"Locally, we lost a friend and loved one who was an organizer in Providence for several years, Tatiana Jones. Tatiana Jones organized with Project Weber/RENEW and...
On Monday, November 16 at 5pm the Providence External Review Authority (PERA), the only civilian police oversight board in Rhode Island, will be holding a meeting...
“We call on the PERA Board, City Council, and the Mayor’s office to support Director Batista in holding the Providence Police accountable for their violence. More...
“We’re here to be Jhamal’s voice in all of this,” said Bernard Tribble, Jhamal Gonsalves’ stepfather to Uprise RI. “We hope that people can come together...
“This review isn’t just financial. Certainly the numbers tell a big story here, but this is also going to look at the administrative processes,” said Providence...
“Police officers do not have the proper training, education and credentials to diagnose someone with a mental condition – and neither do these advocates. I am...
A debate over body camera footage at PERA’s monthly meeting shows that relying on the police department to cooperate with independent investigations may be a flawed...
“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...
“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...
“You defund social services all the time. You defund schools. You defund hospitals, community health centers, programs for low-incomes communities all the time. You are experts...