Uprising

So I totally missed doing my weekly Uprising! update last week because of the TEDx Talk I did on Saturday. I loved the experience of doing a TEDx Talk, but …

“We’re all here together because we know that this is an emergency,” said Sunrise organizer Estrella Rodriguez at last Friday’s Climate Strike event in Rhode Island. “We know that this …

“By rescheduling the meeting at the start of the Jewish Sabbath the members of the board showed disdain for our community…” – Rabbi Michelle Dardashti An early Uprising this week …

The Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation (CFDFC) is holding a meeting on Friday night, during Shabbat, which will certainly prevent some members of Never Again Action from participating. Some say …

A slower week gives me time to catch up on reading comics. I highly recommend Mind MGMT, an ersatz conspiracy thriller with all kinds of twists and turns. Deceptively simple …

“…when you engage in that kind of civil disobedience, what you expect is to be handled professionally,” said Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha. It was hard to avoid the …

Not a slow news week. Holy crap. 1a. The Pickup Truck People were expecting to be arrested during a peaceful protest outside the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, not …

With the resignation of Providence City Councilmember Luis Aponte (Ward 10) in the wake of his conviction of embezzlement charges, the race is already on to find his replacement. Four …

Stopping climate change means stopping the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure. We don’t stop this expansion by holding conferences at Fidelity Investments HQ in Smithfield, Rhode Island, as the Environmental …

President Donald Trump‘s war on immigrants and asylum seekers continued this week, even as threats of mass immigration raids failed to materialize. This isn’t to say that United States Immigration …