Culture & Community
Arts, culture, and community
Resist Hate RI needs you to serve on the Steering Committee
WE’RE LOOKING FOR 10 PEOPLE TO JOIN THE STEERING COMMITTEE We’re looking to add 10 more people to the steering committee to fortify our numbers as we gear up for a big election year and replace some folks who will be leaving the steering...
Resuscitating Love at the Heart of Our Democracy
[This keynote address was delivered at the tenth annual Fighting Poverty with Faith Interfaith Vigil at the Rhode Island State House on January 3, 2018.] [caption id="attachment_4015" align="alignleft" width="401"] Nikita McCalister[/cap...
TGI Network refutes Catholic Bishops' claim that transgender people don't exist
An open letter from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), cosigned by many other conservative Christian leaders of various faiths and one Muslim Imam, has declared transgender persons nonexistent: “We come together to...
Goldin, Tanzi to reintroduce bill requiring disclosure of tax returns for presidential candidates
[caption id="attachment_3926" align="alignright" width="400"] Gayle Goldin[/caption] As details trickle out about who would gain and who would lose under the federal tax overhaul bill approved by Congress this week, Representative Teresa...
Magaziner joins coalition of states opposing Trump's repeal of Clean Power Plan
Press release: Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner has joined a coalition of 11 state and local Treasurers and Comptrollers in calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt the Trump administration's repeal of th...
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 2017
[caption id="attachment_3834" align="alignright" width="400"] Elena Shih and Samantha Hill[/caption] About 20 people gathered together on Sunday to mark the passage of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Organized...
Born in the fires of a Trump presidency, Resist Hate RI contemplates its second year
Last year, shortly after the Presidential Election, around a thousand people gathered in the cafeteria of Hope High School in Providence to discuss strategies “of self-defense and liberation under President Trump.” Over the next year, Re...
Feeding Her Fire: Art by youth and the female artists who inspired them
[caption id="attachment_3633" align="alignright" width="400"] "Super Girl" by Nicole (Roger Williams Middle School)[/caption] With allegations of sexual harassment dominating headlines, young female artists, and their professional adult...
The Trans Day of Remembrance celebrates history, mourns losses
[caption id="attachment_3056" align="alignright" width="401"] Justice Gaines and Chrysanthemum Tran[/caption] The Trans Day of Remembrance is "an annual day of observance to remember the lives lost to anti-trans violence as well as to ce...
Uprise RI denied access to invite only ISO-New England event; ProJo, NPR okayed
I asked to cover the “Special Invitation Only Event with Gordon van Welie, ISO New England” as press, and was denied access by Peter Howe of Denterline, “an independent public relations agency that inspires and influences the people you...