The recipient of the inaugural Grassroots Hero Award will be the featured speaker during Saturday’s meeting (Sept 14) of the Democrats of the Morongo Basin. Yolanda Brown will discuss the organization Border Kindness and refugees who are seeking asylum in the United States. Come early for the optional $10 breakfast buffet 9 a.m., followed by the meeting at 10 a.m. at Bruce’s Place on the Copper Mountain College campus, 6162 Rotary Way in Joshua Tree.