Events & Programs
Courtesy Relevancy & History Project, UC Riverside and California State Parks. Photo: Kate Alexandrite.
Riverside Asian American Walking Tours - upon request
1-mile guided walking tours exploring important places and stories associated with Riverside's Asian American history. Co-sponsored by Japanese American Citizens' League and Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at UC Riverside.
12th annual Chinese New Year Banquet & Fundraiser was held on January 18, 2020 at Big Skyy Restaurant in Riverside.
Friends rang in the Year of the Rat at a festive event.
Join us in congratulating Jo-Wen Liu, Director of Inland Huaxia Choir, who was honored with SOCC's 2020 Vision Award!
Friends rang in the Year of the Rat at a festive event.
Join us in congratulating Jo-Wen Liu, Director of Inland Huaxia Choir, who was honored with SOCC's 2020 Vision Award!
Photos in slideshow courtesy of James Koga, Dean Koga, Lisa Henry, and Save Our Chinatown Committee
Chinatown Neighborhood Clean-Up - Six times a year
In partnership with Keep Riverside Clean & Beautiful, sponsored by the City of Riverside's Public Works and the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce.
Supplies provided. Check-in at the corner of Brockton & Tequesquite Avenues, Riverside, CA. Persons 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult volunteer. Please wear closed-toe shoes (no sandals or flip-flops).
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Ching Ming Festival - Every Spring
Olivewood Memorial Park, 3330 Central Ave. Riverside, CA 92506 Although the normal practice is to honor ancestors in one's direct line, most Chinese pioneers buried in Riverside left no descendants due to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and later extensions. Since 2009, SOCC has organized a public remembrance ceremony at Olivewood Memorial Park every Spring. Our annual public event was halted in 2020 due to COVID-19, but resumed in 2024. Local historian Harry Lawton identified seventy-one Chinese headstones in Olivewood Cemetery in the 1970s. Today, only seventeen remain. SOCC and other local organizations have created the Olivewood Gravestone Restoration Project to replace missing and damaged Chinese headstones. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support this project. Thanks for your support! |
 Burial site of early Riverside Chinese pioneer in Olivewood Memorial Park, April 2021.
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Chong Yang - Fall
Also known as Double Ninth Festival, Chong Yang is a traditional Chinese holiday and Taoist festival focused on good health and long life. This Fall festival is an opportunity to get outside and enjoy the weather, while caring for and appreciating our elders. The inaugural event in 2016 was held at the home of Richard and Jane Block.
Also known as Double Ninth Festival, Chong Yang is a traditional Chinese holiday and Taoist festival focused on good health and long life. This Fall festival is an opportunity to get outside and enjoy the weather, while caring for and appreciating our elders. The inaugural event in 2016 was held at the home of Richard and Jane Block.