@JenStewart4RI.bsky.social - RI State Representative for District 59 - Oak Hill, Woodlawn, Pawtucket, R.I. Teacher and Community Advocate.
Pawtucket, RI
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Thank you to all my neighbors in Woodlawn and Oak Hill #Pawtucket for choosing me to represent the 59th District in the #RhodeIsland House. Please get in touch with your ideas and concerns and let's work together to move #RI forward!
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Dear Channel 12, please do better - "so-called 'raiding' of encampments" !?!?!
When police and public works departments are used to arrest our unhoused neighbors, seize their shelters & belongings & then destroy them, that is not a "so-called raid," that is a raid.
Protesters gathered at Providence City Hall Wednesday to demand acceptable shelter for the city’s homeless population and for police to end the so-called “raiding” of encampments. trib.al/blPzOBx
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Congratulations @KO_Reis86 👏🏽💐
#RhodeIsland appreciates you so much. ⚡️🥊🎬⚡️
And we value your work on behalf of Indigenous Women. ❤️
@TrueDetective
@HBO
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Let's rename "Victory Day" to "Peace & Remembrance Day."
Change is possible! After all, in 2020 RI voters changed the name of the state from "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" to simply "Rhode Island."
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Inspiring turnout at the State House to support this session’s bills to demand safe storage of guns and restrictions on assault-style weapons @MomsDemand @RICAGV1
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Here's my mother with Kevin from the @GeorgeWileyCRI at the Public Utilities Comission to oppose the proposed 47% rate increase on behalf of all Rhode Islanders
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This is the wrong investment at the wrong time. Rhode Island clearly wants more frequent buses, better paid bus drivers, not pushing bus riders out of Kennedy Plaza to facilitate gentrification of downcity and hypothetical profits for real estate speculators. #FundRIPTAA
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I am forever grateful to my neighbors in Woodlawn and Oak Hill #Pawtucket who placed their trust in me to advocate for them & their values in the #RhodeIsland General Assembly. We had a good orientation today & I am ready to get to work on behalf of everyday people.
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The #FreedomToRead Act H7386 is one way to support our wonderful #RhodeIsland libraries from Westerly to Woonsocket & show support for our local librarians by banning book bans across the Ocean State ✨️📚 📖✨️
When the MAGA right says they want book bans, believe them, & act.
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How many Rhode Islanders are enduring this cold, wet, windy storm while living in tents? We can do better #RhodeIsland.
#HousingCrisis
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There is a very simple solution to LEOBoR - we can just do what every other New England state has done - live without special protections for law enforcement misconduct
#RepealLEOBoR
.@RIHouseofReps' version of LEOBOR unveiled. Seems simliar to @RISenate version, with change to 5-member panel and suspensions without pay up to 14 days webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/…
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Headed to the People's House to advocate for our #Pawtucket communities and everyday Rhode Islanders. Looking forward to finalizing our Ocean State's budget. 💙
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Thank you to all our fellow Rhode Islanders who have sent in letters opposing H5739 - which
would, among other restrictions on teaching our actual history, would ban teaching the 1619 Project. As a teacher, I know our students want to learn the whole truth about our history.
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The Equality in Abortion Care Coverage Act has passed the House
Congratulations to House Majority Whip @repkazarian,
@LianaCassar, @ppvotesri, @WomensFundRI, @WomanProjectHQ, and all the everyday Rhode Islanders who worked so hard for this victory!
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Happy Black History Month! Here's a repost honoring the renowned painter Edward Bannister (Nov 2, 1828 – Jan 9, 1901) who loved and worked in #RhodeIsland. He was an abolitionist and helped found @risd & @provartclub. Visit his statute in #Providence.
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Great to see my former student and celebrate his brother's historic victory at the @TheGuildRI in #Pawtucket
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I am proud to sign on in support of an assault weapons ban for #RhodeIsland. What else would you like to see our governor support? Full funding for RIPTA? Repeal of LEOBoR? Top notch public schools? Extended notice for rent increases? Affordable housing accessible for 🧑🏾🦼➡️👨🏿🦯➡️?
