The College Hill Independent — Vol. 45 Issue 3

Upcoming Actions & Community Events

Friday 9/30 @ 5PM-8:30PM: Food Truck Friday Swing by Food Truck Friday for a variety of treats from over 15 local locally owned food trucks and live music outdoors. Admission is free; you pay for what you eat! Location: Carousel Village in Roger Williams Park, 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI 02907

Saturday 10/1 @ 10AM-3PM: First Saturday Art Market Commemorating the first Saturday of every month, The Steel Yard is hosting an outdoor art market featuring self-made works from local artists and artisans. Pop by to support your local artists and enjoy the fresh air! Location: The Steel Yard, 27 Sims Avenue, Providence, RI 02909

Saturday 10/1 @ 3PM: The Woman Worker: A Public Study on the Struggles of Working Women, Past and Present Facilitated by the Party for Socialism and Liberation Rhode Island Study, this study will “involve readings from the summer 2022 issue of Breaking the Chains magazine, the only socialist feminist magazine in the U.S. The study materials will be provided. We will have food along with the study,” according to the event’s Facebook page. Location: Burnside Park, 40 Kennedy Plaza, Providence, RI 02903

Wednesday 10/5 @ 4:30PM: Contested Freedom and the (Un)timely Uses of Black Childhood Habiba Ibrahim, Professor of English at the University of Washington in Seattle, will explore Black childhoods and will more specifically explore the question: “What is Black childhood when it is separated from Black children and lives a double, untimely life as a refuge from what Jack Halberstam has called the ‘straight time’ of maturity, or the national time of electoral politics?” Attendance for the seminar is free and open to the public. Location: Pembroke Hall Room 305, 172 Meeting St, Providence, RI 02912

Friday 10/7 and Saturday 10/8 @ 8PM: Korean Festival Come enjoy cultural food, music, and dance at the Korean Festival in Cranston. The festival will go on for 24 hours, beginning at 8PM Friday and ending at 7:59PM Saturday. Location: Korean Cultural Center, 1140 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI 02910

Sunday 10/9 @9AM-1PM: Cuddles of Hope CAR SHOW Fundraiser Like cars? Want to help out children? Then the Cuddles of Hope Car Show Fundraiser is a great fit for you! Swing by to check out some unique cars, fun raffles, and music—general attendance is free, and car registration is $20. Profits will benefit the Cuddles of Hope Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing children with stuffed animals to cuddle in uncomfortable or frightening situations. Location: The Overlook at Meehan, 2 Governor Notte Parkway, North Providence, RI 02904

Tuesday 10/11 @ 6PM-8PM: Advocacy Night @ UpRiseHer - Reproductive Rights and Action The Womxn Project and UpRiseHer, two women’s empowerment organizations, are collaborating to host this event aimed at explaining Rhode Island reproductive legislation and share ways to support abortion and reproductive rights. Attendance is free, but online registration is required—sign up by searching the event title in your web browser of choice! Location: 335 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906

Sunday 10/2 @ 11AM-2PM: Buddy Walk & Fall Harvest Festival Come join the 27th Buddy Walk to celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Enjoy a live DJ, pumpkin painting, crafts, lawn games, balloon twisting, raffles, and more! Raffle proceeds will go toward local programs that benefit people with Down Syndrome and their families. Location: Goddard Memorial State Park Field C, 1095 Ives Rd, Warwick, RI 02818

Arts

Thursday 9/22-10/2 @ 4PM or 7PM: Matilda the Musical Watch a musical of the famous story of an extraordinarily talented girl. General admission tickets start at $22 and can be purchased online at this link: tinyurl.com/matilda-tix Location: James and Gloria Maron Cultural Arts Center, 180 Button Hole Drive, Providence, RI 02909

All Day until 12/18: Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration This art exhibition, featured daily until December 18th, portrays and explores the relationship between the U.S. prison system and visual art. There is no cost to attend the exhibit. Location: The David Winton Bell Gallery in the List Art Building, 64 College St, Providence, RI 02912 & the Cohen Gallery in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell St, Providence, RI 02906

Saturday 10/1 @ 7 PM: Illusions, the Show Pop out to celebrate Rhode Island queerness in its most extravagant form! Whether you’re looking for a celebration or just a fun night out, Illusions is the drag show to see. Watch some celebrity impersonations, eat, drink, play, and enjoy. General admission tickets cost $30; get them by searching up the show on Eventbrite. Location: Lit Lounge Nightclub, 971 Broad Street, Providence

Mutual Aid* & Community Fundraisers

*Mutual aid is “survival pending on revolution,” as described by the Black Panthers. Join in redistributing wealth to create an ecosystem of care in response to a system of institutions that have failed or harmed our communities.

+ Help a Community Organizer Avoid Eviction Donate at tinyurl.com/helpstopeviction A longtime community organizer and housing justice advocate is facing eviction in October. He has had to survive on a low income, and a recent car accident has increased his challenges. We deeply appreciate his tireless work with people experiencing homelessness, and we need to prevent him from losing housing himself!

+ Project LETS Providence COVID-19 Relief Fund Donate at projectlets.org/covid19 Project Let’s Erase The Stigma (LETS) is working in coalition with various grassroots organizations in Rhode Island to support marginalized groups in our community in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. All donations will directly help individuals, children, and families meet their basic needs.

+ Ocean State A$$ Mutual Aid Fund Donate at tinyurl.com/oceanstateass Support sex workers statewide, priority given to BIPOC sex workers, trans sex workers, and sex workers who have been impacted the pandemic.

+ Queer & Trans Mutual Aid Providence Venmo: @qtmapvd; Paypal: qtma.pvd@gmail.com / Info: tinyurl. com/qtma-pvd QTMA PVD is a small, volunteer-run mutual aid fund for queer and trans folks in the Providence, RI area. They do payouts once per week and have distributed over $80,000 since their founding in June 2020. They currently have over 30 outstanding requests for aid and would appreciate any donations!

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