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RIVERSIDE, CA – “Step-Up To The Polls,” a special event designed to encourage voting-age African Americans in the Inland Empire to participate in the upcoming elections, will be held Saturday, October 19, at the Culver Center of the Arts in Downtown Riverside.
The event, from 2-5 p.m., will include presentations, step performances and on-site voter registration. It is sponsored by Voteless People is a Hopeless People Committee, a partnership between the Mu Xi Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., local chapters of Divine 9 organizations, Riverside NAACP, BAPAC, and the Black Voice News.
“This is a critical moment for our country and our community. Our goal is to reacquaint African American voters in San Bernardino and Riverside counties with the history and significance of voting and to encourage their participation in the November election,” said Otis Greer, a member of the Mu Xi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and the committee’s co-chair with Paulette Brown-Hinds. “We also want to emphasize the importance of local elections (mayor, city council, and schools board) that are in many cases more significant for improving the daily lives of voters in this community.”
Brown-Hinds, founder of Voice Media Ventures and publisher of the Black Voice News, said the event will also serve as a reminder of the contributions made by African Americans in preserving voting rights.
“More than ever, we need to honor and celebrate our rights as voters and to make sure that the sacrifices that were made to guarantee those rights is not for naught,” Brown-Hinds said
Attendees are asked to register for this free event: https://stepuptothepolls.splashthat.com.
