by Amanda Han | Feb 7, 2019 | Rhode Island School of Design
On the morning of January 30th, Soeun Yoon and I visited the City Hall of Providence. It was 10:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning, and the Board of the Employees’ Retirement System was holding their regular meeting. iPhone photo from inside Providence City Hall, by...
by Alexis Viera | Nov 17, 2017 | Brown University
The March for Racial Justice in Providence was not a march at all. A group of Providence’s activists and allies gathered on a green in India Point Park, forming a largely white crowd that hung on every word spoken at the podium—all from the mouths of people of color...
by Jonathan Silin | Nov 17, 2017 | Brown University
This Tuesday, on a cold November evening, approximately fifty Rhode Island residents packed into the Administration Building cafeteria at One Capitol Hill in Providence. Some held signs emblazoned with slogans such as “67% of Rhode Island Children at Risk”, “Frack...
by Artur Avkhadiev | Nov 17, 2017 | Brown University
On October 11, I joined a “Citywide conversation” with the Providence mayor Jorge O. Elorza. As part of the effort to remain in touch with Providence residents, the city council has organized these quarterly meetings in different wards for the last few...
by Cody Duane-Mcglashan | Nov 17, 2017 | Brown University
As four of us from the class walked into India Point Park armed with a stack of surveys, clipboards, and pens on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, I was struck by how laid back the whole event looked. Around 30 people wearing shirts emblazoned with #blacklivesmatter and...
