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Talk show host Montell Williams was among the people who described the benefits of the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), a program that helps low-income patients apply for free or reduced-price prescription drugs, at a public gathering at Crossroads Road Island last month.
Another speaker, Ken Johnson, described the mission of PPA, which operates a bus that travels from state to state to enroll people into the program.
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"We don't want to be treated like animals." That is the mantra of the homeowners and tenants with whom Tom Judd has been talking lately.
A community organizer with the Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island, Judd has been knocking on doors, learning about people's experiences with foreclosure and inviting them to meetings of the new Rhode Island Bank Tenants and Homeowners Association. A meeting of the Association on November 22 found a half-dozen individuals and families facing foreclosure gathered together, with pepperoni pizza and Coke laid out on the table, to talk about how to address this problem.
On the wall was a poster of Rosa Parks, her words written underneath: "I wanted to be treated like a human being."
Read more about the causes of foreclosure and the people affected here.
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The December issue of Street Sights can be found around Providence and Rhode Island. For a list of distribution sites, email us at streetsights@gmail.com.
To download a complete copy of the December issue, clickhere! |
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Street Sights calendars are in, hot off the press! They are beautifully designed and include original poetry and photography by homeless and formerly homeless individuals and volunteers.
Each calendar costs $8 and money raised will help us keep printing Street Sights, Rhode Island's street newspaper about homeless issues.
Please email or call 401-421-6458 if you would like to buy one or would like to help sell the calendars.
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Want to know what's going on this month around Providence?
Check out the Street Sights Calendar of December eventshere!
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