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... every sidewalk in Rhode Island could look like this... maybe we could hire the high school students who have a snow day today to do some shoveling? Passable sidewalks seem worth paying for
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We cannot evict or arrest our way out of our #HousingCrisis. Our unhoused neighbors need housing, not handcuffs. Let's build more affordable housing & in the meantime support tenants & help people stay housed. #HousingFirst
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next week is the national #WeekWithoutDriving
... which I will be celebrating with @RIPTA_RI, @TransitRi, @PVDStreets and many others!
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Investing in our public infrastructure, from sidewalks to bridges to public transportation to public housing to public parks to mitigating the climate crisis, benefits all of us. But across America, billionaires & the politicians they pay for prefer tax cuts for the 1%. #RI
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Thank you to all Rhode Islanders who have spoken out against the harmful bills being heard this evening by the RI House Education Committee, and to all the local groups who signed onto this letter.
#Solidarity
@RIqueerpac
@SISTAFireRI
@RIDWomensCaucus
@WomanProjectHQ
@Y_P_I
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I stand in solidarity with our sisters & brothers on strike with the @UAW and @UAWRegion9A at the Stellantis Distribution Center in Mansfield, MA (where many of the workers live in #RhodeIsland).
#UnionStrong
#StandUpUAW
#SolidaritySeason
#Solidarity
#StrongerTogether
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¡ Feliz Navidad! Spending time with my youngest nephew and his parents was a wonderful Christmas gift 🎄 ❤️
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I look forward to reintroducing the House bill to #RepealLEOBOR next session.
We want to thank the brave citizen who captured this video and shared it with us under the agreement that their identity would remain anonymous. This video has had the sound removed to protect the identity of involved parties. We believe the people of Providence deserve to see what their tax dollars are going towards, a police officer who disgraced his department and can’t do his job. We demand the repeal of LEOBoR to prevent officers like this from serving our communities. #RepealLEOBOR
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Congratulations @Teamsters, @IBT251, @TeamsterRnF and everyone who worked so hard to win the best contract ever for all UPS employees, full-time & part-time. I hear part-time general wage increases will be double what they were in the previous contract!
#UnionStrong
#Solidarity
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Thank you Congressman @tedlieu for visiting #RhodeIsland to help get out the vote for @gabeamo for our special election on Tuesday
#TeamGabe
🗳 🇺🇸
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Thank you @JenRourke29 for inspiring me, & so many others with your courage and resiliance in the face of an unmitigated attack, including actual physical assault, by the forces of white supremacy & patriarchy. They fear you. We love you. You fought like hell. You should be proud
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Tuesday I was sworn in as Representative for #Pawtucket House District 59. It was wonderful to share this moment with my campaign field director, student volunteers, & my family. Thank you to all my neighbors who entrusted me with representing our community in the RI House. ❤️
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Women in #Pawtucket led the first industrial strike in the Americas in May 1824. 102 "mill girls," shut down 8 mills for a week and marched on the mill owners with local farmers & other workers.
More from local historian @JoeyQuits:
workingclasshistory.com/podc…
#InternationalWomensDay
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Celebrating our U.S. Senator @SenWhitehouse
with @JBoylan4RI
In November we will come together again to defend our democracy & our freedoms:
- freedom to decide whether & when we have children,
- freedom to love who we love,
- freedom for our kids to learn our history 🗳 🇺🇸
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Proud to stand with @RhodeIslandPPC
@VFPNational
@PaxChristiUSA
@Just_Peace_RI on this #HiroshimaDay: 78 years since the tragic US nuclear bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
It's time for #RhodeIsland to #RenameVictoryDay
It's time for nuclear arms control: shorturl.at/fitU1
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Celebrating May Day with Providence's White Electric Co-op Cafe - Congratulations on 2 years of being a worker owned co-op!
