Lifelong organizer, always thinking about organizations, the future & the art of the possible.
Rhode Island
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This project was created as Lao families faced detention, deportation, narrowing immigration pathways, and a halt to visa processing. For many, family separation isn’t abstract, it’s lived.
Creating this work became a way to insist on hope anyway.
The museum of Work and Culture's new "The Heart of Wattayai" photo exhibit is told through one grandmother's eyes. 🇱🇦 rimonthly.com/lao-americans-…
Thanks @OSMediaRI for the opportunity to talk about The Heart of Wattayai!
'This is how we resist': Lao stories at the Museum of Work and Culture | Weekend 401 oceanstatemedia.org/the-week…
Exclusive Woonsocket tour highlights:
🚉 Train station + Hachiko statue
🍺 Beer Lao at Lao Thai Kitchen
🏛️ Museum of Work & Culture (found myself)
🏙️ Main Street
Not pictured: my birthplace, wastewater treatment, mills, Blackstone River
#WoonsocketRocket #WoonsocketForever
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I’m incredibly proud to be the daughter of immigrants. Proud to work every day to ensure that the lives they fought so hard are protected. Hearing my mom retell her story filled me with pride and sadness.
Thank you @FitzProv for this story bostonglobe.com/2025/08/15/m…
Add it to the list: another thing millennials have killed, Rhode Island accents.
Finally wrote the story that I’ve been wanting to write for years!! providencejournal.com/story/…
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RI angle: the lawyer representing a Palestinian activist arrested by ICE following his role in protests at @Columbia, is a @RWULaw grad npr.org/2025/03/10/g-s1-5292…
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.@CotterforRI: "It feels like the national parties left the working class a long time ago. So I think we need to start at the bottom and work our way back up" [#3] thepublicsradio.org/tgif/tgi…
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.@ppvotesri weighs in on the election results and highlights their endorsed RI candidates that won last night
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RI Citizens for Responsible Government— who ran an aggressive campaign against Question 1 (ConCon) — taking a victory lap.
Voters shot the question down 62.8% to 37.2% as of 9:30 PM. Margin could vary as mail ballots come in.
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Hey RI voters, reminder from this proud abortion rights voter to get to the polls by 8 PM. All the freedoms we’ve fought for are on the line. Vote to protect our rights & defend democracy. #Wedecide our future! Vote for repro champs & REJECT question 1. plannedparenthoodaction.org/…
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It's Election Day! Are you ready? 🗳️✔️✨
Find EVERYTHING you need to vote in Rhode Island at vote.ri.gov
#Vote #VoteRI #Vote2024 #RejectQuestion1
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Recently, I had an opportunity to connect with Telemundo and advise our Latino Community to vote NO on Question #1 in this year’s General Election. 🧵
(1/6) – at Providence, RI
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Opposition to Question 1 on Tuesday’s ballot, which asks whether Rhode Island should hold a constitutional convention, has grown in the run-up to Election Day, a new University of New Hampshire poll found.
bostonglobe.com/2024/11/04/m…
Biggest group against a ConCon: Women, college degree (60%) #RejectQuestion1
Looks like opponents of RI's Question 1 (the constitutional convention) are breaking through with their message
SEPTEMBER
39% yes
28% no
33% unsure
NOVEMBER
34% yes
47% no
18% unsure wpri.com/news/elections/poll…
Vimala Phongsavanh retweeted
Looks like opponents of RI's Question 1 (the constitutional convention) are breaking through with their message
SEPTEMBER
39% yes
28% no
33% unsure
NOVEMBER
34% yes
47% no
18% unsure wpri.com/news/elections/poll…
Great Saturday morning door knocking for pro-reproductive freedom candidates! @ppvotesri #WeDecide
