Join the conversation about how teens can turn their passion around climate justice into real change in Rhode Island. Led by MET High Schooler, Brandon Feliz, the panel includes Sunrise Movement program manager Joselin Morente & RI State Senator Sam Bell to talk about how to get involved in state action around climate justice. What […]
ECAS en Casa, is a virtual program series in which Teatro ECAS Executive Director Francis Parra interviews artists and scholars from across the Spanish-speaking world about humanities topics connected to the theater. Programs will be in Spanish with English-language subtitles and can be viewed on Facebook Live the night of the event. To view ECAS […]
Join the Refugee Dream Center on April 1, 2021 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm EST as they discuss the importance of democratic participation among the refugee community with leaders in the state! The webinar will cover important topics like the voting process, elections, and more. We will also reflect on historical events that have made […]
A virtual lecture and discussion with Cynthia Copeland, President of the Institute for the Exploration of Seneca Village History about the decades-long work to interpret the historic African'American community displaced by Central Park, and how that effort may offer strategies for telling Snowtown's story here in Providence, RI. Free and open to the public, registration […]
Join the conversation about how teens can turn their passion around health equity into real change in Rhode Island. Led by Classical High Schooler, Deb Adekunle, the panel includes Young Voice program manager Andrea Gonzalez & RI State Representative David Morales to talk about how to get involved in state action around Medicare for All, […]
Please join us to hear Professor Deborah Thomas (University of Pennsylvania) speak about her current work and its implications for a decolonized anthropology. Prof. Thomas is a leading scholar of race, gender, and violence in the context of post-colonial state formation. A specialist in the Caribbean region, Prof. Thomas’s work interrogates how new class economies, ideologies of belonging, […]
Join Gather Together United as 1 for a virtual town hall with state, local, and community leaders discussing the barriers to civic engagement for those impacted by homelessness and incarceration. This virtual discussion is the second of a four part series supported by a mini grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. Free […]
In this moment of deep crisis and social upheaval in our country, the time is ripe to look closer at the reality facing our most vulnerable citizens. More than half a million Americans are released from prison every year, and they join a population of twenty million people who live with a felony record. While […]
Be our guest as these remarkable women share their stories and the unique gifts they’ve used to touch and transform thousands of lives. Norma Jean Darden, groundbreaking fashion model, cookbook author, and food stylist caters to an A-list of Fortune 500 and celebrity clientele in her NYC restaurants. Rose Weaver, award-winning star of stage and […]
ECAS Theater offers a streaming opportunity to see artists based in many different countries all come together to represent drama, laughter, dance; for three days of enjoyment. Thanks to our artists who join these presentations: Fara Madrigal (Cuba), Saulo García, (Miami), Patricia Munoz (Republica Dominicana), Alfonso Rey (New York), Carlos Martinez (Barcelona) and Carmen Terife […]