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Rhode Islanders are asking for progress. We are not going to let the minority who want to move us backwards set the limits on what we can achieve by moving forward together. #RhodeIsland deserves a government which is responsive, accountable & unafraid of progress. #Solidarity 🌊
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Today the #RhodeIsland House will hold a hearing on the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act at 2pm in Room 35 at the RI State House. Thank you to all who are able to be there to testify. #PassTheEACA
@ppvotesri
@WomanProjectHQ
@ReproFreedomRI
@SISTAFireRI
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Solidarity to all the Rhode Islanders outside the Public Utilities Commission this morning calling for #EconomicJustice
#NoRateHikes
#PassPIPP
@GeorgeWileyCRI
@RIinterfaithCo
@DavidMoralesRI
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#RhodeIsland, How would you use the $39.7 million in state tax breaks we currently give big corporations? 💸💸💸
@kathyprojo Thank you for covering this legislation sponsored by my colleague @LindaUjifusa & myself. Great point by Senator Ujifusa below ⬇️
providencejournal.com/story/…
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Headed to Smith Hill this morning, looking forward to seeing my new colleagues
#RhodeIsland
#Pawtucket
#Democracy
@EnriqueForRI
@ConcernedRIer
@CotterforRI
@BrandonVoas
@pam_lauria
@TinaSpearsRI
@JBoylan4RI
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Back to the future? Wouldn't it be cool to have trains using the Crook Point Bascule Bridge to connect Providence to Fall River? Or a train line like that run by the Union Street Railway Company in the 1890s connecting to New Bedford? What can we learn from our history?
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some things that happened today:
@Brandon4Chicago won in Chicago!
@janetforjustice Protasiewicz won in Wiscosin!
#GenZ rocked the vote!
#RhodeIslanders testified to #RepealLEOBoR & for a more just judicial system & against solitary confinement
...and some guy was arraigned in NYC
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This is white supremacy and antisemitism, and we should all condemn it.
White supremacists are now marching in Charleston, West Virginia. With no police in sight. nitter.app/ClownWorld_/status/178…
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One of many lessons to learn from the disastrous situation with the Washington Bridge is that we need to fully fund @RIPTA_RI. As @petrogustavo famously said:
“A developed country is not a place where the poor own cars, but where the rich use public transportation” 🇨🇴
#FundRIPTA
Proud to join so many Rhode Islanders, including @TransitRi, @PVDStreets, @riaflcio,
in support of @RIPTA_RI & full funding for our public transit system.
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Congratulations to Marta Martinez @martavmarta, director of Rhode Island Latino Arts @RILatinoArts on being named one of the 24 people to watch in 2024 💐 👏🏽
providencejournal.com/story/…
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One of the fun things so far about serving in the @RIHouseofReps is meeting new people. I never thought much about squid before getting to know @CotterforRI. So I tried it today - first time. It's delicious! Thanks #FearlessFishMarket!
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Sadly predictable. Of course a spoiled brat whose family made its fortune with Apartheid era emerald mines would see this as "free speech." #BoycottTesla
Elon Musk: I love free speech!!
The free speech:
ALT Headline: “use of n-word on Twitter jumped by almost 500% after Elon Musk takeover as trolls test limits on free speech, report says”
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at the statehouse with my #RhodeIsland neighbors honoring #TyreNichols and all victims of police violence.
It's time to #RepealLEOBoR
#BlackLivesMatter
#Solidarity
@blmripac
@NAACPprovidence
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Today is the day to support our effort to #RenameVictoryDay to Peace & Remembrance Day by testifying before the House Committee on Special Legislation ... this photo is from 2022 showing a poster by a local artist
here's more info on how to help: renamevictoryday.com
🕊 ☮️ 💜
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Let's do this in #RhodeIsland and every state!
