Join us on Thursday, January 28 at 12 PM ET for the fourth Regeneration session with Shey Rivera Ríos, an interdisciplinary artist, cultural strategist, and arts administrator working at the intersection of creative practice, urban planning, and racial equity in their community and beyond. Moderated by the Nature Lab’s Operations and Engagement Coordinator, Dora Mugerwa, this […]
Join our expert data panelists to discuss the findings from our Women's Well-Being Index launch. The Rhode Island Women’s Well-Being Index is a multifaceted, composite measure that consists of five “dimensions”: Health, Personal Safety, Employment & Earnings, Economic Security, and Political Empowerment. Each dimension will be composed of six indicators that have been standardized and […]
Please join us for a panel discussion, Race & Image in America on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at 12 p.m. The discussion will feature: Matthew Guterl, Professor of Africana Studies and American Studies, Chair of American Studies Kevin Quashie, Professor of English RaMell Ross, Assistant Professor of Visual Art Moderated by Brickson Diamond ’93, Chief Executive Officer, Big […]
Reading Across Rhode Island, Rhode Island’s One Book, One State community read program kicks off its 19th year by encouraging everyone to read Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X Kendi and Jason Reynolds with this year’s Honorary Chair Val Tutson, multiple award-winning storyteller and Executive Director of Rhode Island Black Storytellers. Reading Across Rhode Island is a […]
This is America: A series of conversations about racial slavery, its legacies, and anti-Black racism This is America: Roundtable on Education in Rhode Island during Covid-19 Registration link will be available soon. By mid-March of 2020 many schools, including institutions of higher education, like Brown University, switched from in person courses to remote learning due […]
Before there was Gallery Night, WaterFire or AS220, Providence was a city full of artists who lacked basic avenues of sharing their work. About this Event Virtual program via Zoom Before there was Gallery Night, before there was WaterFire or AS220, Providence was a city full of artists who lacked basic avenues of sharing their […]
A CELEBRATION OF BLACK STORYTELLING FUNDA MEANS "TO TEACH AND LEARN" IN ZULU AND KISWAHILI FUNDA OFFERS THE BEST IN CULTURAL "EDU-TAINMENT" This much anticipated and highly visible event is the flagship of RIBS programming and reaches statewide audiences of thousands. Each January for the week of the Martin Luther King Holiday, RIBS tellers, local artists, […]
This is America: A series of conversations about racial slavery, its legacies, and anti-Black racism This is America: Post Elections Conversation Registration link will be available soon. Embedded within the American social, political, and economic systems are various forms of structural violences. The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice's series This Is America explores how […]
2020 was a year of chaos and crisis, pandemic and protest, anxiety and loss. Despite many barriers, Rhode Island writers continued to create out of the solitude and stress. On Fri, Jan 15 at 5pm Club Members gather online to read work reflective of the events of 2020. Join us for a cathartic virtual showcase […]
The recent worldwide explosion of Black Lives Matter foregrounded the ways in which systematic anti-Black racism operates in our world. What is the relationship between anti-Black racism, the histories of racial slavery, and colonialism? Is anti-Black racism a product of capitalism? These questions and others will be debated and discussed in the webinar forum Race, […]
