October 14, 2020

95 blocked as part of Indigenous People’s Day protest

“A Genocide Happened Here, Rhode Island is Guilty,” read the protester’s banner. Several people were arrested in...

June 15, 2021

RI ACLU sends letter to state officials defending the right “to peacefully record the activities of police in public”

“It is deeply disturbing to see Rhode Island police joining counterparts elsewhere in… attempting to intimidate and...

October 2, 2020

Protest theater outside PVD City Hall demands an end to prison torture and isolation

“Our community members behind bars are extremely vulnerable because we can’t see what’s happening to them. The...

October 1, 2020

The Black People’s March Just Because

“We want to march – just because,” said organizer Jordan Mann. “In a show of unity and...

September 30, 2020

At least two arrested during 4th night of Breonna Taylor BLM protests in PVD

“It’s over. Get out of here.” “I’m with the press.“ “I don’t care who you’re with. You’re...

September 24, 2020

Protest for Breonna Taylor met with pepper spray on Providence highway

Just over 150 people marched from Burnside Park in Providence onto the the Route 95 on ramp...

September 24, 2020

Black Lives Matter RI protests lack of charges in Breonna Taylor killing

Black Lives Matter Rhode Island staged a small protest outside the Providence Public Safety Complex on Wednesday...

September 22, 2020

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...

September 21, 2020

A domestic violence survivor seeking assistance was instead assaulted by Providence police officers, lawsuit alleges

Simone Phoenix was attempting to access services for survivors of domestic abuse, and ended up assaulted by...

June 15, 2021

Rhode Island tells Senators Reed & Whitehouse: Stop Trump’s Supreme Court appointee

“What is the point of being in the Senate for as long as our Senators have been...

September 20, 2020

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...

September 6, 2020

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...

September 4, 2020

Senator Elizabeth Crowley: All Lives Matter

“Certainly Black lives matter to everybody, so do Brown lives, so do yellow lives, so do red...

September 3, 2020

Black Lives Matter RI marches against racism – from Pawtucket City Hall to McCoy Stadium

“Black Lives Matter Rhode Island just wants a fair share for African Americans and people of color,”...

September 2, 2020

Justice for Dijon Kizzee solidarity event in Providence

On Tuesday evening just over 50 protesters marched through Providence, past the Providence Public Safety Complex and...