Tag: Tom Giordano
CCRI panel: Fresh tactics required to prepare a next-generation workforce
NEWPORT – Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., repeated the same message he has been hearing from several large employers in the state during Wednesday's workforce...
CCRI, Partnership for R.I. launching work-based learning pilot this fall
PROVIDENCE – The Community College of Rhode Island and The Partnership for Rhode Island are teaming up to create a work-based learning pilot program...
RIF unveils policy framework to improve public education
PROVIDENCE – Adjusting the state’s funding formula to offer schools more money for low-income and multilingual students, creating a state fund to pay for...
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...
OER report declares 2030 renewable energy goal ‘achievable’ but with higher...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is 40% of the way to hitting Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s ambitious goal of powering the state by 100% renewable...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Business leaders partner for stronger Rhode Island
The nonprofit Partnership for Rhode Island brings together the heads of companies that collectively employ more than 500,000 people.
The companies all have headquarters or...