People lined up outside the Providence City Hall on Monday to testify before the Providence City Council Finance Committee meeting on the budget for the Providence...
“When we’re talking about what it means to change policing in Providence … we need to start turning this conversation around from ‘how do we make...
“When the Providence Journal covered the first Pride parade in 1976, the headline read, City Tolerates First Homosexual Parade,” said Ray Sirico, President of Rhode Island...
“I’m grateful to be a member of this church, and to be a part of the Black community as an out, queer person, because I recognize...
“I’ve noticed that there’s missing history, history that has to do with my skin,” said Faith, a student at Central High School in Providence. “I personally...
“We know that true safety comes from everyone having their needs met, and there’s nothing natural, inevitable, or just about how resources are currently distributed.“ On...
But lost in the discussion is the Providence City Council’s rush to pass a budget that doesn’t take into account voices in the community that seek...
We are tired. We are hurting. We are enraged that little meaningful change has been made in the last 50 years. But we are not going...
“I think the community is exhausted with letting the police, police themselves.” The Providence External Review Authority (PERA) is, for the first time since being empaneled...
An open letter is seeking signatures to demand changes to Providence’s policies that criminalize rather than assist people in recovery. You can sign onto the letter...