Social Justice

"Our Mission is to cultivate public awareness and foster civic engagement for the preservation of Rhode Island's coastline and our state constitutional rights to shoreline access. By creating a grassroots network of individuals, organizations, agencies, businesses, and lawmakers engaged in education, advocacy, and policy making, we may better protect Rhode Island’s coastal environment, and preserve equitable public access for current and future generations.""

From the website, July 1, 2023

Meetings of this organization are jointly held with the RI Continuum of Care. They meet twice a month. Agendas and minutes can be found at https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/OpenMeetings. The entity is Housing Resources Commission, Rhode Island.

Here are links to the meetings for first few months of 2023:

Established in 2018, the Barrington Farm School is a 3-acre, 501(c)(3) non-profit farm in Barrington whose mission is to grow food, inspire learning, build community, and foster connection to the land, with the support of dedicated volunteers. Our vision for the farm is to be a thriving, inclusive community farm committed to restoring soil health, offering environmental education, promoting equitable food justice, and instilling an appreciation for the natural habitat and bounty

"The Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness works collaboratively with advocates, providers, and faith-based organizations to create and advance lasting solutions to prevent and end homelessness. Notably, the Coalition, alongside advocates and constituents, lobbied and successfully passed the country’s first Homeless Bill of Rights in June of 2012.

Produce in the Park is a weekly market share program in neighborhood parks that connects Providence residents with local, sustainably-grown food in order to improve access to healthy food.

"The African Alliance of Rhode Island is a nonprofit organization that connects all Rhode Islanders of African descent with community programming focused on health, food, education, and culture."

From the website January 26, 2022

"RIOP’s works with low- income elders and adults with disabilities to improve access to health care, transportation, and community-based services. RIOP trains community residents to be active in their communities around the issues that are important to them. Community residents are trained to tell their stories, organize their friends and neighbors, and work with public officials to make policy changes that benefit the community."

From the website January 19, 2022

"The Kennedy Plaza Resilience Coalition was formed in January 2021 in order to bring the diverse stakeholder groups repr