Vimala Phongsavanh

Lifelong organizer, always thinking about organizations, the future & the art of the possible.

[Vimala Phongsavanh @vimalap]

New bio:

[Vimala Phongsavanh @vimalap]

This project was created as Lao families faced detention, deportation, narrowing immigration pathways, and a halt to visa processing. For many, family separation isn’t abstract, it’s lived.

Creating this work became a way to insist on hope anyway.

[Rhode Island Monthly @RIMonthly]

The museum of Work and Culture's new "The Heart of Wattayai" photo exhibit is told through one grandmother's eyes. 🇱🇦 https://t.co/wY1tAHnapn

[Vimala Phongsavanh @vimalap]

Thanks @OSMediaRI for the opportunity to talk about The Heart of Wattayai!

'This is how we resist': Lao stories at the Museum of Work and Culture | Weekend 401 https://t.co/Ry3I9s9Kgi

[Kenny Uong @_KennyUong_]

On display thru Feb. 28th at Museum of Work & Culture in Woonsocket, RI!

If using transit: ride @RIPTA_RI Routes 54 or 87 🚌🚏

[Kenny Uong @_KennyUong_]

The Heart of Wattayai by @vimalap is an exhibit of photographs and family keepsakes chronicling one family’s story of loss, resilience, and migration, from a village in Laos to the mill towns of Rhode Island.

https://t.co/hSh4RABQLn

[Vimala Phongsavanh @vimalap]

Exclusive Woonsocket tour highlights:
🚉 Train station + Hachiko statue
🍺 Beer Lao at Lao Thai Kitchen
🏛️ Museum of Work & Culture (found myself)
🏙️ Main Street

Not pictured: my birthplace, wastewater treatment, mills, Blackstone River

#WoonsocketRocket #WoonsocketForever

[Marcela Betancur @MarceB_ri]

I’m incredibly proud to be the daughter of immigrants. Proud to work every day to ensure that the lives they fought so hard are protected. Hearing my mom retell her story filled me with pride and sadness.

Thank you ⁦@FitzProv⁩ for this story https://t.co/5AF1C62gt2

[Vimala Phongsavanh @vimalap]

Add it to the list: another thing millennials have killed, Rhode Island accents.

[Antonia Noori Farzan @antoniafarzan]

Finally wrote the story that I’ve been wanting to write for years!! https://t.co/iplCIeQwKh

[Ian Donnis @IanDonnis]

RI angle: the lawyer representing a Palestinian activist arrested by ICE following his role in protests at @Columbia, is a @RWULaw grad https://t.co/sA8pXOtXIt

[Vimala Phongsavanh @vimalap]

@FitzProv @AlexaGagosz I hope it opens at 3pm so we can be in bed by 10pm.

[Ian Donnis @IanDon]

.@CotterforRI: "It feels like the national parties left the working class a long time ago. So I think we need to start at the bottom and work our way back up" [#3] https://t.co/LpgG2H5NxO

[Ray Baccari Jr. @RayBaccari]

.@ppvotesri weighs in on the election results and highlights their endorsed RI candidates that won last night

[Ray Baccari Jr. @RayBaccari]

RI Citizens for Responsible Government— who ran an aggressive campaign against Question 1 (ConCon) — taking a victory lap.

Voters shot the question down 62.8% to 37.2% as of 9:30 PM. Margin could vary as mail ballots come in.

[Gretchen Raffa @GretchenRaffa]

Hey RI voters, reminder from this proud abortion rights voter to get to the polls by 8 PM. All the freedoms we’ve fought for are on the line. Vote to protect our rights & defend democracy. #Wedecide our future! Vote for repro champs & REJECT question 1. https://t.co/k6sIrNJHde

[Edward Fitzpatrick @FitzProv]

Signs of the times

[PlannedParenthoodVotes!RI @ppvotesri]

It's Election Day! Are you ready? 🗳️✔️✨
Find EVERYTHING you need to vote in Rhode Island at https://t.co/Lu5DSmZMSv

#Vote #VoteRI #Vote2024 #RejectQuestion1

[Vimala Phongsavanh @vimalap]

@TedNesi Talked to a Republican voter who didn't know what Question 1 was and voted no, he said he always votes no up & down the ballot on referendum questions.

[David Morales @DavidMoralesPVD]

Recently, I had an opportunity to connect with Telemundo and advise our Latino Community to vote NO on Question #1 in this year’s General Election. 🧵
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[Christopher Gavin @chris_m_gavin]

Opposition to Question 1 on Tuesday’s ballot, which asks whether Rhode Island should hold a constitutional convention, has grown in the run-up to Election Day, a new University of New Hampshire poll found.

https://t.co/sbcOzR88DC

[Vimala Phongsavanh @vimalap]

Biggest group against a ConCon: Women, college degree (60%) #RejectQuestion1

[Ted Nesi @TedNesi]

Looks like opponents of RI's Question 1 (the constitutional convention) are breaking through with their message

SEPTEMBER
39% yes
28% no
33% unsure

NOVEMBER
34% yes
47% no
18% unsure https://t.co/Mqwdc8ebGw

[Ted Nesi @TedNesi]

Looks like opponents of RI's Question 1 (the constitutional convention) are breaking through with their message

SEPTEMBER
39% yes
28% no
33% unsure

NOVEMBER
34% yes
47% no
18% unsure https://t.co/Mqwdc8ebGw