Join a dynamic presentation and discussion about the science linking environmental pollutants and breast cancer. The event will be led by Dr. Julia Brody, executive director of Silent Spring Institute and a leader in research on breast cancer and the environment and public engagement in science. All are welcome. As part of the monthly Science […]
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Two free events to check out this Saturday if you’re feeling crummy about your neglected New Year’s resolutions. No sweat required. Starting off at 9 am the John Hope Settlement House and Bank On Providence are joining forces to host the 2011 Financial Fitness Fair. Meet with local banks and credit unions. Open a low-cost,
I finally found someone who liked me enough to give me health care coverage, and that someone is microfinance nonprofit Capital Good Fund. I hope that you can join my employer, and my friends, and me, and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse for an evening of awkward small talk and thoughtful discussion at the Capital Good
Tonight in Rhode Island Transportation: the Providence Core Connector Study Public Forum. Simplifying how we get from one place to another and developing collaborative systems that provide easy and affordable transit options requires thoughtful planning and community involvement. Rhode Island is making plans on many fronts in our main urban centers. Go find out what’s
Word in from Healthy Kids Rhode Island: Shelby Knox, a feminist advocate for comprehensive sex education, will be speaking at Brown University on October 20th at 7:30 pm in MacMillan 117. As a high school student, she fought for sexual education in her Texas hometown, which was chronicled in the documentary, The Education of Shelby
As I noted last year around this time, Rhode Island is doing better every year in energy-efficiency compared to the rest of the country. In the ACEEE’s 2010 State Energy-Efficiency Scorecard, released today, we improved another two spots from last year’s number nine, to SEVEN. It’s good news that a stalled Congress hasn’t held back
This Saturday the Providence Rotary Club will be hosting the 11th Annual Street Painting Festival in downtown Providence. Over one hundred artists will be going to town with chalk drawings in the skating center, restaurants will be passing out food samples, and “Jay the Stilt Walker” will make a cameo appearance. The whole family can
James Kwak, contributor to the “Baseline Scenario” blog and author of the nationally acclaimed new book “13 Bankers” will be giving a talk and signing his book on the East Side this Sunday. Bill Moyers says of this book, “If the wads of money you’ve stuffed into your mattress for safekeeping don’t keep you up
By ‘The Future’ I mean May 2, 2010 — no sci-fi here. Pull out your calendars and pencil in the fun. You can register your team today. And by ‘Bowl for Women’s Health’ I mean ‘Strike Down Barriers to Abortions’! This year’s Bowl-A-Thon is fun for the whole family. Money raised through starting up a
“For every eight public dollars spent on transportation, only one goes to public transit; the other seven dollars go to car-related needs.” I finished her book this weekend. It was great. Close your eyes and learn at the same time on Wednesday afternoon: Catherine Lutz, professor and chair of anthropology at Brown, will discuss her
Providence College grad Karen Ignagni is the subject of this subtle approach of bringing back good old insurance industry vilification. If it ain’t broke… from Ocean State Action: When Big Insurance CEOs return to Washington on Tuesday to plan how to warp health care reform to pad their profit margins, we’re going to be ready
That’s the dream of Ocean State Action and 23 other labor, community, environmental, student and religious groups. Wednesday at 4 pm — Rally at the Soldiers and Sailors monument in Kennedy Plaza, right across from the Providence City Hall. Join us to call for urgent action from Congress to create more jobs for Rhode Islanders,
If you can get behind the artfulness of food, Nina Simone, or the dispersion of collectivity and the redensification of that collectivity through technology, or, alternatively, were going to eat food at some point this evening, this one’s for you. You’ve been graciously invited to step up your game tonight, circa 6 pm. Brown senior
From the misspelled, to the ironic, to the simply bizarre, Buzzfeed.com’s 50 best protest signs of 2009 eased my political despair. Some favorites are after the jump, and there’s more at the Huffington Post.
Figuring out the world together — come learn about the hot environmental issues of the day from regional experts. What does ‘climate change’ mean for you, and what can you do about it? Join Sandra Brownell, of the Environmental Protection Agency, and other community members to discuss these topics at a special AS220 Happy Hour.
TONIGHT 7:30 pm, Swearer Center, 25 George St Join Ken Galdston, Brown alum and local organizer, to hear about his path to organizing, as well as to discuss what drives us to be interested in community organizing, how different approaches to it help us express our passions for this work, and how to fit organizing