THANK YOU to everyone who attended and supported "Discovering our Hidden Narratives: Strengthening our Roots," ARISE's annual visibility event in May. It was an amazing night to highlight the work of ARISE Youth -- you can find a full recap below. We also want to CONGRATULATE our seniors who have graduated from high school!
We also wanted to highlight our Ethnic Studies program and remind people about our upcoming summer programs. We still have spaces available, so please forward this to anyone who may be interested.
Visibility Event
ARISE Youth Leaders showcased the culmination of our year long research project on the educational experiences of Southeast Asians in Rhode Island. They courageously shared their personal experiences with ARISE, highlighting their holistic growth and passionately spoke about their foundational work on the Counselors Not Cops Campaign.
We also honored our VALUE award recipients:
ACCESS: Tina Meetran
EQUITY: Jennifer Wood
SUCCESS: Providence Student Union
If you weren’t able to make it and still want to support, please consider making a donation here.
Summer Programs
We still have space in our summer programs-- please find the registration information here. All programs are free, with food and transportation provided! Can you share this information with people you know who may be interested?
This summer we are offering:
Hidden Lotus Circle: 7/15/19-7/26/19 (M-F) 10:00am-2:30pm, RWU Providence Campus
Honoring Our History and the Warriors Who Came Before Us: 7/29/19-8/02/19 (M-F) 9:30am - 3:30pm, RWU Providence Campus
College Access: 8/12/19-8/16/19 (M-F) 10:00am-1:00pm, RWU Providence Campus
If you have any questions, please email Rosey at rosey@ariseducation.org
Ethnic Studies
This year, we were excited to offer our ethnic studies class at Alvarez High School, Classical High School and Woonsocket High School. This course included an introduction to the concepts of power, privilege, and oppression; lessons on the war in Southeast Asia; and current social issues the Southeast Asian community is facing. We concluded with students identifying and reflecting on how power, privilege, and oppression play out in the social context of the Southeast Asian community and in their personal lives. We saw immense learning, reflection, growth, and power in our youth participants: we look forward to continuing to offer this course.
Board Shoutouts!
Sarath Suong, ARISE’s founding board co-chair, recently represented ARISE at the annual AMOR Grill Off fundraiser and was named the Grill Off champion! AMOR (The Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance) is “an alliance of community based grassroots organizations mobilizing and organizing rapid response to resist increased instances of individual and state sponsored violence.”
Todd Flaherty, ARISE’s founding board co-chair and a life-long educator was recently named the Interim President of Johnson & Wales, Charlotte, North Carolina Campus. He is continuing to serve with passion and commitment for educational justice.
John Murphy, founding board member at large and a life-long humanitarian, received an honorary doctorate degree from Providence College this past May
