Upland nonprofit theater group gives under-represented artists and theater professionals a platform to build their careers and inspire the community. Beatrice Casagran and her daughter Caitlin Lopez founded Ophelia’s Jump Productions (OJP) in 2012 with the mission of...
Palm Springs Unified School District (PSUSD) is ambitiously heading to the front of the class in the ways it educates and prepares students for success in the 21st century. To that end, forward-thinking efforts have been made in two specific areas: how funding is...
Formed in 2020 as a project of Inland Equity Partnership, Inland Equity Community Land Trust (IECLT) is focused on providing affordable rental and ownership housing in Riverside and San Bernadino Counties. IECLT believes that one of the primary drivers of poverty is...
In 1977, while Garner Holt was still in high school, he founded an animatronics company from his parent’s garage in Redlands. Today, Garner Holt Productions has a large production facility, studio and nearly 100 employees. His company has produced animatronics for...
In 1980 Operation New Hope (ONH), an Inland Empire-based youth rehabilitation program, was founded as a court-ordered recovery program for incarcerated teens. Bill Degnan, the organization’s founder, worked at California’s Youth Authority and was concerned about the...