Posts Tagged ‘BIPOC’
Papitto BIPOC scholarships total $100K – invests $1M to work on best idea for communities of color
Siya Singhal, a 14-year-old freshman at The Wheeler School, is the first place winner of the 2023 Transform Rhode Island Scholarship (TRIS), the only scholarship program of its kind in the United States. For her transformative idea, focused on improving the lives of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities in Rhode Island, Siya…
Read MoreIt’s a BIPOC Waterfire – TONIGHT
Photo: Boat Procession at WaterFire. Photograph by Kevin Murray – Waterfire The Rhode Island Black Film Festival sponsor, the Papitto Opportunity Center ( POC) Foundation is hosting this weekend’s WATERFIRE. Come out to Waterfire and meet the Papitto Board and founder, Barbara Papitto and the RI Black Film Festival’s advocate and friend, Arnell Millhouse. This new private…
Read MoreVaccination Clinic Saturday for RI’s BIPOC community – what you need to do NOW…
Dear readers, Last weekend, almost 2,700 Rhode Islanders of color received their vaccine at The Dunk in Providence. What a wonderful event it was – if you got your vaccination, know how special it is to protect yourself, and your family, friends and co-workers. If you missed the opportunity, there will be another vaccination event…
Read More7 Easter Sunday locations put HOPE for a vaccine time into action – updated
UPDATED 4/5/2021: Informal results of Sunday vaccine appointment setting for the Black, Asian, Indigenous, Hispanic communities: 544 people registered across 5 sites in RI at these 7 sites on Sunday. Total registrants per RIDOH is approx. 900. Background: from RIDOH: Governor Dan McKee worked with the Equity Council to organize equity-focused COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Equity-Focused Clinics…
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