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Havdalah #50: Butler Strike, Lunch and Learn, and the RIPTA Saga Continues

30 Av, 5785 / August 23, 2025

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White Rose RI
August 23, 2025

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Happy Saturday everyone,

Well y’all, it has been quite a week here in Little Rhody.

First of all, three cheers for the Butler Hospital workers and their successful strike. It is so important to remember that successful labor organizing is possible. Solidarity forever.

There’s not many events this week but plenty of links; take a breath, enjoy the yo-yo weather, call your representative (5calls is a great resource), and try not to doomscroll too much.

Rest in Peace, Judge Caprio.

So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, adieu…

Jackie (she / her)

PS: We’d like to hear from you! Let us know how we’re doing!

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Workers and Renters: Providence General Assembly

  • When: Saturday, August 23, 12:00pm and every other Saturday

  • Where: 134 Mathewson Street, Providence, RI 02903

  • From their Instagram:

    • Worried about Trump?

    • Want to defend our communities?

    • Want a world that works for everyone?

    • Come to the Providence General Assembly!

  • Spanish, ASL interpretation and childcare available upon email request

  • Masking requested and masks will be provided

  • Direct questions to [email protected]

  • Providence General Assembly

  • Workers and Renters Website

ACLU Rights Explainers

  • When: Up now

  • Where: Online

  • The ACLU just released two updated versions of their explainers about your rights when interacting with immigration agents (ICE) or the police. They have them available in 10 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Cape Verdean, Haitian Creole, French, Swahili, Dari, Pashto, and Khmer.

  • Read and save this material – regardless of your own immigration status – and send to friends and family! Click the link below and scroll to the bottom of the page to download PDFs that you can print, plus the ACLU posted on all their social media platforms (@riaclu) if you want to save and share online.

  • If you have a specific way to distribute larger numbers of the paper copies, please email the RI ACLU at [email protected] or call them at 401-831-7171. They have a limited supply printed, but will provide as many as they are able.

  • ACLU Rights Explainers

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Tomaquag Museum Lunch and Learn: “Indigenizing Modern Education”

  • When: Monday, August 25, 12:00pm

  • Where: Online (Zoom)

  • Join the Tomaquag Museum for their Lunch and Learn virtual program with Chris Newell (Passamaquoddy). His lecture, "Indigenizing Modern Education," will inspire you to incorporate Indigenous perspectives into your teaching.

  • Lunch and Learn Registration Link

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As you may have heard, Congress recently allowed Trump to claw back $9 billion in funds, which included $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). This cuts all federal support for NPR, PBS, and their member stations. This includes Rhode Island’s NPR affiliate, The Public’s Radio. If you can, give them some support, as local reporting is incredibly important (and now, almost entirely supported by Viewers Like You).

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News Round-Up: Local

News Round-Up: National

The subrising: How a sandwich became a symbol of D.C.’s resistance (Martin Austermuhle in The 51st, August 19, 2025)

Op-Eds

How to Fight a Military Occupation (Laura Jedeed in Banned in Your State, August 14, 2025)

We Know Who Our Enemies Are (Margaret Killjoy in Birds Before the Storm, August 20, 2025)

Pod Recs: It Could Happen Here

The Federalization of DC Police feat. Bridget Todd (It Could Happen Here, August 18, 2025)

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #30 (It Could Happen Here, August 22, 2025)

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