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Celebrating Urban Greens Co-op Market on International Co-op Day, the first community-owned retail market in Rhode Island, with more than 1,500 members.
A tale of bottom up innovation and enterprise
PROVIDENCE – There were no TV cameras, no radio microphones, no reporters [save for ConvergenceRI] attending the ribbon cutting at the Urban Greens Market, located at 93 Cranston St., the … more
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Cortney Nicolato, president and CEO of United Way of Rhode Island, high fives a member of the summer learning initiative celebration.
Education is the passport to the future
PAWTUCKET – It was truly a captive audience, gathered for a good news event about the future of education in Rhode Island, a rare occurrence these days, held on Thursday afternoon, July 11, at … more
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Angelica Infante-Green, right, commissioner of Rhode Island schools, opens a listening session at Hope High School with an extended monologue, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, left, spoke first.
The importance of being earnest about education in RI
PROVIDENCE – Oscar Wilde would have loved the performance for its many ironies, and for the stories revealed, hidden inside of the stories told.The “staged” gathering in the Hope … more
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A lush plot of fresh organic kale and chard at the Barrington Farm School, ready to be harvested. Nearby, honey bees loaded with pollen were making their way into the hives, and some 300 tomato plants were beginning to flower. This is what community looks like.
Happy July 4
PROVIDENCE – ConvergenceRI will be taking a break for the first two weeks in July, in concert with a long observed Rhode Island tradition. The newsletter will resume publication on Monday, July … more
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Sydney Keen, a young activist who worked with the Coalition for Reproductive Rights to enact legislation to codify Roe v. Wade in the state's laws.
Codifying reproductive rights
PROVIDENCE – For all the reporting on the historic vote to codify abortion rights in Rhode Island and the signing of the legislation into law of the Reproductive Privacy Act, one of the big … more
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Neil Steinberg, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, being demonstrative during the interview with ConvergenceRI.
If not now, when?
PROVIDENCE – The person at the helm attempting to turn the ship that is Rhode Island through the rough waters around future educational and health policies is Neil Steinberg, president and CEO … more
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