Grantee Events

Power, Privilege & Social Justice is a three-part series from the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, in partnership with Providence Community Library, which explores the history and struggle for African Americans to achieve Civil Rights in Providence over a 300-year period. Keith Stokes, Advisor to the RI Black Heritage Society, will presents the talks. The […]

Power, Privilege & Social Justice is a three-part series from the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, in partnership with Providence Community Library, which explores the history and struggle for African Americans to achieve Civil Rights in Providence over a 300-year period. Keith Stokes, Advisor to the RI Black Heritage Society, will presents the talks. The […]

These are the stories of the artists of RI in the time of quarantine. 18 artists were given 8mm cameras and film on which to document their lives in 2020. This screening event will allow you to see all 18 of their short films. The screening will be held outside and the screening will be […]

On Wednesday, October 7 at 7pm, the Museum of Work & Culture will host journalist Patrick White for “The Exodus of French Canadians to New England : the Story Behind the Story,” a free talk via Zoom. White’s talk will deal with the wave of emigration of French Canadians to New England, from 1840 to […]

David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale, will discuss Douglass' connections to Rhode Island, his vision for freedom, and his relationships with fellow Rhode Island abolitionists. The talk will be accompanied by African […]

Rhode Island Latino Arts announces A Nuestras Raíces // To Our Roots, a series of virtual conversations where speakers from countries throughout Latin America & the Caribbean will share their knowledge, research, and experience. A Nuestras Raíces is an initiative for and by people of color that uplifts indigenous and Afro-Latinx history in response to […]

The rescheduled Bristol BookFest is set to offer a close look at Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, probably the best novel about American politics ever written. Now a free, online three-day public humanities program on October 16-18, all original 160 reservations have rolled over and 100 new spaces are now available. The all-online […]

Unpacking Privilege. At times, hearing feedback about privilege, race, and gender can sting. These important conversations can feel like attacks. Let’s unpack some different areas of privilege: White privilege, able-bodied privilege, civic privilege, and cisgender privilege.  Let’s learn how to receive feedback and be better allies. We’ll learn from the personal experiences of people doing […]

Luis Astudillo - Actor - Jhomphy Ventura - Director de Teatro La Diáspora Latinx y el teatro en Estados Unidos Jueves, 22 de octubre de 2020 I 7:00 p.m. La Diáspora Latinx y el teatro en Estados Unidos Les invitamos a este espacio de diálogo con: Luis Astudillo, actor y Jhomphy Ventura, director y actor de teatro, quienes […]

First-time readers of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) are often surprised by how little Wollstonecraft actually says about rights. There is no proposed woman’s bill of rights, no plea to grant women the right to vote, or to assemble, or to have a jury of their peers. What Wollstonecraft explores […]