Archive for July 2021
TO WORK: The WorkPlace – for job seekers aged 50+
The WorkPlace announces the launch of Platform to Employment (P2E) online to support workers that are now seeking employment remotely due to COVID-19. Platform to Employment has helped hundreds of Rhode Island job seekers re-enter the workforce through a traditional classroom presentation. This new online format will include distance learning, class-based activities and collaboration with…
Read MoreProvidence schools: Everything is broken – 2 years ago – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Angelica Infante-Green, right, commissioner of Rhode Island schools, opens a listening session at Hope High School with an extended monologue, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, left, spoke first. Editor’s Note: In July of 2019, before the pandemic, and after the scathing report on Providence schools, and with a new…
Read MoreVinny Paz, 5X World Champion, overcoming obstacles along the way – Part 2, John Cardullo
by John Cardullo, sportswriter This the 2nd part of a two-part story focusing on Rhode Island’s favorite son. Part one, here: https://bit.ly/3wdSjta A little more than a month has passed after Pazienza won the WBA Light Middleweight championship, defeating Italy’s Gilbert Dele on a TKO at the Providence Civic Center on October 1, 1991. Still…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – July 6, 2021
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist One dying front heads out to sea and another will follow the path later in the day with some showers and embedded thunderstorms inland, likely dying out somewhat before they reach the bay and surrounding areas. We could still get some drops out of it in the 6-8 pm time frame.…
Read MoreYour RI Weather Today – July 5, 2021
by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure builds in and helps to bring some warmer air into the area under lingering scattered cloud cover. A quick system drops in from the Great Lakes and provides the chance for some showers late in the night and early Tuesday morning. Temps a bit warmer in the filtered sun,…
Read MoreA Framework for Change – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL A Framework for Change: Support and Challenge Model Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed; the culture reflects the realities of people working together every day” – Frances Hesselbein Frances Hesselbein, former CEO of the Girl Scouts, USA, became one of…
Read MoreAARP launches campaign to support Family Caregivers – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues AARP Launches New National Campaign Calling for More Support for Family Caregivers With caregiving costs skyrocketing, and with caregivers now estimated to be spending $7,242 annually out-of-pocket, AARP launches a national campaign to push for passage of the Credit for Caring Act. The Washington, DC-based aging advocacy…
Read MoreZuckerberg on July 4th… Country roads, take me home…
Well, we just had to post this – put the sound up… How many times will you watch and listen to this? Zuck’s reverence for the United States of America – for entrepreneurial freedom that can make you wealthy and successful. A nerdy college kid exploding with technology which has changed the world, and to…
Read MorePawtucket’s free summer performances
The Pawtucket Parks and Recreation Division is hosting a number of free performances throughout the summer beginning Tuesday, July 6 and are tentatively scheduled to end Sunday, August 22, weather permitting. All performances begin at 6 p.m. and are open to the public. There are seven children’s performances taking place at Slater Memorial Park every Tuesday…
Read More“Thank you, America” – Michael Morse
by Michael Morse, contributing writer I am free to do as I please, whenever I please, with whomever I please. The rules of a civilized society are written in law, which I would follow even if they were not; the people who choose to break them are the reason those laws exist. I am free…
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