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Sojourner House says Attorney General Jeff Sessions puts victims of domestic violence and their children further at risk
On Monday, June 11th, 2018, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a deeply disappointing decision in an attempt to erode protections for domestic violence survivors and others seeking refuge in the United States. Invoking a...
Senators Reed and Whitehouse decry Trump Administration policy of separating immigrant children from parents
United States Senators Jack Reed (Democrat, Rhode Island) and Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) were at Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island on Elmwood Avenue in Providence Monday morning to to discuss the short- and...
First Unitarian Church of Providence declares itself a Sanctuary Church
"We will not be a petty and cruel people," said Reverend Liz Lerner Maclay, minister of the First Unitarian Church of Providence. "We declare ourselves a sanctuary church," because, "what would be hard would be to do nothing." "Because F...
Report from Immigration Policy Meeting with US Attorney Stephen Dambruch
Friday’s protest outside the United States Attorney’s Office was as an opportunity to speak out against separating children from their parents at the border. The protest was organized by ACLU’s People Power Campaign. I went to the protes...
Kristen's Law won't deter drug use and will ruin lives, say addiction experts
Both medical professionals and the recovery community stand against Kristen’s Law (S2279A / H7715), which would give up to a life prison sentence to anyone who provides a controlled substance that contributes to a death, even if it only...
Providence rallies against criminalization
Unnoticed by many Rhode Islanders, nearly 100 people turned out at the Roger Williams Memorial Park on North Main Street in Providence for a Rally Against Criminalization: criminalization of people of color, informal work such as hair br...
Gun safety advocates celebrate passage of "red flag" and bump stock ban bills
"Our work is not done," said Jennifer Boylan, volunteer leader for Moms Demand Action on Gun Sense in America. "Unfortunately gun violence is really complicated and there's no one answer. There's not even two or three answers like we now...
Raimondo joins with Democratic Governors to oppose Trump Administration domestic gag rule
The Democratic Governors Association, of which Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo is vice-chair, sent a letter to United States Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar expressing concerns over the Trump Administration’s plan to pl...
Protesters demand end to family separation at United States Attorney offices in Providence
Over two dozen people showed up outside the offices of United States Attorney for the Rhode Island District Stephen Dambruch near Kennedy Plaza in Providence Friday afternoon to demand an end to the policy of separating immigrant parents...
Protesters demand end to family separation at Homeland Security office in Warwick
Over fifty people showed up outside the United States Customs and Border Protection offices on Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick Friday morning to demand an end to the policy of separating immigrant parents and children at the border. The T...