New Mexico adopted a law this year that established Election Day as a state holiday.
boltsmag.org/new-mexico-voti…
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Thank you @mychal3ts for your inspiring advocacy on behalf of our public libraries! In #RhodeIsland you can be like Mychal and speak out against book bans in our public libraries today at our RI Statehouse at 4pm(-ish) #BanBookBans
✨️📚 📖 🏫✨️
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This is not okay. Thinking of all our fellow Rhode Islanders who have resorted to living in a tent, who are staying with friends or family, who are struggling to afford the rent or struggling to afford food or medicine because they spend too much on rent. #HousingCrisis
‘A perfect storm’: RI homelessness soared 70% over past four years according to federal data. See how Rhode Island compares to its neighboring states below.
trib.al/ItIzu6r
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Thank you @RIPTA_RI #50 for chauffeuring us to the inaugural game of the @RhodeIslandFC / @RhodeIslandFCES -
Luckily this route is not slated for service cuts !
#RIFC
#SaveRIPTA
#FundRIPTA
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Thank you @amymrusso and @projo for the front page article on our #HousingCrisis. And thank you to each of our fellow Rhode Islanders who came out to our Statehouse on Monday to speak truth to power.
@renterpowerpvd
@darepvd
@reclaimri
@workersrenters
@blmripac
@ri_wfp
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Thank you to all the everyday Rhode Islanders, including faith leaders, high school & college students, and librarians, who came out to testify in support of our #FreedomToRead and our legislation to #BanBookBans in #RhodeIsland ✨️📚 📖✨️
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As another winter storm approaches I am thinking about our unhoused #RhodeIsland
neighbors making due with improvised shelters. This photo is taken from the site of the new Tidewater Stadium.
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I am looking forward to voting for the Equality in Abortion Care Coverage Act today, as my neighbors elected me to do. Thank you to @LianaCassar, @ppvotesri, @WomensFundRI, @WomanProjectHQ, @Coyoteri, and all those who made this possible ❤️
The right to abortion is meaningless if you can’t access abortion care. The EACA will ensure people can make the health care decisions that are best for them without political interference. It's time to end discriminatory bans on abortion coverage and #PassTheEACA #H5006
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Happy national #WeekWithoutDriving - day 4 - from @RIPTA_RI's #1 bus. My commute is actually a few minutes shorter, and less stressful.
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🌈 All our children deserve better than this. The hatred pushed by the MAGA wing of the GOP has real consequences. Nex Benedict, like all our kids, deserved love and support, including all those involved in this tragedy. This is not an Oklahoma issue, it is an American issue 💔
Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old straight-A student at Owasso High School, loved The Walking Dead, drawing, reading, and playing Ark and Minecraft.
On Feb 7, Nex was in a school bathroom with their best friend, who is trans, when they were brutally beaten by three older girls. 🧵
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Last night #Pawtucket and our #PVD neighbors came out to say our kids need parks, not parking lots. Thank you to everyone who was there, including, of course, @ConcernedRIer, and on the Zoom Call.
#SaveMorleyField
#EnvironmentalJustice NOT #EnvironmentalRacism
#StrongerTogether
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Dear #RhodeIsland, this Tuesday 2/27, you can support our effort to #RenameVictoryDay to Peace & Remembrance Day by testifying before the House Committee on Special Legislation ...
here's more info on how to help: renamevictoryday.com
here's our bill: webserver.rilegislature.gov/…
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The hearing for PIPP has been scheduled for Thursday, March 30th - join us to advocate for affordable electricity and heat for low income Rhode Islanders.
@GeorgeWileyCRI
passpipp.org/
#UtilityJustice
#EnvironmentalJustice
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Working class women in #Pawtucket organized the first industrial strike in North America.
Enjoy your Labor Day weekend - brought to you by the Labor Movement.
here's a link to an article by @JoeyQuits -
jacobin.com/2018/06/factory-…
#UnionStrong
#WorkerPower
#WomenLead
#Union
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In #Solidarity with UPS workers, @teamsters, @TeamsterRnF, @IBT251, & @ri_wfp in #Warwick #RhodeIsland this morning.
When working people stand together, we can win!
