The event includes a Chinese lion dance, an indigenous performance and the lighting of ceremonial torches by BIPOC community organizations and the board members of the Papitto Opportunity Connection (POC), which is sponsoring the lighting. This Saturday's WaterFire, sponsored by Papitto Opportunity Connection, will celebrate Rhode Island's Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities though, dance, music, performance and more.
Published Mon Apr 12 2021 19:37:32 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by Lynn Arditi
Rhode Island Governor Daniel J. McKee has asked the State Police to look into why some 1,400 people of color who had registered for last weekend’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence were sent false cancellation notices.
Several community leaders had raised concerns to The Public’s Radio about whether the cancellation notices might have been sent intentionally by someone trying to undermine efforts to prioritize vaccinations in Rhode Island to people of color.
“We re going to find out how it happened and why it happened,’’ McKee said during a press conference outside the Dunk on Saturday. “And then we re gonna let people know. But I just don t want to jump to any conclusions until we actually know what happened.”
Clinics aim to boost vaccination rates among people of color in R.I.
Organizers are reaching out to register BIPOC communities for vaccines in Providence and Woonsocket on April 10 and 11
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated April 3, 2021, 3:39 p.m.
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Pastor Howard M. Jenkins Jr. of the Bethel AME Church in Providence speaks during a March 25 news conference, calling for the state to hold a COVID-19 vaccination weekend for people of color in Rhode Island.Edward Fitzpatrick
PROVIDENCE â Organizers hope that as many as 6,000 people of color in Rhode Island will receive vaccines on the weekend of April 10-11 at locations in Providence and Woonsocket.