The New England First Amendment Coalition and Providence Community Library, Olneyville location, will present a panel discussion on Hate Speech and the First Amendment. This online presentation offers local perspectives on offensive speech and constitutional protections. The discussion is supported by NEFAC’s Featured Speaker Program. Launched in 2018, the program brings journalists and First Amendment experts to […]
Frequency Writers: Rhode Island's Oldest Creative Writing Organization Tell Your Truth is focused on the truth that each of us must bear witness to. In this course, students should come with some experience of poetry writing. Students will learn the basics of how to perform a poem for an audience and build a body of work […]
Unpacking Privilege. At times, hearing feedback about privilege, race, ableism, 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 […]
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 […]
This year’s Celebration will take place on Thursday, October 15th as a virtual gathering of hundreds that recognizes cultural and civic engagement in Rhode Island. The digital program with this year’s honorees—Dr. Joyce Stevos, Mary Beth Meehan, the Providence Clemente Veterans’ Initiative, and Janaya Kizzie—will bring the Celebration straight to you and will offer opportunities to explore […]
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 […]
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 […]
The fight for “Equal Pay for Equal Work” was a cause championed by American Suffragists starting in the 1850s. What can be done today to promote employee equity regardless of sexual orientation, gender, age, race, or ethnicity? The social ramifications of pay in-equity are brought to the forefront during the current public health emergency, especially […]
One of the issues suffragists in the 19th century campaigned for, including Rhode Island’s Elizabeth Buffum Chace, was prison reform. What is being done to address the reliance of community safety policies on policing and prisons, overcome biases in the criminal justice system, promote the exercise of justice with equity, and not unjustly burden communities […]
Tomaquag Museum Presents: Quarantine Creatives: A Virtual Interview with Indigenous Artist Deborah Spears-Moorehead. This is an event in the museum's Native Artist Interview Series. Please register at the link provided.
