Culture & Community
Arts, culture, and community
RI takes Biden Administration to task for treatment of Haitian refugees at southern Border
"Haitians have received inhuman treatment," said Dr Norly Germain, Executive Director of Hope and Change for Haiti. "The behavior of Border Patrol agents chasing and whipping Haitians, including pregnant women and children is an outrage."
Never Again RI wants Biden to keep promise and end ICE contracts
"Many of our grandparents and great-grandparents left their homelands because the authorities were purposely hunting and hurting them. Many sought refuge in America, including Secretary Mayorkas’s family," said Dr Aurit Lazerus, an organizer for Never Again Rhode Island.
Rhode Island observes the U.N. International Day of Peace
"The people of countries that the United States considers as enemies are not our enemies," said Tim Sprouls from the Rhode Island Anti-War Committee. "The people of China and Russia are not our enemies. The people of Iran and Venezuela are not our enemies. The people of Cuba and North Korea are not out enemies. It is incumbent on us to put pressure on our government to get our boot off the necks of those people."
Woman force-fed grains in Kennedy Plaza as part of PETA foie gras protest
"Most people would never dream of ramming a tube down a dog's throat to have their livers become diseased," said PETA Campaigner Amanda Brody.
Survivors, advocates and politicians walk against gun violence in Providence on Saturday
"You're here because you know that it's not okay when mothers are burying their children," said Representative Ranglin-Vassell. "You're here because gun violence is a public health issue. You're here because you believe that the General Assembly must stop sitting on our hands and do some robust investments into our core urban areas."
Red Ink Community Library, a 'socially conscious event space and reading room' opens Saturday
"After the protests and activism we saw last year, many political organizations in Providence were able to grow through virtual meetings," says founder and local resident David Raileanu. "As we were coming out of the in-person pandemic restrictions, many of those groups were looking for a place to meet. That spurred us to develop a place like Red Ink."
Quatia Osorio Says All Families Deserve a Doula and All Doulas Deserve to Be Paid
Nursing persons publicly breastfed together at the '7th Annual RI Big Latch On' to promote and celebrate breastfeeding. Rhode Island doulas helped organize the event, and explained a new law that enables doulas to be paid using health insurance.
Art Revolt at Revival Brewery this Saturday
At the Art Revolt at Revival Brewery on July 24th, we’re putting on an all-day event (3-12pm) to showcase the art of our community. Come and add to your collection.
Youth led Remembrance Vigil honors LGBTQ+ lives lost
"When I asked the boy who threatened my life with a knife for an explanation of his actions, for a reason, so that I might think more clearly about the unthinkable possibility of my own death, there was no action for him to point at," said Emet, a queer, trans youth. "Rather, simply the original sin of my identity. My identity, my queerness, was such an assault he felt he had to defend himself with lethal force."
First ever Woonsocket Pride celebration
Starting at River Island Park, the march of about 100 people made its way past the classic car show and through the streets of Woonsocket, ending at a small stage at the World War II Memorial Park. It was a protest made all that much more pointed for happening on June 28, 52 years after the Stonewall Uprising in New York, the event that jumpstarted the modern LGBTQ+ movement and the reason we celebrate Pride in the month of June.