Black Voice News has been selected as a host newsroom for the 2024 California Local News Fellowship program and is preparing to welcome new reporter Alyssah Hall to their newsroom team.

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Black Voice News is hosting an event on June 29, 2024, featuring two panel discussions on the rise of multiracial populations in Southern California, and strategies to combat hate crimes and foster community building, with panelists from the University of Redlands, University of California Riverside, and Multiracial Americans of Southern California.

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On June 15, the Inland Empire celebrated Juneteenth with events at the City of Moreno Valley's Juneteenth Celebration and the 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration hosted by the B.L.A.C.K. Collective, featuring live music, domino tournaments, and a board game about Black Wall Street.

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Briana Rice, 38, was rear-ended by a semi-truck in December 2021, suffering a traumatic brain injury, a spinal injury, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She has since dedicated the past four months to recovery, rediscovering, and returning better than before, using sound healing and meditation to help her cope with her injuries.

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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has taken an incremental step toward transparency by outsourcing autopsies related to in-custody and officer involved deaths, but the board still lacks the courage to press for more aggressive change.

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Community members in the Inland Empire joined a discussion led by Dr. Paulette Brown-Hinds and Hardy Brown II about Black history, the origin of Black Voice News and their work as local government watchdogs, and shared their personal celebration of Black history.

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Black residents in the Inland Empire face disparate outcomes across health, education, housing, and wealth, and the Black Equity Fund is working to address these challenges through financial support to Black-led organizations.

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Black Voice News curators Hardy Brown II and Paulette Brown-Hinds will share their personal stories about the organization's work as local government watchdogs and recorders of Black life in the Inland Empire at an event at the San Bernardino County Museum on Sunday, February 25 from 3 to 5 p.m.

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The California Local News Fellowship Program is seeking an aspiring reporter with a passion for community to join the Black Voice News team, with the opportunity to develop their skills as a storyteller and journalist.

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