Rhode Island Racial and Ethnic Minorities Disparities Project

Organizations in Rhode Island

Affirmative Action Office
City of East Providence
East Providence, RI 02914
401-435-7509 (telephone)
401-438-1719 (fax)
Contact: Onna Moniz, Officer

Affirmative Action Office
City of Providence
25 Dorrance Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-421-7740 (telephone)
401-272-0867 (fax)
Contact: Ray Rickman, Officer (ext. 250)

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
10 Abbot Park Place, 3rd Floor
Providence, RI 02903
401-831-7171 (telephone)
www.aclu.org (website)
Contact:

Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy (CHisPA)
421 Elmwood Avenue
Providence, RI 02907
401-946-0111 (telephone)
Contact: Carola Campos

Center for Women and Enterprise
55 Claverick Street, Suite 102
Providence, RI 02903
401-277-0800 (telephone)
401-277-1122 (fax)
info@cweprovidence.org (email)
www.cweprovidence.org (website)
Contact:

Channel One
507 Broad Street
Central Falls, RI
401-727-7488 (telephone)
Contact: Angelo Garcia

The Childhood Lead Action Project
421 Elmwood Avenue
Providence, RI 02907
401-785-1310 (telephone)
401-941-8156 (fax)
info@leadsafekids.org (email)
www.leadsafekids.org (website)
Contact: Helena Friedman

Connecting for Children and Families
28 First Avenue
Woonsocket, RI 02895
401-766-3384 (telephone)
401-762-2324 (fax)
Contact: Terese Curtain, Executive Director

DARE (Direct Action for Racial Equality)
Providence, RI 02907
401-351-6960 (telephone)
401-351-6977 (fax)
sara@daretowin.org (email)
www.daretowin.org (website)
Contact: Sara Mersha, Executive Director; Mimi Budnick; Mary Kay Harris

Dorcas Place
Adult and Family Learning Center
220 Elmwood Avenue
Providence, RI 02907
401-272-8866 (telephone)
401-273-8893 (fax)
info@dorcasplace.org (email)
Contact: Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier, President and CEO

The Education Alliance at Brown University
222 Richmond Street, Suite 300
Providence, RI 02903
401-863-9550 (telephone)
401-421-7650 (fax)
eac@alliance.brown.edu (email)
www.alliance.brown.edu (website)
Contact: Makna Men, Equity Coordinator/Senior Specialist (Makna_Men@brown.edu)

Elementary & Secondary Schools, Department of
255 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-222-4600 ext. 2433 (telephone)
rid23934@ride.ri.net (email)
www.ridoe.net (website)
Contact: Keith Oliveira, Charter Schools Coordinator, Community Affairs Specialist

Elmwood Community Center
155 Niagara Street
Providence, RI 02907
Contact: Dennis Tabella, Executive Director; Hellen Gomes, Program Director

English for Action
P.O. Box 29405
Providence, RI 02909
401-421-3181 (telephone)
www.englishforaction.org (website)
Contact: Erick Garcia

Feinstein Institute for Legal Service
Roger Williams University School of Law
10 Metacom Avenue
Bristol, RI 02809
401-254-4634 (telephone)
401-254-4540 (fax)
Contact: Liz Tobin Tyler, Associate Director ltyler@rwu.edu (email)

The Futures Project: A Policy for Higher Education in A Changing World
A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions
Brown University
Box 1977
Providence, RI 02912
401-863-9582 (telephone)
401-863-2452 (fax)
www.futuresproject.org (website)
Contact: Jamie Scurry, Research Associate (Jamie_Scurry@brown.edu)

Gateway Healthcare, Inc.
Community Counseling Center
105 Bacon Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860
401-729-8701
401-727-7034 ext. 345 (telephone)
www.gatewayhealth.org (website)
Contact: Michaele Richter, CIS-Manager

Genesis Center
620 Potters Ave.
Providence, RI 02907
Contact: Pheamo Witcher, Executive Director; Nancy Fritz, Director of Adult Ed

Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce
30 Exchange Terrance
Providence, RI 02903
401-521-5000 (telephone)
401-751-2434 (fax)
chamber@provchamber.com (email)
www.provchamber.com (website)
Contact:

