Posts Tagged ‘Roger Williams’
Rhode Island Foundation offering scholarships up to $20,000/yr to promote Roger Williams’ core values
PHOTO: High school seniors have until Feb. 12 to apply for college scholarships of up to $20,000 a year through the Carter Roger Williams Initiative at the Rhode Island Foundation. In 2020, five students received scholarships, which are worth up to $80,000 over four years. Conceived of and funded by the Carter family, the program…
Read MoreProvidence. No haven.
Photo: Statue of Roger Williams overlooking his Providence – by Dodge House In 1636, Roger Williams, a reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from Massachusetts named the capital city of Rhode Island, Providence. It’s meaning an area “in honor of God’s merciful Providence which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him…
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