The 5K will raise money and awareness for the Time for Change and Soul Food for Your Baby. Both are local nonprofit community organizations dedicated to improving the lives of women and children.
Rivera, who died Oct. 1 in the Las Vegas mass shooting, was president of the CSUSB Eta Sigma Gamma chapter and was heavily involved in planning the race, said chapter faculty adviser Angie Denisse Verissimo.
More than 200 people ran or walked in the second annual Run Like A Mother 5K at Cal State San Bernardino on Saturday, Oct. 21, which this year was held in memory of slain student Jordyn Rivera.
Angie Denisse Verissimo and Nicole Henley (health sciences and human ecology) talk about the Oct. 20 run/walk at CSUSB, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) is interviewed for a profile about a former white supremacist.