State House rally calls for action on gun violence in Rhode Island
June 1, 2022

State House rally calls for action on gun violence in Rhode Island

“Ten years! It’s been ten years. That is long enough,” said Jennifer Boylan from Moms Demand Action....

Survivors, advocates and politicians walk against gun violence in Providence on Saturday
September 5, 2021

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...

Locking Arms for Peace returns in response to recent gun violence
May 23, 2021

Locking Arms for Peace returns in response to recent gun violence

“We’ve experienced a lot of violence in these past couple of weeks,” said Garlington, speaking about a...

Remembering Tatyana Shawnte Francis: A celebration
May 21, 2021

Remembering Tatyana Shawnte Francis: A celebration

“We talk about gun violence and we talk about creating opportunities for our young people, creating leadership...

RI elected officials pledge action on gun violence
May 18, 2021

RI elected officials pledge action on gun violence

“Congress needs to play a constructive role and better address some of the underlying economic and social...

New group, Safer Communities for Justice, seeks resolutions to unsolved murders
September 27, 2020

New group, Safer Communities for Justice, seeks resolutions to unsolved murders

“I’m not going to stand back and accept that my child is a number. She’s not a...

An interview with House District 16 candidate Brandon Potter
August 24, 2020

An interview with House District 16 candidate Brandon Potter

“[Millea] asked me to call him, and when I did, for some reason he brought up racial...

Lock Arms for Peace holds first in-person vigil since the start of the pandemic
July 26, 2020

Lock Arms for Peace holds first in-person vigil since the start of the pandemic

“Since there are so many unsolved murders in our little City of Providence, I, and Moms Demand...

Hundreds attend Tree of Life Synagogue vigil
March 2, 2020

Hundreds attend Tree of Life Synagogue vigil

Hundreds of people, representing a multitude of faith traditions or no faith at all, gathered together in...

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