poster w St. Pat's decoration: "PSU 401Gives Kick-Off. Come dressed in green, get ready to support for our biggest 401Gives yet, and connect with other supporters! 4:30 - 6:30 pm Track 15 (1 Union Station PVD) Free drink for the first 50 people to join!"
#PVDlocal - join me tomorrow at Track 15 to support Providence Student Union!
Register or just show up. 🍻
www.eventbrite.com/e/401gives-k...
Super not my lane, but if you're #PVDlocal / #RIlocal & the drooling embrace of "AI" has been making you feel helpless, here's an intervention point.
Some #PVDlocal / #RIlocal neighborly actions, mainly focused on supporting people targeted by ICE/DHS, & starting with TONIGHT's hearing on a ban to police cooperation with those agencies. There's something for you to do here, I guarantee it. neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/neighborly...
#PVDlocal / #RIlocal, come to this forum next week on abolishing immigration detention in our state, including legislation to shut down the Wyatt Detention Center docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PVDlocal: 3pm TODAY (Tues) is the deadline for WRITTEN testimony in support of a citywide ban on police-ICE collaboration & some structures for recourse & protection. Numbers matter! Send testimony to cityclerk @ providenceri . gov (w/o spaces). Testimony guide here docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A poster in black, green, yellow and red, saying: Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebratuon Mon Oct 13th / AS220 Blackbox & Mainstage 11:00am Yoga w/Haus of Glitter 12:00pm Extraordinary Rendition Band 12:30pm Blackout Drum Squad 1:00pm Undertow Brass Band 1:30pm Lao Youth Dance Company 2:00pm The Haus of Glitter Dance Company 2:30pm Raymond Two Hawks 2:45pm Pomham Singers 3:15pm Closing Circle Free + Family Friendly / Relocated due to rain pronkfest.org
I'm tabling at PRONK! today with support for neighbor-to-neighbor disaster planning & adjacent to these great activities and performances. If you're #PVDlocal, come by AS220 (115 Empire St), 11am-4pm! Get a free packet of fun stuff to add to your emergency kits!
#PVDlocal / #RIlocal big coordinated food drive going on ahead of a very meager winter thewomxnproject.org/pr-food-drive/
Here's that testimony guide, put together by AMOR and ONA, two of the #PVDlocal orgs working for immigrant defense, rights & liberation docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#PVDlocal / #RIlocal, F has been deported and wants to be able to support his family who are still here in RI. www.gofundme.com/f/help-f-reb...
Hey, if you're #PVDlocal & recognize that "reasonable suspicion" is A) illegal & 2) hot bullshit, please join me this coming Monday to speak in support of a BAN on police cooperation with these vicious, racist federal goons.
MONDAY, 10/6, 5:30pm
Providence City Hall (25 Dorrance St), 3rd floor
#PVDlocal: The Mayor's promises that PPD won't cooperate with ICE have proved empty. On 10/6, City Council's holding a hearing that could lead to a prohibition on police-ICE cooperation, as well as some protections for schools & courts. Get your testimony ready. 10/6, 5:30pm, City Hall, 3rd floor
#PVDlocal: rent stablization is *part of* the way that people in our city can get & stay securely housed & be better poised to act together. Signing this will connect you with ways to make that happen. www.reclaimri.org/rent-stabili...
#PVDlocal / #RIlocal, here are some ways to defend our neighbors against ICE kidnappings & brutality:
- Put this number in your phone: 401-675-1414. It's the ICE defense hotline. You can call if you see ICE or DHS agents; you can also call to ask how to become an operator or a verifier. (1/2)
New Neighborly Actions newsletter! Free, weekly...ish, focused on #PVDlocal / #RIlocal things to do with & for our neighbors, but maybe useful as a model if you're elsewhere. What's inside? (1/5)
neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/neighborly...
#PVDlocal / #RIlocal: Some excellent neighborly actions in the next couple weeks, really something for everyone here neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/neighborly...
I am now (slightly) serious about this. If you're #PVDlocal, free around 12pm tomorrow (Tues 9/16), & want to make a few signs & run a little parade thru Woodlawn in Pawtucket to share info about how to defend Morley Field at the Planning Commission meeting later that day, DM me for my phone number
If you're #PVDlocal & would like to spend your evening being disturbed by two very smart women, please go see Kate Colby & Darcie Dennigan at Riffraff Books (the top event at this link). They are my best friends & two of the best writers around. 6pm, 60 Valley St Suite 7A. riffraffpvd.com/events/
Good morning! Here are some #PVDlocal / #RIlocal neighborly actions, including one tomorrow neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/neighborly...
#PVDlocal / #RIlocal: some stuff to do starting tomorrow. neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/neighborly...
If you're #PVDlocal / #RIlocal:
1) put the Deportation Defense hotline in your phone, call if you see ICE/DHS agents 401-675-1414
2) You can also call & ask about being an operator or verifier for the line!
3) Join courthouse defense M-F 8am-12pm bsky.app/profile/kate...
I just dropped off a few HEPA air purifiers & a mini AC at their office. If you're #PVDlocal, more ACs & air purifiers would be most welcome--air quality sucks rn, apartments are hot & babies have allergies & asthma
An addition from a #PVDlocal group: 1 or more members can apply for a sole proprietorship. App fees are lower & if you balance income/expenses the income won't be taxed. (It will get more complicated if you're paying wages, & some expenses are only partially deductible.) (2/3)
#PVDlocal / #RIlocal: If you're free on weekday mornings, can you help patrol outside the courthouse to prevent ICE kidnappings? M-F, 8am-12pm, 6th District Court (1 Dorrance Plaza, Providence). The more people the less likely ICE is to try to seize someone. Film cops & ICE, not fellow patrollers!
#PVDlocal: Today 8/2 is the last day to comment on how Providence will spend $ on affordable & public housing. If you've ever suffered from rising rents or been housing insecure, if you think everyone deserves to sleep indoors, please comment. Here's a guide to use docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Virtual hearings protect our neighbors when ICE agents are lying in wait at the courthouse. The infrastructure is there; let's use it. If you're #PVDlocal / #RIlocal, slap your signature on this petition. www.change.org/p/stop-ice-k...
#PVDlocal: Comments on Providence's plan for affordable, public, & supportive housing are DUE 8/2, 5pm. Here's a guide I made for you, which includes instructions for sending your writen comment, links to the plan & some other resources, & my recommendations.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#PVDlocal / #RIlocal: To protect our neighbors from ICE kidnappings, let's petition the Mayor, Governor & City Council to offer virtual hearings, trials & conferences to protect people from ICE. They have the capacity & the technology--they did this during deep COVID! www.change.org/p/stop-ice-k...
Another #PVDlocal option: There's a rally and speakout against police brutality (including the PPD's recent collaboration with ICE, which they claimed they wouldn't do) this coming WEDNESDAY 7/30, 6pm, at Providence City Hall. Please join & speak out about standing against this EO!
