Rhode Island

Join Adriana and her featured guest, Lisa Ranglin, Founding President and Executive Director of the Rhode Island Black Business Association as they discuss the efforts RIBBA has been leading for more than a decade to advance business opportunities and the vitality of Black and Brown-owned small businesses in Rhode Island through a cadre of resources which includes; access to capital, contracting, business development resources, entrepreneur training, business advocacy, meaningful investor services, and workforce development.

In this episode of Community Partner Chat, James Monteiro, Founder and Director of Reentry Campus Program shares his personal journey of educational freedom while behind the walls and how that experience led him on a personal mission to assist other currently and formerly incarcerated individuals with an affordable pathway to accredited post secondary education and certificate programs to support their successful reentry and pathway to economic self sufficiency.

This Community Partnership Chat between Adriana Dawson, Director of Community Engagement, Verizon and Deborah Perry, President/CEO, YWCA Rhode Island will offer highlights of its impressive 154-year history.  The YWCA Rhode Island members have been unsung trailblazers in the forefront of most major movements in Rhode Island – from voting rights to civil rights, from affordable housing to pay equity, from violence prevention to health care reform. The YWCA has also supported members of the military and military families for nearly a century, beginning in World War I when the YWCA and other women’s groups lobbied for a female military corp. Watch the partnership chat to learn more!

In the latest community partnership chat, hear from Adriana Dawson, Director of Community Engagement at Verizon, and Waleska Lugo-DeJesús, CEO of Inclusive Strategies, as they discuss Waleska’s distinguished career of social justice and racial advocacy in Massachusetts and the work she is currently leading.  

Adriana Dawson, Community Engagement – State Government Affairs at Verizon sat down with Elana Rosenberg, Executive Director of Youth Pride to discuss how the organization supports and advocates for LGBTQQ Youth in the Providence area and the importance of partnerships like Verizon to ensure an equitable future for all youth.

One of the most rewarding aspects of our community engagement work is the opportunity to partner with many non-profit organizations and support innovative programs that help advance the diverse communities we serve. In May 2020, we launched our Verizon Community Partnerships Initiative to celebrate community organizations supported by Verizon and highlight their important work.

Today we feature a conversation between Verizon’s Adriana Dawson and Creusa Michelazzo, Executive Director at Tech Collective. Their conversation touches on innovation in Providence, its growing tech sector, and the rich diverse talent pipeline being developed to successfully transition into the sector.

One of the most rewarding aspects of our community engagement work is the opportunity to partner with many non-profit organizations and support innovative programs that help advance the diverse communities we serve.  In May 2020, we launched our Verizon Community Partnerships Initiative to celebrate community organizations supported by Verizon and highlight their important work. 

Today, we feature Jack Martin, Executive Director, Providence Public Library.

Below we share a conversation on the work that the Providence Public Library is doing to provide community members with the tools they need to be successful during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.