Tag: Partnership For Rhode Island
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...
R.I. vaccination clinics to expand to businesses and colleges
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will shift its strategy for vaccination in the coming weeks to administer doses where people live and work, including on-site...
Adamo: August Convention Center reopening will give state a boost
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday announced that the R.I. Convention Center can reopen for business in August, about 17 months after it...
New state partnership with Jobcase to connect job seekers with employment,...
PROVIDENCE - The state will partner with a national technology company to create a Rhode Island-specific online forum aimed at connecting residents with jobs...
R.I. Foundation unveils 10-year plan, $1M commitment to improve public education
PROVIDENCE – Within the last two years, Rhode Island has started making the long journey to repair the public education system in the state.
In...
The power of partnership
Tom Giordano | Partnership for Rhode Island executive director
The partnership addresses big-picture issues that affect all Rhode Islanders. The lessons we’ve learned can be...
Role for businesses in boosting city schools
Businesses expect more than they’re getting from Providence schools, including graduates who can enter the workforce directly from high school without remedial help, who...
Five Questions With Tom Giordano
5Q: Tom Giordano | Executive director, Partnership for Rhode Island
1. More than three-quarters of Rhode Island voters in November approved a $250 million bond...
Taking ownership of public education
Rhode Island needs a well-educated workforce to strengthen small businesses, the backbone of our economy. We need a strong, stable public education system to...
RIF ‘investment’ in state grows
The Rhode Island Foundation in recent years has increasingly taken a more active role as a community convener, planner and funder. That evolution, as...