In Providence: The Protest
She told me her friend asked her if she was scared to go to the protest. “I told her the truth. I told her I’m scared every day. That’s the […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
RI Leads the Nation in COVID-19 Testing: Summary of the governor’s June 8 press conference
Governor Gina Raimondo and DOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander Scott gave the COVID-19 press briefing today at 1pm. The governor today said Rhode Island’s COVID data was still trending in […]
Black Lives Matter Photo Essay: A peaceful rally in Providence strikes a hopeful chord
On June 5, against a backdrop of boarded up stores and accompanied by the sound of helicopters circling overhead, thousands of peaceful protesters took to the streets protesting the death […]
Page Turners: Essential reading for steps toward being anti-racist
It’s a popular social media trend, lists of book recommendations dealing with anti-racism. You’re probably familiar with their contents, The Color of Law, White Fragility, Audre Lorde, Ta Neesi-Coates, with […]
Governor Urges Residents to Exercise Their Rights while Exercising Caution Regarding the Coronavirus: Summary of the governor’s June 5 press conference
Governor Gina Raimondo, DOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott and DoA director Brett Smiley gave the COVID press briefing today at 1pm. DOH reports 113 new cases of COVID-19 since yesterday. […]
Solidarity Is the New Thoughts and Prayers: People want solutions over slogans
Our social media feeds are peppered with them — empty statements from politicians, attempting and failing to placate citizens tired of police brutality: “I call on each of us to […]
#LovedOnes
They say If it’s not on FacebookIt didn’t happenEven though I am not seeing itI’m pretty sure it’s happening We keep sayingNever againUntil the next hash tagDigitally memorializesThe next Black […]
Raimondo Committed to Making Healthcare More Affordable: Summary of the governor’s June 4 press conference
Governor Gina Raimondo, Dr. James McDonald from RIDOH and DoA director Brett Smiley gave the COVID-19 press briefing today at 1pm. The data for Rhode Island is as follows: 100 […]
Be of Service: Five do’s and don’t’s for white people taking anti-racist action
I am a white woman who has been blogging about race for eight years. It all started out of my pressing need to explore why, ever since I was a […]
Take Action: The Womxn Project is #sustainingcommunity
Conversation without action won’t drive change, so The Womxn Project — a local organization always pushing for justice — is taking action and calling on community members to do the […]