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ONTARIO, Calif., June 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- McCune Wright Arevalo, LLP (MWA) – a law firm specializing in racial and economic justice, employment law, and consumer class actions – has joined with Ecclesia Christian Fellowship to co-sponsor a Community and Legal Issues Clinic (CALIC) on July 24, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. conducted primarily in-person at Ecclesia Christian Fellowship in San Bernardino, CA and virtually via Zoom Webinar.

On June 13, 2021, at 8:51 PM, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff Department, Moreno Valley Station, responded to a report a major injury traffic collision on Graham Street and Eucalyptus Avenue. Deputies and Fire/Rescue personnel arrived within minutes and started rescue efforts on driver/sole occupant. The driver was transported by paramedics to a local hospital with major injuries.

My brother learned to swim when he was five, in a big pool with lots of other kids splashing for attention. The instructor was a teen-ager, probably, but she would have seemed like an adult. After the lessons, he started seeing her everywhere. Pointing out the car window: there she is! Holding up a photo in the local newspaper: it’s her!

White historians once taught that Reconstruction and equal legal rights and voting rights for Black people corrupted democracy. Textbooks ignored the Tulsa race massacre and others like it. Few historians write like that anymore. We include all sides of the American story and examine racism and injustice as evolving systems of power as well as manifestations of individual prejudice.

There’s plenty to celebrate this June, as some Pride events will happen in person and inclusive spaces such as lesbian bars are once again opening up. But many in the LGBTQ community, and especially young people and teens, have faced added risks during the pandemic. The full fallout isn’t yet clear, since data on COVID-19 and its consequences in LGBTQ people are scarce, but that may change with the announcement of a new collaboration between five LGBTQ-focused health centers spread across the nation.