George Wiley Center
Members of the George Wiley Center take over the Board
I arrived at the George Wiley Center action outside the Pawtucket Public Library Saturday morning with only a sleight idea about what was going to take place. I talked to …
Poverty
George Wiley Center
George Wiley Center announces new board of directors
The George Wiley Center today announced the formation of a new board of directors reflective of the community. The new board looks forward to continued grassroots organizing in support of …
Poverty
Help a Sister Out Period campaign delivers 62,000 menstrual items to Rhode Island Food Bank
The Rhode Island Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) lead an effort, Help a Sister Out Period, that resulted in a donation of 62,000 menstrual products being delivered to the …
Poverty
At 11th Annual Interfaith Poverty Conference, Reverend Aundreia Alexander delivers a powerful call to action
The 11th Annual Interfaith Poverty Conference featured the Reverend Aundreia Alexander as their keynote speaker. Alexander drew inspiration for her words from the life and voice of civil rights activist …
Payday Loans
The General Assembly continues to be complicit in the evil of payday loans
Powerful lobbyists have a choke hold on the General Assembly leadership, which is only too happy to enable the continued soaking of the most vulnerable Rhode Islanders The Senate Committee …
Climate Change
Peter Nightingale: Warped priorities mark the Department of Energy’s FY 2020 budget
In a March 11 press release highlighting its FY 2020 budget, the Department of Energy (DOE) claims that it will fulfill its obligation to clean up the environmental pollution legacy …
Poverty
The 11th Annual Fighting Poverty with Faith Vigil
As it has for every year for over a decade, the 11th Annual Fighting Poverty with Faith Vigil, organized by the the Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty, began …
Hunger
Not good: Rhode Island Food bank releases report on hunger in Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank has released their 2018 Status Report on Hunger in Rhode Island. Among the reports findings: Hunger is more prevalent in Rhode Island than it …
Poverty
Reverend Traci Blackmon electrifies the 10th Annual Interfaith Poverty Conference
The Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty held their 10th Interfaith Poverty Conference at Rhode Island College Wednesday morning, featuring Reverend Traci Blackmon as the keynote speaker. Blackmon, a …
Immigration
Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell: Faith, love and strong progressive legislation for a better world
“I just want to begin by saying Donald Trump is a racist, he’s a fraud, he’s a bigot and he’s a misogynist,” said Rhode Island State Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (Democrat, …