International Institute of RI
645 Elmwood Avenue
Providence, RI 02907
401-461-5940 (telephone)
Pawtucket: 13 Summer St.
401-722-5020 (Monday)
www.iiri.org (website)
Contact: William Shuey, Executive Director; Betty Simons, Refugee Resettlement and Minority Health Promotion; Carl Krueger, Staff Attorney (immigrant rights)

La Red//The Network
401-743-8303 (telephone)
ri_lared@hotmail.com (email)
Contact: Hana Tauber (hana@riseup.net)

League of Women Voters of RI
172 Taunton Avenue, Unit 8
East Providence, RI 02908
401-434-5440 (telephone)
LWVRI@aol.com (email)
Contact:

Lifespan
The CORO Building
167 Point Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-444-5341 (telephone)
401-444-2454 (fax)
Contact: Gertrude Blakey, Director of Diversity; Marcia Madison, Community Outreach Worker (793-2097)

NAACP Providence
P.O. Box 5767
Providence, RI 02903
401-521-6222 (telephone)
401-351-6222 (fax)
NAACP.PROV@VERIZON.NET (email)
www.naacpprov.org (website)
Contact: Cliff Monteiro

Narragensett Tribe
P.O. Box 268
Charlestown, RI
401-364-1100 (telephone)
401-364-1104 (fax)
www.narragansett-tribe.org (website)
Contact: Chief Sachem; Doug Harris

National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ)—RI Chapter
134 Thurbers Avenue, Suite 118
P.O. Box 6
Providence, RI 02905
401-467-1717 ext. 102 (telephone)
401-467-2707 (fax)
www.nccjri.org (website)
Contact: Toby Ayers, Executive Director; Rob Jones, Program Director

Neighborhood Health Plan of RI
50 Holden Street, Suite 200
Providence, RI 02908
401-459-6000 (telephone)
401-459-6175 (fax)
www.nhpri.org (website)
Contact: Christopher Koehler, Executive Director; Deborah Correia, Interpreter Specialist (dcorreia@nhpri.org); Brenda Whittle

Ocean State Action
99 Bald Hill Road
Cranston, RI 02920
401-463-5368 (phone)
401-463-5337 (fax)
info@oceanstate.action.org (email)
www.oceanstateaction.org (website)
Contact:

Olneyville Housing Corporation
One Curtis Street
Providence, RI 02909
401-351-8719 (telephone)
401-351-0019 (fax)
info@olneyville.org (email)
www.olneyville.org (website)
Contact: Maricruz Ponce de Leon, Housing Specialist

Planned Parenthood of RI
111 Point Street
P.O. Box 41059
Providence, RI 02940-1059
401-421-7820 (telephone)
401-621-6250 (fax)
contactus@pprimail.org (email)
www.ppri.org (website)
Contact: Miriam Inocencio-Ricardo, President and CEO

The Poverty Institute
at the RIC School of Social Work
600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Providence, RI 02908
401-456-8512 (telephone)
information@povertyinstitute.org (email)
www.povertyinstitute.org (website)
Contact: Linda Katz, Policy Director (lkatz@ric.edu)

Progreso Latino, Inc.
626 Broad Street
Central Falls, RI 02863
401-728-5920 (telephone)
401-724-5550 (fax)
Contact: Edwin Cancel, Executive Director; Greg Pehrson Community Organizer, United Workers Committee (gpehrson@progresolatino.org ;Matilda Sansone (ext. 307; matsan@mindspring.com)

Providence Economic Development Partnership
Office of the Mayor, City Hall, 2nd Floor
25 Dorrance Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-421-7740 ext. 221 (telephone)
Contact: Donald Eversley, Director

Providence Housing Authority
100 Broad Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-751-6400 (telephone)
Contact: Stephen J. O’Rourke, Executive Director; Fred Sneesby, Project Coordinator (ext. 1703)

Providence Human Relations Commission
151 Weybosset Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-421-3708 (telephone)
401-274-1070 (fax)
Contact: Christine Roundtree, Executive Director

Providence Public Schools
797 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903
Contact: Melody Johnson, Superintendent; Mike Sorum (456-9128) mike.sorum@ppsd.org (email); Kai Cameron (456-9296)

