Yesterday, after RISD President Crystal Williams told students their barricades were a fire hazard and sent in facilities managers and Department of Public Safety security officers to break them down, the students say they made the voluntary decision to leave the building and were escorted out by their supporters. Luca Antonio Colannino, a spokesperson for […]
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Brown University students on how the pro-Palestine encampment came to a peaceful conclusion
Brown University proved to be an outlier at university campuses this past week as police elsewhere broke up encampments and arrested protesters. Pro-Palestinian activists at Brown reached an agreement with their school’s administrators to end an encampment.
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Brown University professors accuse administrators of ‘intimidation, threats, and harassment’
Some professors at Brown University are accusing the school’s administration of surveilling and harassing faculty members who attended a pro-Palestinian encampment at the school’s Providence campus. In a statement put out by Brown’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, the professors specifically take issue with letters sent to several faculty members […]
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Negotiations on a deal to end Brown University encampment to continue Tuesday
Student protesters are negotiating with Brown University administrators over terms that could end a pro-Palestinian encampent at the school’s Providence campus and meet some of the activists’ demands, according to several students familiar with the discussions. On Monday at 3 p.m., a group of six student activists met with two administrators to discuss an offer […]
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A night of flames and fury
It would be easy to dismiss the agitators and looters who destroyed so much in Providence the night of June 1 as outside provocateurs. The reality is more complicated.
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Hundreds line the road into Barrington to protest police brutality and racial injustice
Wearing masks and holding up signs that read “Black Lives Matter,’’ the protesters — many of them parents with children — were greeted with honks and cheers by passing motorists.
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Thousands march in Newport for racial justice
Saturday’s protest, organized by Black Lives Matter Rhode Island, drew people of all ages, including parents with young children and seniors, who carried signs, chanted, listened to speakers and sang songs.
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‘Stand with us’: New Bedford protestors demand solidarity from local police
Protests have been going on daily in New Bedford, demanding justice in the wake of the death of George Floyd. New Bedford mayor Jon Mitchell and the city’s police chief spoke with Black Lives Matter protesters Wednesday in an attempt to ease tensions.
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Protesting in the age of coronavirus. What’s the risk?
In Providence, protests were peaceful. No confrontations with police. No tear gas. No forced physical contact that could pose obvious risks to those involved. So what’s the risk?
