Past Events

Please join the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, and the Assembly Select Committee on Campus Climate for an oversight hearing to discuss the latest developments and progress toward addressing sexual harassment and sexual assault on California's college campuses. We will examine California's efforts to increase prevention and resolve incidents pertaining to sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexual violence on college campuses.

Campus sexual assault is a significant problem. According to studies, 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted while in college and fewer than 10 percent of survivors, men and women, report the crime. We should be doing all that we can to make sure our higher education institutions have the tools they need to prevent, respond to, and resolve incidents.

I will be joined by Assemblymember Mike Gipson, Chairman of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber, Chairwoman of the Assembly Campus Climate Select Committee.

Did you know that the U. S. News and World Report 2013-2014 Best Colleges, ranked UCR 12th in the nation in diversity? 

The Assembly Higher Education Committee hearing will examine UCR's efforts to ensure access to success for all students, learn how other campuses can follow UCR's model of growing a more diverse student body, and look at ways to ensure an ongoing, equitable funding structure that meets the financial needs of UCR and other campuses, as they educate underrepresented students. All students and members of the campus community are invited to attend and provide public comment on these important topics.

“The Gabriel Acosta Memorial Journalism and Communication Workshop is named after the Riverside native news photographer who died in September of 2013. Gabriel Acosta had worked with youth interested in photojournalism through the California Chicano News Media Association’s Inland Chapter by instructing students in photography, helping organize journalism workshops, and stage scholarship banquets.

In honor of Gabriel Acosta’s passion for journalism and education, Assembly Member Jose Medina hosted the free journalism and communications workshop for high school students at Riverside City College on May 17th & 18th. The journalism and communication workshop offered sessions in writing, photography, online journalism and television/radio news. Lunch and refreshments were provided at the workshop which ran from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. High school students got to hear and interact with professional journalists as instructors and speakers. Some featured journalist included Rob McMillian from Eyewitness News Inland Empire Bureau Chief, Michael Coronado, Editor at the Press-Enterprise, and Mark Acosta, Metro-Editor at the Press-Enterprise and brother of Gabriel Acosta.

Assembly Member Jose Medina looks forward to hosting the Gabriel Acosta Journalism and Communication workshop annually for many years to come.”

2/21/2015
8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Rancho Verde High School
17750 Lasselle Street
Moreno Valley, CA 92551

2/24/2015
4:30 -7:00 PM
Ramona High School
7675 Magnolia Ave
Riverside, CA 92504

2/25/2015
6:00 -7:30 PM
Riverside Poly High School
5450 Victoria Ave.
Riverside, CA 92506

2/26/2015
4:30 -6:30 PM
Abraham Lincoln High School
4341 Victoria Ave.
Riverside, CA 92507

2/28/2015
9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Arlington High School
2951 Jackson St.
Riverside, CA 92503

2/28/2015
9:00 AM-2:00 PM
Riverside City College
4800 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92506

2/28/2015
4:00 -5:00 PM
John W. North High School
1550 Third Street
Riverside, CA 92507

Please join me in celebrating the seasons at a Holiday Open House & Children's Book Drive. Come discuss legislative issues of interest to the community and learn about the many services provided by the District Office.

Please bring your favorite children's book to be donated to local non-profit children’s organizations.

Take this opportunity to discuss state and local issues that affect you and your community.

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