Join OurSchoolsPVD for "Envisioning a Youth-Led Future: OurSchoolsPVD Community Conversation" on Tuesday, December 10 from 4:00-6:30pm at Elmwood Community Center (75 Atlantic Ave). This will be a space for Providence youth and community members to share YOUR visions and priorities for PPSD, and collectively brainstorm how we can build the futures we want for PPSD in the context of the state takeover and a return to local control. Dinner will be provided and transportation support (bus passes and rideshares) are available upon request. All are welcome, especially youth and current PPSD students!

Accessibility notes: Elmwood Community Center is wheelchair accessible and is a 5-minute walk from a RIPTA R Line station. 

OurSchoolsPVD is a community alliance of Providence youth-led organizations and allies, including the Alliance of Rhode Island Southeast Asians for Education (ARISE), Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM), Providence Student Union (PSU), Parents Leading for Educational Equity (PLEE), Youth In Action, Young Voices, Rhode Island Center for Justice, and the Center for Youth and Community Leadership in Education (CYCLE), working towards education justice in PPSD. OurSchoolsPVD came together in 2019, with the goal of ensuring that state control of the Providence Public School District (PPSD) results in an educationally just and equitable system that adequately serves and centers the voices and leadership of all students and families.

REPRESENT PSU AND AMPLIFY YOUR VOICe!

We need leaders to call it what it is! This team is open to all level of artists and is a space to support local organizing efforts in PVD.

We host art builds for local events, create banners, deisgn murals, and brainstorm PSU merch! There’s no limit to our art projects, and we’d love for you to join us.

Current art project: PSU office wall mural: right now, we are designing murals for our office space! We have two murals in mind, one for our mental health room and another for our backs youth space downstairs. If you have any ideas, or would like to help us paint, stop by at our weekly meetings!

We take care of each other.

Our Well-Being Aid (WBA) is a mutual aid program that supports Providence students' well-being through a mutual aid fund and other projects. During the meetings, students discuss different ways to support youth in Providence. This team also reviews applications to the WBA fund and runs local aid mutual aid projects, such as the annual Back to School Supply Drive. We also host events to increase awareness of the WBA fund, raise money for this program, and connect with other organizations and resources. Please join us if you are interested in creative ways to support Providence students' well-being!

No experience is needed to join, but please make sure to follow our community norms of respect, confidentiality, and solidarity.

Next meeting: Generally every other Tuesday from 3:30-4 PM. Please contact us for more information and a virtual meeting link.

REPRESENT PSU AND AMPLIFY YOUR VOICe!

We need leaders to call it what it is! This team is open to all level of artists and is a space to support local organizing efforts in PVD.

We host art builds for local events, create banners, deisgn murals, and brainstorm PSU merch! There’s no limit to our art projects, and we’d love for you to join us.

Current art project: PSU office wall mural: right now, we are designing murals for our office space! We have two murals in mind, one for our mental health room and another for our backs youth space downstairs. If you have any ideas, or would like to help us paint, stop by at our weekly meetings!

You’re invited to Students Ignite Change: Shaping Our Schools Candidate Forum on Tuesday, October 22 at the Providence Public Library’s Auditorium & Library! Link to RSVP is at the button below!

Do you have questions for school board candidates? Do you want to learn how to get involved in the political life of your city and school district? Students Ignite Change is a youth-driven candidate forum organized by a large coalition of organizations. The forum will provide an opportunity for youth and families to ask questions, learn about education policy, and get involved in the electoral process (even if you aren’t able to vote) through volunteer canvassing, poll working, and voter pre-registration. Nearly all of the School Board candidates will be present!

There will be free dinner, interpretation, and childcare! Thank you to the Providence Public Library for providing the space and to United Way of Rhode Island for sponsoring the event!

We’re excited to see you all there!

Participating organizations - the Providence Student Union, NAACP Providence Branch , United Way of RI , Brown Votes, OurSchoolsPVD , ARISE, Paremts Leading Educational Equity, and the RI Coalition of Black Women.

