Overflow Rhode Island

Alumni of Racial Equity Institute workshops, we seek to expand racial justice, equity, and inclusion in our state

[Overflow Rhode Island @OverflowRI]

Overflow RI is a small group of individuals actively practicing racial justice, equity, and inclusion within our networks & our lives.

[YWCA Rhode Island @ywca_ri]

In 1981 Lee Atwater spoke on the efficacy of stoking white racial anxiety to drum up political support.

We can draw a direct line from the early days of this dog whistle strategy to the modern attacks & bans on "critical race theory."

Understanding our history matters.

[SISTA Fire RI @SISTAFireRI]

We are gearing up for our second community meeting with Women & Infants Hospital on THIS THURSDAY Nov 4!
We really need our community standing with us when we go up against the hospital to demand Birth Justice.

[State Representative Enrique Sanchez @EnriqueForRI]

Enjoyed a delicious meal of pasta with seafood at a new restaurant on smith hill in Providence.

Blaze is a new black-owned business with great food and tasty drinks. Check them out. You won’t regret it!

[RICADV @ricadv]

We are proud to partner with @ywca_ri for the 2021 #WeekWithoutViolence!

Week Without Violence is a national week of awareness about gender-based violence that uplifts how to support survivors and invites community members to envision a world without violence.

#WWV2021

[YWCA Rhode Island @ywca_ri]

Week Without Violence 2021 #WWV21 is 10/18 - 10/23.

This year's theme: "Beyond Resilience: From Surviving to Thriving" seeks to elevate stories of individuals who have escaped DV.

What resources are necessary to secure survivors a future in which they can thrive?

[David Morales @DavidMoralesPVD]

This upcoming legislative session we must pass laws that prohibit PFAs in our drinking water and food packaging!

If it will cost us money to do so, then we clearly have an initiative to invest some federal funds towards.

[Uprise RI @UpriseRI]

PVD Mayor’s African American Ambassadors Group supports full repeal of #LEOBoR

https://t.co/UBUswwW1oD

@UpriseRI
@Jorge_Elorza
@CFRRI
@PvdPublicSafety
@RIACLU
@MackDistrict6

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

We’ve always taught critical race theory in schools.

White is a race.

[Uprise RI @UpriseRI]

'Counselors Not Cops' Providence Student Walkout (Day 1) https://t.co/095EBDoJjN

[Overflow Rhode Island @OverflowRI]

Saying simply "racism" instead of "systemic racism" is more accurate anyway.
This is essential education.

[Racial Equity Institute @RacialEquityREI]

In a 7-to-5 vote, a new standard passed in NC requiring K-12 social studies teachers to discuss racism in their classrooms. To pass, the word “systemic” had to be removed from “racism,” but opponents nevertheless charged the standard was “anti-American.” https://t.co/GHSovucR85

[Racial Equity Institute @RacialEquityREI]

Imagine a jet with 220 passengers taking off and crashing. And the same thing occurring every day every year. That's what is occurring when there are racial disparities and over 200 Black people dying prematurely every single day. - Prof. David R. Williams https://t.co/IETEd0rf7D

[David Morales @DavidMoralesPVD]

All our people, especially our homeless community, deserve access to a clean public restroom.

Unfortunately, since March of 2020, public restrooms near our Transit Hub have been closed.
Please call @RIHEALTH and @RIPTA_RI to ask that they re-open our public restrooms now!

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Our nation is facing increasing economic inequality. In 2019, the top 10% of Americans held 71% of the wealth.

[Overflow Rhode Island @OverflowRI]

A transportation reprioritization! Meaningful investment in public transport that centers free buses for all, limits single-passenger traffic, and creates serious, safe, beautiful pathways for cyclists and pedestrians
#GreenNewDeal

[Ted Nesi @TedNesi]

Rhode Island reported zero new COVID fatalities today.

[YWCA Rhode Island @ywca_ri]

COVID-19 has disproportionately hospitalized & killed indigenous, black, & Latino Americans.
Long documented disparities in access & quality of healthcare play a role in the harm COVID has done to people of color.

Simply put: RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
#StandAgainstRacism

[Jose F. Batista @jfbatista12]

...now seems like a good time to remind y’all we have at least 1/2 dozen meaningful #policereform bills currently in the @RIHouseofReps.

Tweets are nice.

But let us honor the lives of #GeorgeFloyd + countless civilians taken too soon with bold, swift, systemic change instead.

[Overflow Rhode Island @OverflowRI]

The judge thanks the jury for "heavy duty jury duty."
We thank the millions of people worldwide and here in RI who stood for justice and we ask you to KEEP STANDING.
This verdict is only accountability. The struggle for justice is still happening now.
#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd

[Overflow Rhode Island @OverflowRI]

@catchatweetdown "When you stab a knife 9 inches into my back and remove it 6inches that's not progress... sometimes you don't even acknowledge that the knife is there!" ---Malcolm X

A guilty verdict would be an acknowledgment of the knife.

[Overflow Rhode Island @OverflowRI]

How can healing happen in a system that responds to its citizens crying for justice with brutal force? Can our systems prioritize healing & justice over the order their force fails to achieve anyway?