[From a press release] Gabriela Domenzain is leaving her position as director of the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University to pursue her passion for national-level work involving human rights and journalism. Domenzain became …
Around 400 people attended a rally in Cranston against the separation of families Saturday afternoon, held in coordination with hundreds of rallies across the United States. The rally outside the Adult Correctional Institutions broadened the …
Rhode Island Interfaith Power and Light joins many other local, national, and international faith organizations in condemning the incarceration of children and families on our southern border. The new policy of indefinite detention of families, …
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not …
The Refugee Dream Center celebrated World Refugee Day with song, dance, food, poetry and visits from elected officials. “We have over 65 million people displaced around the world,” said Omar Bah, Founder and Executive Director …
The children that we are talking about today have already experienced countless traumatic events prior to their migration to the United States. Many of them have witnessed or been victims of gang violence; they have …
The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, in partnership with the Board of Rabbis of Greater Rhode Island and representatives from the interfaith community held a press conference in response to the Trump Administration‘s family …
At its height around 400 people crowded the south steps of the Rhode Island State House on Wednesday afternoon to oppose the Trump Administration policy of separating families at the border. Organized by the March …
Rhode Island Dreamers with current or past DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) status will now be able to apply for and receive drivers licenses in Rhode Island regardless of what happens to the program …
“I do this in part because someday my grandchildren will read about this in the history books and be distraught over the travesty and inhumanity of it and will ask me, ‘Grandma, how could you …
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