#Solidarity
#StrongerTogether
#UnionStrong
#Union
#Organize
#NotMeUs
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Great to see @steveahlquist get some much deserved recognition
Intrepid journalist @steveahlquist, the founder of @UpriseRI, is a fixture of the progressive Providence mediasphere. Read Indy staff writer Laura David's profile of Ahlquist, which appeared in Issue 2!
theindy.org/article/2739
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Democrats in Minnesota won a single-seat majority in the MN senate & a six seat majority in the MN house in Nov 2022. With that bare majority they have passed universal free school meals & more. #RhodeIsland Democrats should be able to do the same for our children!
Ever since Minnesota implemented universal free school meals, more kids are getting fed.
Kids eating school lunch is up 11%, and breakfast is up 26%. Plus, with better funding the meals are healthier.
Funding universal free meals works.
tiktok.com/t/ZT8cfCLqp/
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Looking forward to @GovDanMcKee's budget without any bans on health coverage for abortion & a floor vote on the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act filed this session by @repkazarian. Let's #PassTheEACA 💚
@WomanProjectHQ
@ppvotesri
@WHEFRI
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#Pawtucket and #Providence neighbors, & Rhode Islanders concerned about #EnvironmentalJustice, join us at a public meeting to talk about how we can #SaveMorleyField, the park they want to turn into a parking lot.
Thurs, 8/24
6pm
Woodlawn Community Center
210 West Ave ,Pawtucket
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This may appear to be an isolated incident in North Providence, but it is symptomatic of a larger, systemic problem which has infected our nation even prior to its inception, and which has persisted despite generations of struggle to overcome it.
#BlackHistoryMonth2024
‘Hunt them down. Gun everyone who isn’t white’ Investigators allegedly found racist writing in home of man arrested for burning Black church providencejournal.com/story/… via @projo
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Thank you @reclaimri for helping tenants to organize themselves and stand up to slumlords here in #RhodeIsland. This is an important part of what we have to do to address our #HousingCrisis. Your work on behalf of everyday Rhode Islanders is crucial.
Slumlord Jeff Butler threatened to evict Elmwood tenants for organizing with Reclaim to fight for safe and dignified housing. That’s against the law. Today, tenants are suing Butler for violating their legally protected right to organize—perhaps the first such case in RI history.
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On January 1, 1804, Haitian revolutionary leader (and formerly enslaved Black worker) Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti’s independence from the French colonizers. Bonne année!
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Thank you to all our neighbors who came out for our #Pawtucket #EarthDay2024 cleanup along the mighty Moshassuck River & in Morley Field 💚 #SaveMorleyField
💚 🌎 Special shout out to @Roots2empower & @ProgresoLatino 💚 🌎
#EnvironmentalJustice
📸: Phil West
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My students & I took the @MBTA_CR to Boston University’s 23rd Model United Nations Conference. Our young people keep me feeling optimistic 🚉 📚 🗳 💡
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Great to join and so many of my colleagues from the @RIHouseofReps & progressive organizers from across our Ocean State to support @ConcernedRIer at the @TheGuildRI in #Pawtucket
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Thank you @antoniafarzan
for a great article about two great guys @EnriqueForRI & @MSanchezPVD providencejournal-ri.newsmem…
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A big thank you to everyone who came out last night to our #RhodeIsland Statehouse to demand action to address our #HousingCrisis 🏠🏘🏡
Your voices matter!
#Democracy
@darepvd
@workersrenters
@reclaimri
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Thank you to the 2,156 neighbors who voted for me today, and to all those who voted early and by mail ballot. And thank you to everyone who voted.
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#Pawtucket
#Community
#RhodeIsland
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Wouldn't it be great if @BrownUniversity, an institution literally built by enslaved Black people, with an endowment of ~ $6.9 billion, made conferences about "social justice" available to local scholars for free, rather than charging $100 to those without school affiliation?
We have BIG news! 🎉 @BrownSociology is sponsoring the “The Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois: Crossing Boundaries for Social Justice Conference,” May 3-5, 2024.
Registration deadline is Feb. 29. Read our call for papers and register here: brown.edu/academics/sociolog….
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