Culture & Community
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Lock Arms for Peace on Smith Hill: We're burying our children
"We have to stand up as a community," said Lock Arms for Peace founder Diana Garlington. "We're not just burying a child. We're burying all our children. Just because a child does not have our blood does not mean that child does not belo...
Indigenous People's Day open mic at the State House
"...the world knows that Columbus did not discover America. The world knows there's nothing but lies being told about how Columbus came here and what he did…" "There's a celebration going on on Federal Hill right now where they're commen...
In the wake of gun violence, a march for peace on Smith Hill
"It's hard to have the pride in this community, that I've had all my live, with this going on. I am upset. I am angry. I am disappointed and I'm heartbroken. We need to come back together as a community and tell everybody that we are not...
The Black People's March Just Because
"We want to march - just because," said organizer Jordan Mann. "In a show of unity and because this is our city.It's about showing our humanity at its core. We shouldn't need, as Black people, a reason to congregate. We should be able to...
Caregivers, family and community members hold memorial service for nursing home victims of Covid
"Hundreds of nursing home residents and caregiver lives have already been lost to the COVID-19 pandemic and cases are again on the rise. Now is not the time for more stalling or studies; now is the time to take decisive action to solve t...
AMOR protests forced sterilizations outside the Wyatt and the ACI
"Throughout history, forced sterilizations have been used as a means of controlling undesirable populations, immigrants, people of color, poor people, unmarried mothers, the disabled, the mentally ill, and programs of forced sterilizatio...
Vigil and projection for Justice Ginsberg at RI Supreme Court
"There will be moments when we feel despair and anger and rage and we are going to keep on going. And we have to know that we are all in this together, because no matter what happens - even if we don't see the outcomes we want to see in...
Shame on Citizens campaign calls on Citizens Bank to divest from private prisons and ICE
"Citizens Bank ... continues to provide over $120 million dollars in loans to CoreCivic. Financial support of CoreCivic is a flagrant violation of Citizens Bank’s professed standards of integrity and community accountability." Eight peop...
International Day of Peace observed at State House rally
"At first glance it might seem that economic sanctions are preferable to armed conflict, and while that may be true to some extent, sanctions can be just as deadly. They lead to grinding poverty, hunger, loss of health care and much need...
The rally for Black lives gets loud in Barrington
"It is about my family, it is about my friends, it is about my life and it is about humanity and the future…" Just over 100 people gathered at Barrington Congregational Church before marching and chanting their way to the Barrington Town...