The Public’s Radio’s podcast on immigration, Mosaic, has a community essay series. This one is by Charles “Chachi” Carvahlo, an artist and educator born and raised in Rhode Island. He talks about the upcoming WaterFire event which will celebrate Rhode Island’s communities of color. As an artist, I have always tried to do and say […]
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Financial Literacy For All
The Public’s Radio’s podcast on immigration, Mosaic, has a series of community essays. This one is by Marcy Reyes. She writes about her goal to end generational poverty in BIPOC communities in Rhode Island. When I asked about money when I was a little girl, my parents told me to stop asking questions. It was […]
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A former vaccine skeptic now preaches faith in science to people of color in R.I.
The Rev. Howard M. Jenkins, Jr. was preparing for the launch of Rhode Island’s first mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic for people of color in mid-April when his cell phone started blowing up. Inside his cramped office at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Providence, the pastor was fielding frantic calls about that weekend’s clinic […]
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State Police to probe false cancellation notices for COVID-19 vaccinations
Rhode Island Governor Daniel J. McKee has asked the State Police to look into why some 1,400 people of color who had registered for last weekend’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence were sent false cancellation notices. Several community leaders had raised concerns to The Public’s Radio about whether the cancellation […]
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R.I. residents 16 and older in hard-hit ZIP codes eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
Rhode Island opens vaccine eligibility Tuesday to residents 16 and older in eight hard-hit zip codes around the state. These residents — in zip codes 02904, 02905, 02907, 02908, 02909, 02860, 02861 and 02863 — live in parts of Providence, Cranston, North Providence and all of Pawtucket and Central Falls. They are now eligible to […]
