Together RI: A Podcast of The Rhode Island Foundation
Welcome to Together RI, where we explore the role of philanthropy in addressing critical community, national, and global challenges.
Episodes
After working in the Newport schools for more than 15 years, Rebekah Gomez noticed a serious problem: Aquidneck Island was woefully unprepared to serve its Spanish-speaking residents. So, in 2019, she joined three other women to create Conexion Latina Newport, a non-profit devoted to making city and local services more accessible for the Hispanic community. She joins host David Cicilline to talk about their mission to ...
Earlier this year, we hosted a panel discussion with three Rhode Island Foundation grantees who are bringing people together through the power of the arts. The panel featured Carly Callahan, the executive director of The United Theatre in Westerly, Adrienne Gagnon, the co-founder and executive director of DownCity Design, and Valerie Tutson, the executive director of the Rhode Island Black Storytellers. Micah Salk...
Rhode Island listeners will know Tom Brad, the education leader, not the football player, from when he was our Providence school superintendent from 2008 to 2011. After leaving Providence, he became the leader of the Department of Defense Education Activity, or DoDEA, a network of domestic and international schools for the children of service members. During his 10 years there, DoDEA became first in the nation on the N...
Rabbi Sarah Mack has spent her entire career at Temple-Beth El in Providence. In 2017, she became the first female senior rabbi of a major congregation in the city. She's an outspoken advocate for social justice and works closely with interfaith coalitions across the state. She's also host David Cicilline's rabbi! She joins David to talk about speaking up and building community in challenging times. Learn more about the Rhode Islan...
Peter Chung is the executive director of Young Voices, a non-profit that gives urban youth the support and training they need to become powerful advocates for systemic reform and policy change. He joined Young Voices sixteen years ago and worked his way up to leading the organization, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Peter joins host David Cicilline to talk about where the organization has been and where it's headed. Lear...
Earlier this year, David Cicilline was a guest on Give Better Get Better, a community foundation podcast. Take a listen to his conversation with host Josh Dukelow. Learn more about the Rhode Island Foundation at https://rifoundation.org/
Zita Cobb grew up in Fogo Island, a small fishing community in Newfoundland. As she got older, overfishing led to a collapse of the industry, and her family was forced to move. Zita went on to a successful career in high-tech. Eventually, she moved back home to create Shorefast- a charity devoted to building economic and cultural resilience on Fogo Island. She joins host David Cicilline to talk about investing in coast...
If you're a young person or a parent of a young person, you may be facing the challenge of how to pay for college.That's why the Rhode Island Foundation, in partnership with dozens of individual and organizational donors, awards more than four million dollars in scholarships to help students cover the cost of tuition and room and board. The funds help everyone from middle schoolers to graduate students achieve their d...
One of the hard problems we face here ...
This week, we're doing something a little different...
Providence Bishop Bruce Lewandowski says he entere...
Occasionally, the Rhode Island Foundation connects with thought leaders who are doing interesting work that might inform our efforts.
We had our latest conversation with John Palfrey, the President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Host David Cicilline interviewed him in front of a live audience last week. This is an edited version of their conversation.
More than 140,000 Rhode Islanders rely on supplemen...
Rhode Island schools throw away nearly 2,500 tons o...
Affordable housing is one of Rhode Island's most pr...
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