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Elorza highlights next steps on $2.6M in youth jobs, mentorship, nonviolence...

PROVIDENCE – The city is not wasting time putting the money behind new youth nonviolence, mentorship and job programs to work.  Mayor Jorge O. Elorza...

Distinguished Service Awards recognize leaders in economic advancement, financial literacy

PROVIDENCE – General Treasurer Seth Magaziner recently recognized a group of local leaders for their work advancing economic opportunity and financial security at an...
THE NONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE has received a $500,000 gift from Brown University, the Rhode Island Foundation and the Partnership for Rhode Island to help curb the rise of gun violence in the state.

Nonviolence Institute receives $500K grant to help curb gun violence in...

PROVIDENCE – The Nonviolence Institute has received a $500,000 grant from two nonprofits and Brown University to help curb the rise of gun violence...
THE UNITED WAY of Rhode Island has awarded $4.5 million in grants to 72 local nonprofits to help stem racial inequality in the state.

United Way of R.I. awards $4.5M in grants to organizations promoting...

PROVIDENCE – As part of the United Way of Rhode Island’s five-year, $100 million plan to create transformative change in the Ocean State, the nonprofit...
HUGH CLEMENTS, chief of the Providence Police Department, recently received the Sister Ann Keefe Award from the Nonviolence Institute. The award is given to an individual who supports and fosters nonviolence in the community. The mission of the Providence-based nonprofit is to teach the principles and practices of nonviolence. Clements was appointed to the Providence Police Department on May 5, 1985, as a night patrol officer in the uniform division.

Clements receives Sister Ann Keefe Award from Nonviolence Institute

What was your reaction to being selected as the recipient of this year’s Sister Ann Keefe Award? I had known and worked alongside of Sister...

BankNewport moves BNWise financial education program to virtual platform

NEWPORT – BankNewport has moved its BNWise financial education program to a virtual platform due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the bank announced Nov. 23. The...

Washington Trust grants $10,000 to Nonviolence Institute

WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. Charitable Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 grant to the Nonviolence Institute, according to a news release. The grant will...
PJ Fox succeeded co-founder of the Nonviolence Institute Teny O. Gross when he left to lead a nonviolence project in Chicago. Prior to that, Fox was the institute’s chief operating officer. He serves on a number of local boards, including those focused on public health and combating violence. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

In the face of intractable problems, community is the way forward

PJ Fox | Nonviolence Institute executive director We are in the business of ending violence, in all its forms. Sadly it seems, the Nonviolence Institute...
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