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RAMP Real Access Motivates Progress! Host: Tina G. Pedersen Guests: Maryam Attapour Program Manager, Family Caregiver Alliance of RI, United Way-Rhode Island/Nadine Roberts-Cornish Author, Speaker, Caregiver Coach

  Join RAMP, Real Access Motivates Progress! & Host Tina G. Pedersen on The Coalition Radio Network, at www.CoalitionRadioNetwork.com or www.Facebook.com/TheCoalitionRadio Wednesday evenings @ 7PM Eastern Time The Coalition Talk Radio Watch Live @ www.Facebook.com/TheCoalitionRadio or www.CoalitionRadioNetwork.com Outrage Porn Free Civilly Disobedient Media! The Coalition Talk Radio! Sunday-Friday @ 8:30PM Till ? Listener Call In @ (401) 205-3738 Like Us[Read More…]

by — November 3, 2020 — 0 comments — RAMP! Real Access Motivates Progress
Rhode Island Progressive Democrats Weigh In On Financial Crisis

Rhode Island Progressive Democrats Weigh In On Financial Crisis

  As we head into a worsening economic crisis, Rhode Island is unprepared. Our state could be planning for downturns. The U.S. economy has fallen into recession at least once every decade since 1950, but instead of getting ready, Rhode Island falls back on pinching pennies and praying for a bailout whenever the economy weakens.   This lack of planning hurts[Read More…]

by — October 27, 2020 — 0 comments — Politics
FIRE! University President Threatens Student Newspaper Editor For Asking Questions, Not Treating Administration With ‘Highest Respect’

FIRE! University President Threatens Student Newspaper Editor For Asking Questions, Not Treating Administration With ‘Highest Respect’

Student journalist Jared Nally is defending his rights after the university president threatened him with disciplinary action if he continued to engage in basic acts of journalism.   Haskell Indian Nations University president issues student-editor a “directive” entirely incompatible with practice of actual journalism. Student-editor: “When our university challenges the free speech of students, they are silencing a whole generation[Read More…]

by — October 27, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
RI ACLU & Community Object To Newport Canvassing Authority's Decision To Close Park Holm Senior Center Polling Location

RI ACLU & Community Object To Newport Canvassing Authority’s Decision To Close Park Holm Senior Center Polling Location

  The RI ACLU has decided to intervene on behalf of Newport citizens residing in precinct 2109 who feel that the consolidation, by the Newport Canvassing Authority, of a polling center located for years at the Park Holm Senior Center with the Pell Elementary School in Precinct 2102 would result in grave inconvenience to members of the minority community &[Read More…]

by — October 17, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
Court Preliminarily Approves Settlement in Title IX Lawsuit Against Brown University Addressing Women’s Athletics

Court Preliminarily Approves Settlement in Title IX Lawsuit Against Brown University Addressing Women’s Athletics

A federal court has today preliminarily approved a settlement agreement between Brown University and lawyers representing women student-athletes at the school who brought a class-action lawsuit in June following cuts to the varsity athletics program.  The suit, filed in June by counsel from the ACLU of Rhode Island, Public Justice and two private law firms, alleged that the cuts violated a consent agreement[Read More…]

by — October 17, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties

RAMP Real Access Motivates Progress! Host: Tina G. Pedersen Guests: 211/Point Programs of United Way

Cortney Nicolato, President & CEO of United Way of Rhode Island & Aura Medina, Manager of The POINT, a statewide network for seniors, adults with disabilities and their caregivers operated by UWRI and linked through 2-1-1 joined RAMP Host Tina G. Pedersen in a wide ranging conversation! Join RAMP, Real Access Motivates Progress! & Host Tina G. Pedersen on The[Read More…]

by — October 15, 2020 — 0 comments — RAMP! Real Access Motivates Progress
FIRE! Largest Free Speech Ever Survey Of College Students Ranks Top Campuses For Expression

FIRE! Largest Free Speech Ever Survey Of College Students Ranks Top Campuses For Expression

  University of Chicago #1 for free speech, DePauw worst, Ivy League underperforms Survey reveals differences among political affiliation, gender, race, religion, and more Acceptance of violence to stop campus speakers higher among liberal students Nearly one-third don’t think Trump should be allowed to speak on campus, 22% for Biden PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29, 2020 — The Ivy League offers students[Read More…]

by — October 13, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
RI Democratic Women's Caucus Executive Committee Calls for More Women Legislators in Top Leadership Positions

RI Democratic Women’s Caucus Executive Committee Calls for More Women Legislators in Top Leadership Positions

  The Rhode Island Democratic Women’s Caucus Executive Committee is calling for more women legislators in top leadership positions throughout the state legislature. Rhode Island is one of only nine states in the US where no female legislators serve in leadership positions. With the Rhode Island Senate poised to become a majority-women chamber, this imbalance of power must be fixed.[Read More…]

by — September 24, 2020 — 0 comments — Politics
ACLU of RI REPORT SHOWS ALARMING LACK OF PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR STUDENTS ON SCHOOL-LOANED COMPUTERS 

ACLU of RI REPORT SHOWS ALARMING LACK OF PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR STUDENTS ON SCHOOL-LOANED COMPUTERS 

  The ACLU of Rhode Island released a report today which highlights the alarming lack of privacy protections given to students who use school-loaned laptop computers. Though all schools in Rhode Island rapidly transitioned to virtual learning in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey by the ACLU of RI has found that a majority of school districts give officials[Read More…]

by — September 21, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties

Who’s Telling The Truth? The Bristol Warren NEA Local? Or …. Gov Gina Raimondo’s Press Conference

The Coalition Talk Radio – Dateline September 16, 2020 Earlier today, the Bristol Warren Local of the Rhode Island NEA (National Education Association) tweeted a press release that stipulated in excess of 60 violations of the “Covid Code” necessary to promote safe, in person education. Governor Gina Raimondo & RIDE Commissioner Angelica Infante Green, claiming to be unaware of any[Read More…]

by — September 17, 2020 — 0 comments — Politics
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