Providence’s First Annual People of Color Dyke and Trans March
March 2, 2020

Providence’s First Annual People of Color Dyke and Trans March

Every year, around the country, Dyke and Trans Marches are held “to give voice to communities either...

Ysanel Torres: Every second, every moment, every breath: They mean everything….
January 19, 2020

Ysanel Torres: Every second, every moment, every breath: They mean everything….

There’s this thing about time that I’ll never understand The way it never ends even when it...

Faith leaders rally at the State House to demand safer schools
January 19, 2020

Faith leaders rally at the State House to demand safer schools

Faith leaders and youth organizers with the One Gun Gone Project met today at the Rhode Island...

Reverend Dr Gwendolyn Howard: “Real life examples” of what happens when transgender people have equal rights
March 2, 2020

Reverend Dr Gwendolyn Howard: “Real life examples” of what happens when transgender people have equal rights

On June 10th, the Providence Journal posted an Op-ed by David Carlin. In it, the author makes...

Herb Weiss: Religious groups urge House to combat antisemitism and racism
October 31, 2019

Herb Weiss: Religious groups urge House to combat antisemitism and racism

For the second year in a row, the Rhode Island General Assembly’s Senate Judiciary Committee heard a...

Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence: Addressing Second Amendment Fallacies
January 19, 2020

Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence: Addressing Second Amendment Fallacies

While a handful of rural towns in Rhode Island have introduced second amendment sanctuary resolutions, under the...

Jaychele Schenck: Gun control from the perspective of a youth activist, a poem
January 19, 2020

Jaychele Schenck: Gun control from the perspective of a youth activist, a poem

As a youth, I have been told that activism is a hobby As a youth, I have...

Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence: We demand a vote on legislation to ban the sale of high capacity magazines
January 19, 2020

Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence: We demand a vote on legislation to ban the sale of high capacity magazines

12 lives were lost on Friday after a shooter fired shots in a municipal building in Virginia...

Moms Demand hold Wear Orange event in memory of gun violence victims
January 19, 2020

Moms Demand hold Wear Orange event in memory of gun violence victims

The Rhode Island chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for...

Rhode Island’s LGBTQI+ community and allies rally to repudiate Bishop Tobin’s hateful comments
March 2, 2020

Rhode Island’s LGBTQI+ community and allies rally to repudiate Bishop Tobin’s hateful comments

Hundreds of people crowded Cathedral Square in Providence late Sunday afternoon to renounce the words of Providence...

Senate Judiciary Committee passes resolution denouncing and opposing white nationalism and neo-Nazism
October 31, 2019

Senate Judiciary Committee passes resolution denouncing and opposing white nationalism and neo-Nazism

An amended version of a Senate Resolution denouncing and opposing white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups passed the...

Is this the year the General Assembly eliminates the tampon tax?
March 2, 2020

Is this the year the General Assembly eliminates the tampon tax?

“This is a women’s health and women’s rights issue,” said Representative Moira Walsh (Democrat, District 3, Providence)....

Tiverton Town Council rejects Second Amendment Sanctuary Town resolution, but will reconsider in June
January 19, 2020

Tiverton Town Council rejects Second Amendment Sanctuary Town resolution, but will reconsider in June

On Tuesday, the Tiverton Town Council voted down a resolution that would have declared Tiverton a second...

Nesselbush introduces Senate resolution denouncing white nationalism and neo-Nazi groups in Rhode Island
October 31, 2019

Nesselbush introduces Senate resolution denouncing white nationalism and neo-Nazi groups in Rhode Island

Rhode Island State Senator Donna Nesselbush (Democrat, District 15, Pawtucket) has introduced a resolution (S0829) that denounces...

Lauren Niedel: Glocester considers Second Amendment Sanctuary Town status
January 19, 2020

Lauren Niedel: Glocester considers Second Amendment Sanctuary Town status

Glocester, on Thursday, became the sixth western Rhode Island location to hold a Second Amendment Sanctuary City...

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