PrYSM (Providence Student Youth Movement)
401-226-3207 (telephone)
yokohei@hotmail.com
Contact: Kohei Ishihara

Public Defender, Office of the
100 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-222-3492 (telephone)
401-222-3289 (fax)
Contact: Peter Wells

RI Black Heritage Society
65 Weybossett St. at the Arcade, Suite 29
Providence, RI 02903
401-751-3490 (telephone)
401-751-0040 (fax)

RI Children’s Crusade
134 Thurbers Avenue, Suite 111
Providence, RI 02905
401-854-5500 (telephone)
401-854-5511 (fax)
www.childrenscrusade.org (website)
Contact: Mary Harrison

Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless
50 Niantic Ave., Suite C
Providence, RI 02907
401-421-6458 (telephone)
401-421-6426 (fax)
rihomeless@rihomeless.com (email)
www.rihomeless.com (website)
Contact:

Rhode Island Commission on Human Rights
10 Abbot Park Place
Providence, RI 02903
401-222-2264 (telephone)
www.richr.state.ri.us/frames.html (website)
Contact: Michael Evora, Executive Director

RI Commission on Women
One Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
401-222-6105 (telephone)
401-222-5638 (fax)
ricw@state..ri.us (email)
www.ricw.state.ri.us (website)
Contact:

Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, RM 407
Providence, RI 02908-5097
401-222-2231 (telephone)
library@doh.state.ri.us (email)
www.health.state.ri.us (website)
Contact: Ana Novais Chief, Office of Minority Health, Sam Viner-Brown, Chief, Office of Data and Evaluation

RI Dept. of Labor and Training
Center General Complex
1511 Pontiac Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
401-462-8000 (telephone)
mmadonna@dlt.state.ri.us (email)
www.dlt.state.ri.us (website)
Contact:

Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation
One West Exchange Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-222-2601 (telephone)
401-222-2102 (fax)
www.riedc.com (website)
Contact:

RI Family Advocacy Program
P.O. Box 2571
Providence, RI 02906
401-595-7594 (telephone)
401-453-0310 (fax)
fap_ri@yahoo.com
www.RIFAP.org (website)
Contact: Mike Burch, Program Director (mikeburch@rifap.org)

RI Family Life Center
841 Broad Street
Providence, RI 02907
401-781-5808 ext. 109 (telephone)
401-781-5361 (fax)
Contact: Marshall Clement, Policy/Advocacy Research Specialist

RI Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce
45 Royal Little Drive
Providence, RI 02904
401-331-2615 (telephone)
info@haccri.org (email)
www.haccri.org (website)
Contact: Juana Horton, Executive Director

RI Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation
44 Washington Street
Providence, RI 02903-1712
401-751-5566 (telephone)
401-457-1140 (fax)
www.rihousing.com (website)
Contact: Suja Vadakkekara, Research Coordinator (457-1267)

RI Indian Council
807 Broad Street
Providence, RI 02905
401-781-1098 (telephone)
Contact: Chris Ortiz (781-2982)

RI Justice Commission
One Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
401-222-2620 (telephone)
401-222-1294 (fax)
www.rijustice.state.ri.us (website)
Contact:

RI Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (RICOSH)
741 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-751-2015 (telephone)
401-751-7520 (fax)
www.coshnetwork.org (website)
jobhealth@juno.com (email)
Contact:

RI Department of Human Services
600 New London Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
401-
401-
www.dhs.state.ri.us (website)
rrosati@dhs.ri.gov (email)
Contact: Randy Rosati; Edward P. Sneesby, Assoc. Director, Management Services (462-2424)

Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
One Union Station
Providence, RI 02903
401-351-9400 (telephone)
401-351-1758 (fax)
rikids@rikidscount.org (email)
www.rikidscount.org (website)
Contact: Cathie Walsh, Deputy Director and Raymonde Charles, Program Associate, Veronika Kot

RI Minority Police Association
P.O. Box 17813
Esmond, RI 02917
401-949-5248 (telephone)
riminoritypolice@rimpa.com (email)
www.rimpa.com (website)
Contact: Lt. Charles Wilson (465-9152—cell)

