Community/Culture
This term refers to a group of people living in the same place or sharing a common characteristic.
Community
This type of statement can be verified as true.
Fact
These are the two counties that together make up the region known as the Inland Empire.
Riverside and San Bernardino
Once one of the largest Native tribes, this group had many villages stretching from Los Angeles to what is now San Bernardino County.
Tongva
This thing helps shape people's values, behaviors, and perspectives.
Community
This term describes the networks and relationships within a community that support collective action and mutual respect.
Social Capital
This term describes what you have in mind as a goal when you decide to perform an action — essentially how you think or feel and who you are.
Intent
This county in the Inland Empire holds the distinction of being the largest geographic county in the United States.
San Bernardino County
Established in Riverside in 1902, this U.S. government-run boarding school aimed to assimilate Native American children into Euro-American culture through education and vocational training.
The Sherman Institute
These can form inside larger cultural groups, creating smaller groups with shared identities or interests.
Communities within Cultural Groups
These are the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements that define a particular nation or social group.
Culture
This is an expression of belief about something, rather than a verifiable statement.
Opinion
This is the projected population the Inland Empire is expected to reach within the next thirty years.
5 million
Today, this Indigenous group's reservation is located primarily in Highland, California.
Serrano
Language, traditions, beliefs and values, art and music, food, and social norms are all elements that make up this concept.
Culture
This concept describes the ongoing process through which a person develops their sense of self.
Identity Formation
This is the effect of one’s actions — specifically how you make another person feel.
Impact
Before it became known by its current name, the Inland Empire was first called this because of its major production of oranges.
The Orange Empire
This term describes the act of filling up or taking over land that belongs to someone else.
Occupying
This is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, including people who are different from us.
Empathy
These individual gestures, often spontaneous, reflect personal generosity and care for others.
Individual Acts of Kindness
These exist to guide how we want to be in a relationship with one another within a group.
Community Values
Today, this industry is the largest in the Inland Empire.
The Warehouse Industry
This formal statement recognizes Indigenous peoples as the traditional stewards of the land where an event takes place, honoring their ongoing connection to their ancestral territories.
Land Acknowledgment Statements
Schools, neighborhoods, religious groups such as church members, and sports teams are all examples of these groups of people.
Communities