Advocates call on Providence Mayor Smiley to take action on homelessness
May 17, 2023

Advocates call on Providence Mayor Smiley to take action on homelessness

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley has been slow to deal with the crisis of homelessness in the City,...

Advocates for the homeless protest Governor McKee during Christmas tree lighting
December 9, 2022

Advocates for the homeless protest Governor McKee during Christmas tree lighting

For the second year in a row Governor Daniel McKee failed to act on the expanding crisis...

Demand for bus passes grossly outpaces supply at Mathewson Street Church
November 8, 2022

Demand for bus passes grossly outpaces supply at Mathewson Street Church

Mathewson Street was assigned 50 of the 600 free bus passes that RIPTA is giving out under...

RI Poor People’s Campaign encourages  poor and low-wage workers to vote their demands
October 16, 2022

RI Poor People’s Campaign encourages poor and low-wage workers to vote their demands

“Our votes are our demands. And our demands have not been met yet.”...

Local peace groups support state legislation on nuclear weapons and state investments in war
March 29, 2022

Local peace groups support state legislation on nuclear weapons and state investments in war

“A nation’s power is not measured by the level of destruction its arsenal can inflict,” said Senator...

Providence joins antiwar protests around the world urging no US military action in Ukraine
February 5, 2022

Providence joins antiwar protests around the world urging no US military action in Ukraine

“…the only sane course of action the United States can take is a commitment to diplomacy with...

RI Poor People’s Campaign demands that Reed and Whitehouse pass Build Back Better Act
November 11, 2021

RI Poor People’s Campaign demands that Reed and Whitehouse pass Build Back Better Act

“A budget is a moral document, and I’m a little bit tired hearing that we don’t have...

Rhode Island observes the U.N. International Day of Peace
September 26, 2021

Rhode Island observes the U.N. International Day of Peace

“The people of countries that the United States considers as enemies are not our enemies,” said Tim...

RI Poor People’s Campaign supports federal resolution to end poverty
June 8, 2021

RI Poor People’s Campaign supports federal resolution to end poverty

Third Reconstruction Resolution is “a historic omnibus vision to summon the moral and political resolve of the...

The RI Poor People’s Campaign ‘nails’ their moral agenda to the State House doors
March 16, 2021

The RI Poor People’s Campaign ‘nails’ their moral agenda to the State House doors

“We demand that the COVID-19 relief package include expanded unemployment benefits, health care for all and vaccine...

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