Los Angeles will honor a community trailblazer Thursday with a mural unveiling, new art exhibit and the premiere of a tribute play on Gloria Molina Day.
, was the first Latina to serve as a Los Angeles County supervisor, City Council member and Assembly member. The events come one day after the City Council officially proclaimed Aug. 29 as Gloria Molina Day.Trailblazing LA Politician Gloria Molina Dies at 74
At 6:45 p.m., the Casa 0101 Theater will host a reception and viewing of a new art exhibit titled"Gloria Molina: Madrina of the Eastside." She first won elective office in 1982, capturing the 56th Assembly District seat and eventually leading a fight to quash a proposed prison in East LA. Molina was also the first woman elected to the Board of Supervisors -- once known as the"Five Little Kings" -- though Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, who was appointed to fill a vacancy, was the first woman to serve on the board.
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