Voices, Kathy discusses her coaching business, …
Verious Smith, III is a man on a mission. He’s a web developer by trade, podcaster and founder of Startempire Wire that aims to foster and build the startup culture in the Inland Empire. In this edition of SoCal Voices, Smit…
Novelist, essayist and short story teller Keenan Norris’ new coming-of-age novel, The Confession of Copeland Cane is being hailed as “simply genius,” “potent” and “engaging.” In this edition of SoCal Voices, Norris, a SoCal …
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.…
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 R…
A new business publication in the Inland Empire — IE Business Edge — promises content that is informative and actionable. The brains behind this new magazine brings years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience to this l…
In this “Ask Me Anything” episode, the tables are turned as SoCal Voices host Angela Ross answers questions posed by KGGI and KOST radio personality Evelyn Erives on Black History Month and more!
Dianne Callahan is an award-winning communication professional and non-profit executive who lives what many would describe as a charmed life, but she has experienced challenges, including three bouts with cancer. In this edi…
Anthony Victoria is a journalist, community organizer and communications advisor who has spent years focusing on local civic and environment justice. Recently, Anthony’s newly launched outlet, The Frontline Observer, receive…
When you think of a pilot or certified flight instructor, chances are, thanks to your social conditioning, you don’t think of a petite 26-year-old African American woman. Free your mind and meet pilot and certified flight in…
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…
Juleen Erives is a young woman who wants to be limitless, and she’s well on her way! She was one of The Press Enterprise Newspaper’s “25 Most Remarkable Teens,” she has given SUE Talks (Successful Unstoppable Empowering Wome…
Sylvia Melena is founder and CEO of Melena Consulting Group, a San Diego-based leadership and management consulting and training company. She is also the award-winning author of Supportive Accountability: How to Inspire Peop…
On this edition of SoCal Voices, host Angela Ross speaks with Mike Dunne, founder of Equine Empowered Therapy (EET). Throughout the southern California region, EET helps veterans dealing with trauma experience the healing na…
To the people who know and work with him, Carl Dameron is a dynamic, hard-driving, award-winning advertising and public relations expert with more than 30 years of success helping organizations and people throughout Californ…
Award-winning television journalist Thalia Hayden is host of NBC Palm Springs’ Midday News, a motivational speaker, media expert and best-selling author. She has also struggled with drug and alcohol abuse. In this edition of…
Carrie Madrid knows first hand what it is like to be diagnosed with breast cancer and the many challenges that follow. While dealing with her own diagnosis through “laughter, lipgloss and hard work,” she established The CARE…
Oliver Petty is changing lives with an inspiring message that shows what’s possible when hard work, dedication and determination collide. He is a sought-after speaker who delivers a soul-shaking message that challenges the s…
Cecilia Clark knows what it is like to be a very young child trying to make sense of a world where you’re removed from a home with familiar faces then dropped off at a house filled with strangers. Deeply impacted by her fost…
Storyteller, filmmaker, writer and composer James Grisom hails from Lynwood. A recent graduate of USC’s film school, he’s already making his mark, writing and directing short films and documentaries that tell poignant, perso…
In this episode of SoCal Voices, a past guest on the podcast, Steve Jacobs, turns the tables to interview SoCal Voices founder and host, Angela Ross. Angela fields questions about her career, the state of media and what she …
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 dec…
