Books: On the Wings of a Hummingbird, by Susan Mills

On the wings of a hummingbird.

At 15 years old, Petra must grow into the lessons of the Mayan hummingbird as she carves her future out of a childhood scarred by gang violence. Petra’s life has been upended by local gang violence in her small Guatemalan village. Her childhood friend Emilio had a hand in their friend Justina’s murder, and his…

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RI Vigil for Ukraine – Saturday, 4pm, RI State House

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A broad coalition of community, government, and religious leaders will gather together this Saturday, March 26th at 4pm on the south side of the RI State House to pray and raise financial support for humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine.  This is a bipartisan effort with neighbors representing many of the world’s religions coming together in a moment…

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Why did Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott resign abruptly in the middle of a pandemic? – Richard Asinof

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by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI The simmering conflict over public health vs. political health between the Governor and the director of R.I.Department of Health burst into the open The unexpected resignation on Thursday, Jan. 13, by Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, the director of the R.I. Department of Health, who announced in a letter that she was departing…

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Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott exits as Director of the RI Department of Health

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Photo: (June, 2020) – Brett Smiley’s Twitter photo with Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott at Black Lives Matter demonstration at the RI State House where members of administration volunteered to hand out masks and information on COVID19. Yesterday, Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott resigned as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health. Her statement: “Serving as the Director…

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Your Coronavirus Update – Dec. 31, 2021

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Photo: Marc Pappas, head of RI EMA named to head COVID response in Rhode Island RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Dr. Michael Fine wrote an exclusive story to RINewsToday – “What’s coming…” – see story, here: https://rinewstoday.com/whats-coming-at-us-more-division-or-more-democracy-not-time-to-say-uncle-yet-michael-fine/ Boosters for children ages 12 and up will be available as early as Monday. Reidy’s Family Restaurant in Newport…

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Your Coronavirus Update – December 22, 2021

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Dr. Michael Fine on COVID crisis: Here today. Overwhelming tomorrow. Gone by March? RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY PC vs Georgetown game cancelled ACCESS RI has requested RI’s government meetings move to remote, ZOOM, etc. to allow full participation without health risk by attending in person. Provincetown trying to prevent history from repeating itself by requiring masks and…

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Your Coronavirus Update – Dec. 4, 2021

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RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Assisted Living & Nursing Home facilities are seeing an uptick in cases. Winslow Gardens in East Providence, an assisted living facility, has an outbreak of over 30 people, which followed a lifting of visitation policy. 1 person is a staff member, and approx. 6 have been hospitalized for their symptoms, which…

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