Unity Center RIC

And we are on to 6 more days! Can you give 10 dollars? Our past fundraising has shown a little goes a long way!

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Unity Center is trying to raise money to support scholarships for students. We want to intentionally give scholarships to students in need and our social justice advocates, and we need your help! Donate at https://lnkd.in/dPA2E5jx We have collected 175, help us get to our goal!

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Unity Center is trying to raise money to support scholarships for students. We want to intentionally give scholarships to students in need, including our undocumented students, and we need your help! Donate at https://lnkd.in/dPA2E5jx

Donations can be given today ;) no need to wait!

Thank you to everyone who attended our Trans Day of Remembrance Memorial and especially to those who shared their stories! Thank you for being in community with us as we took a moment of silence to honor the deceased, and for appreciating the exhibition we held for Trans Awareness Week. We were proud and grateful to feature RIC students, alumni, and community members from a wide range of ages - our youngest artist to submit was 13 years old; thank you for sharing your work! Now more than ever, it is critical to show trans youth they are loved and supported.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Truthsgiving last week. Special thanks to Learning 4 Life for hosting and Sly Fox Den for the catering! We had a great time playing games and sharing what we're thankful for!

In honor of national coming out day the students joined on the quad to show our pride and 'come out' of our Pride-themed door! With food, music, games, trivia, affirmations, and a raffle to win gift cards!
All proceeds for our raffle are going to Pride Alliance 😁♥️

The Rhode Island College Art Club has partnered with the Unity Center here on campus to exhibit a selection of works by transgender artists and allies to the trans community promoting remembrance, resilience, community, and the acceptance of all people.

Work will be displayed on campus in the Alex and Ani Hall first floor lobby from November 13th to November 19th for Trans Awareness Week. On Monday, November 20th, Trans Day of Remembrance, the Unity Center will host a Memorial Service, honoring transgender people who have lost their lives to transphobia. Artwork will be moved to the quad on for the Unity Center Memorial Service, unless the weather prohibits such.

View important dates and submit your work here: bit.ly/tdorart. If you have any questions, please reach out to either Danii De La Rosa [email protected] or Mollee Daniels [email protected].

Our work is only possible by our student workers and the dedication of our programming team. This month, the team was hard at work creating a closet door for our students to be able to "Come out" of for years to come.

Stay tune to see some of our campus "Coming out" on National Coming Out Day pictures.

Happy birthday Lee!

The Unity Center with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosted our 2023 Latinx Summit at Rhode Island College.

Thank you to Jennifer Gaviria, MSW, LICSW, Pablo Rodriguez, MD, Tommy Ender, Ph.D. for such a great panel on health and mental health access. Thank you to Sabina Matos for giving such a great welcome and reminder to our students, "If you need help, ask for it." Thank you to Brandon Contreras for such a great Bachata Lesson. Thank you to Marta V. Martínez for your presentation on RI Latinx Oral History. Thank you to Marcela Betancur, David Morales, and Jonathan De Jesus for speaking about the political issues affecting Latinos. Lastly, thank you to AGONZA for the beautiful piece we now get to put in our space!

We will be posting the filmed recording of our keynote in the upcoming days.

The Unity Center closed off our beautiful Summit with a LIVE Free Comedy Show in Spanish. We had 104 people attend from the Rhode Island College and Rhode Island Community! We had people representing the Dominican Republic, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Spain, Peru, Guatemala and many more! Thank you to Saulo Garcia Comediante stand up for providing laughs and warm sentiments on a cold rainy Saturday evening.

On Sunday, the Military Resource Center, the Unity Center, and Donovan Dining came together with support from REALPRO Foundation & RI Coalition to End Homelessness Presents: Art Night to host a Day of Service at Rhode Island College. Students were able to hear the narratives of formally and currently unhoused people in Rhode Island. And were able to create hygiene bags that we are donating to RI Homelessness Vigil on October 19th. We were also excited to be joined by two RIC alumni who shared their stories.

To learn more about The RI Coalition to End Homelessness click here: https://lnkd.in/eZWcdU6E

The Unity Center was excited to have Theatre of the Oppressed NYC provide a workshop for our students this past Thursday. Students worked on acting and interpreting social Justice skills and language.

Students have already commented on how they appreciated the workshop!

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As a reminder, If you are a RI professional or RIC alumni that would like to support the Unity Center efforts through engagement, please fill out this form: https://lnkd.in/efEZffRM

We are excited to announce Saulo Garcia, comedian, will be coming to Rhode Island College for Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month for the 2023 Latinx Summit to give an ALL Spanish comedy show. We invite all community members to attend as we enjoy in laughs and community. Registration is required and free.

Nos complace anunciar que Saulo García, comediante, vendrá a Rhode Island College para el Mes de la Herencia Hispana/Latina para la Conferencia Latinx 2023 para ofrecer un espectáculo de comedia TODO en español. Invitamos a todos los miembros de la comunidad a asistir mientras disfrutamos de las risas y la comunidad. El registro es obligatorio y gratis.