RI Public Expenditures Council
Address: 300 Richmond Street, Suite 200
Providence, RI 02903
401-521-6320 (telephone)
401-751-1915 (fax)
www.ripec.org (website)
Contact:

Rhode Island Select Committee on Race and Police Community Relations
Department of Administration
One Capitol Hill, Second Floor
Providence, RI 02908-5890
401-222-4856 (telephone)
Contact: Lloyd Monroe, Executive Director; Luis Aponte (222-4855); Matthew Jerzgh (457-5099)

RI Small Business Development Center
Bryant College
1150 Douglas Pike
Smithfield, RI 02917-1284
401-232-6111 (telephone)
401-232-6933 (fax)
rhamlin@bryant.edu (email)
www.risbdc.org (website)
Contact: Adriana Dawson, Executive Director

RI State Library
State House, Room 208
Providence, RI 02903
401-222-2473 (telephone)
401-222-3034 (fax)
statelibrary@sec.state.ri.us (email)
www.state.ri.us/library (website)
Contact: Tom Evans, State Librarian

The St. Theresa Committee of Immigrants in Action
St. Theresa Church
Manton Avenue
Providence, RI
401-419-1050 (telephone)
Contact: Juan Garcia, Organizer; Abelardo Hernandez

Sisters Overcoming Abusive Relationships
422 Post Road, Suite 202
Warwick, RI 02888
401-467-9940 (telephone)
401-467-4872 (fax)
www.soarri.org (website)
Contact: Zulma Garcia

Small Business Administration
Rhode Island District Office
380 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-528-4561 (telephone)
www.sba.gov/ri
Contact:

Socio-Economic Development Center for Southeast Asians
270 Elmwood Avenue
Providence, RI 02907
401-274-8811 (telephone)
401-274-8877 (fax)
Contact: Joseph Le, Executive Director; Mary Kue, Project Coordinator, Maichong Lo, Minority Health Coordinator

Sojourner House Support and Advocacy Center
386 Smith Street
Providence, RI 02908
401-861-6191 (telephone)
kelly@sojourner-house.org (email)
www.sojourner-house.org (website)
Contact: Donna (Dee-Dee) Williams, Women Cares Program Manager (Donna@sojourner-house.org)

South Providence Neighborhood Ministries
747 Broad Street
Providence, RI 02907
401-461-7509 (telephone)
www.spnm.org (website)
Contact: Wanda S. Michaelson, Executive Director; Roberta (Bobbi) Houllahan, Health Coordinator

The Urban League of RI
246 Prairie Avenue
Providence, RI 02905
401-351-5000 (telephone)
401-454-1946 (fax)
www.providence.edu/afro/students/genao/league.htm (website)
Contact: Dennis Langley, Executive Director (ext. 130); Belinda Francis (ext. 136)

United Way of Rhode Island
229 Waterman Street
Providence, RI 02906-5297
401-444-0600 (telephone)
info@uwri.org (email)
www.unitedwayene.org/index.cfm (website)
Contact:

U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Federal Office Building
380 Westminster Mall, Room 243
Providence, RI 02903
401-528-4669 (telephone)
401-528-4663 (fax)
www.osha.gov (website)
Contact:

Westminster Senior Center
133 Mathewson Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-274-6900 (telephone)
Contact: Elaine Coderre

Woman and Infants Hospital
101 Dudley Street
Providence, RI 02905
Contact: Maureen Pearlman, Director, Center for Health Education; Robin Rodgers, Project Coordinator

Women’s Center of RI
P.O. Box 603300
Providence, RI 02906
401-861-2760 (telephone)
401-861-2762 (fax)
www.womenscenterri.org (website)
Contact: Patricia L. Jackson, Director of Community Services (pjackson@womenscenterri.org)

Workforce Partnership of Greater RI
877 Broadway
East Providence, RI 02913
401-222-2090 (telephone)
401-222-1476 (fax)
michaelk@griworkforce.com (email)
www.griworkforce.com (website)
Contact:

Young Life of Newport County
P.O. Box 3181
Newport, RI
Contact: Mavis White, Project Administrator