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HOMEGROWN: Amelia Lopez, left, Southside Community Land Trust food access associate, and Appoline Alphonsine, a college intern, sort through vegetables harvested by the Providence nonprofit. SCLT recently received an $80,000 grant from the city that was not part of the $10 million racial reparation initiative. Some have complained that the city is moving too slow on deploying the $10 million equities program. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

What happened to Providence’s reparations initiative?

Cover Story 09/15/2023

Jim Vincent threw himself into the work when he was appointed to the Providence Municipal Reparations Commission in early 2022 because he saw an...

SPEAKING OUT: Zainabou Thiam, center, a student at the MET School in Providence, speaks at a rally at Brown University on July 8 organized by the Black Lives Matter Rhode Island political action committee. The rally sought to end legacy admissions and support diversity and equity in universities.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Diversity advocates take aim at legacy admissions

Education 07/21/2023

For Viet Nguyen, a Brown University alumnus and founder of social impact organization EdMobilizer, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ban on affirmative action presents...

Five Questions With: Joyce Wise

5Q 10/16/2020

Joyce Wise | Interim executive director, Black Lives Matter Rhode Island Political Action Committee 1. What’s the purpose of the BLM PAC? To cultivate change,...

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