Saulo García Comediante EN VIVO Rhode Island College presenta, como parte de la Cumbre Latinx 2023, al invitado especial y estimado comediante colombiano Saulo García.

The Unity Center was excited to host Rhode Island for Community & Justice Career Development and Restorative Justice Program students earlier this month.

Students were able to engage with professionals from the state and learn about different careers that use conflict resolution in their work. Thank you to Shameem Awan, Tami Hughes, Jessica Vega, Robyn Linde for discussing the work that you do, how it supports social justice efforts and DEI and teaching our high school visitors about the Hope Scholarship at Rhode Island College.

As a center, we know 87% of students at RIC are Rhode Island Residents so any way we can connect with our K-12 sector is a blessing for us!

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If you are a RI professional or RIC alumni that would like to support the Unity Center efforts through engagement, please fill out this form: https://lnkd.in/efEZffRM

The Unity Center and the Office of Community, Equity, and Diversity respond to the recent Supreme Court ruling confirming that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay and transgender workers

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To members of our RIC and Providence community,

We want to acknowledge and affirm the collective outpouring of grief in the many demonstrations we’ve seen and taken part in locally, nationally, and globally. As we honor the 25th anniversary of the Unity Center’s founding, we are reminded that the constant struggle to build a more just world is rooted not only in equity and inclusion, but in the practices of anti-racism: holding challenging conversations, imagining alternatives to our existing systems, and exposing the roots of white supremacy. Here in Providence, tens of thousands of people came together to support a youth-led movement to speak out against police violence and brutality, in likely the largest social justice march in Rhode Island history.

We want to honor the names of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, among the countless lives lost to state violence and acts of state-sponsored vigilante violence. As we enter Pride month, we also want to emphasize the intensified scrutiny and vulnerability faced by black, trans people, as illuminated by the recent brutal beating of Iyanna Dior, and the deaths of Tony McDade and Nina Pop. We are reminded that the movement to ensure that black lives matter must include black trans, q***r, and gender non-conforming lives.

As we navigate the COVID pandemic, we also want to acknowledge the disproportionate harm this disease has caused for our black and brown community members, and call forth the increased xenophobia and prejudice against Asian American people.

As an active step towards community engagement, the Unity Center will be offering reading/movie suggestions, and showcasing the efforts of community organizations, student groups, and on-campus centers to build support for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). While the past weeks and months have laid bare the righteous anger and sense of injustice felt by our most marginalized communities, we are also reminded of the recent words of freedom fighter Angela Davis as we confront centuries of racist violence: “‘This moment holds possibilities for change we have never before experienced.”

Unity Center Staff
Barbara Kingston (she/her)
Christopher J. Lee (he/him, they/them)
Karina Mascorro (she/her)

Pictured: a poster printed at Binch Press spotted at a recent demonstration

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Ending Anti-Blackness Needs to Be a Top Priority for Asian Americans – Here's Why This author's working on unlearning anti-Blackness, and they've got some important insights to share about why this is so important for Asian Americans. Have you noticed these ways anti-Blackness goes unchecked?

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Interesting read.

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The Unity Center continues to find ways to create meaningful spaces for our students.

http://blackyouthproject.com/black-folks-are-building-virtual-spaces-of-joy-intimacy-and-tenderness/

COVID-19 or not, Black folks are building virtual spaces of joy, intimacy and tenderness - The Black Youth Project We are building, modeling and actualizing extensions of intimacy that will survive far beyond this epidemic.

We hope everyone is staying safe, We have a check in tomorrow.

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Fear is contagious. Here’s a simple way to protect yourself against it We’re living in stressful times. Here’s how to keep fear — especially the fear that others are feeling — from taking over your life, from psychologist Susan David.

"To really be able to appreciate these hairstyles, we must educate ourselves on the origin. It's not just a hairstyle. There's so much history behind it.”
-ADA ROJAS

The Complex Relationship Between Latinas, Race, & Braids Many non-Black celebrities have been facing backlash for cultural appropriation. Where do Latinos, who have a complex ancestry, stand?

We love working with our friends at the Disability Services Office here at Rhode Island College (RIC). Thank you for helping students transition into online learning.

https://www.thehastingscenter.org/confronting-disability-discrimination-during-the-pandemic/

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Great resource for teachers during Ramadan.
https://www.teachingwhilemuslim.org/teacher-blog/2020/4/18/ramadan-considerations-for-teachers-during-distance-learning

Ramadan Considerations for Teachers During Distance Learning — Teaching While Muslim The month of Ramadan falls during a time where many Muslim students are engaging in distance or virtual learning. Here are 10 reminders and resources for teachers who have observing Muslim students in their classes!

Ramadan Mubarak, people!
https://masjidalrabia.org/mutualaid

Masjid al-Rabia Radical Muslim Mutual Aid -- COVID-19 Response Fund. From Masjid al-Rabia and Q***r Crescent. Providing funds and direct resources to marginalized Muslims in a time of crisis.

Thinking about the disproportionate number of latinos testing positive for COVID19 in our state. Choosing to celebrate our people.

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