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¡Estás invitado al foro de candidatos Students Ignite Change: Shaping Our Schools el martes 22 de octubre en el Auditorio y Biblioteca de la Biblioteca Pública de Providence! ¡El enlace para confirmar su asistencia está en el botón a continuación!

¿Tiene preguntas para los candidatos a la junta escolar? ¿Quieres aprender cómo involucrarte en la vida política de tu ciudad y distrito escolar? Students Ignite Change es un foro de candidatos impulsado por jóvenes y organizado por una gran coalición de organizaciones. El foro brindará una oportunidad para que los jóvenes y las familias hagan preguntas, aprendan sobre políticas educativas y se involucren en el proceso electoral (incluso si no pueden votar) a través de escrutinio voluntario, trabajo electoral y preinscripción de votantes. ¡Casi todos los candidatos a la Junta Escolar estarán presentes!

¡Habrá cena, interpretación y cuidado de niños gratis! ¡Gracias a la Biblioteca Pública de Providence por brindar el espacio y a United Way of Rhode Island por patrocinar el evento!

¡Estamos emocionados de verlos a todos allí!

REPRESENT PSU AND AMPLIFY YOUR VOICe!

We need leaders to call it what it is! This team is open to all level of artists and is a space to support local organizing efforts in PVD.

We host art builds for local events, create banners, deisgn murals, and brainstorm PSU merch! There’s no limit to our art projects, and we’d love for you to join us.

Current art project: PSU office wall mural: right now, we are designing murals for our office space! We have two murals in mind, one for our mental health room and another for our backs youth space downstairs. If you have any ideas, or would like to help us paint, stop by at our weekly meetings!

We take care of each other.

Our Well-Being Aid (WBA) is a mutual aid program that supports Providence students' well-being through a mutual aid fund and other projects. During the meetings, students discuss different ways to support youth in Providence. This team also reviews applications to the WBA fund and runs local aid mutual aid projects, such as the annual Back to School Supply Drive. We also host events to increase awareness of the WBA fund, raise money for this program, and connect with other organizations and resources. Please join us if you are interested in creative ways to support Providence students' well-being!

No experience is needed to join, but please make sure to follow our community norms of respect, confidentiality, and solidarity.

Next meeting: Every other Tuesday from 3:30-4 PM. Please contact us for more information and a virtual meeting link.

Free youth community building event & workshop alert!

Join us to learn more about vogue, QTBIPOC Ballroom history and culture, how this is connected to our schools PVDs fight for ethnic studies in Providence Public Schools, and how YOU can get involved! There is no dance experience required – this is a space to explore your safety, queerness, gender (or anti-gender), allyship, curiosity, confidence, and artistry for all bodies.

This workshop will be straight into a Kiki were participants can freely showcase your moves, lewks, and energy! Come prepared to strut, Way, connect with the queer ancestors, and have a fabulous time.

All high school aged you are welcome! Come as you are – hills, waves, dry, make up, and gorgeous outfits are welcome, but not required. Please RSVP at bit.ly/ospvdkiki - dinner will be provided!

On October 9! Find out ways to get involved with PSU, what resources are available to you, and stop by for a chance to win some prizes!

Our goal for these member meetings is to have a consistent space route students and gather in our office and feel a part of PSU. From having only a couple hours a month or a couple hours a week, there’s a place for everyone to be a part of PSU On October 9! Find out ways to get involved with PSU, what resources are available to you, and stop by for a chance to win some prizes! Our goal for these member meetings is to have a consistent space route students and gather in our office and feel a part of PSU. From having only a couple hours a month or a couple hours a week, there’s a place for everyone to be a part of PSU!

Students, parents, and guardians join us at our upcoming Back to School Bash! Our staff and our Leadership Team are excited to introudce ourslevs to you for the 2024-2025 school year. Our annual Back to School Bash will have information on why you should join PUS, free school supplies, and opportunities to win prizes! Drop by between 2:25PM-6PM

Join PSU and AS220 youth leaders for The Art of Student Power--a fun, inspiring celebration of youth leadership, creative transformation, and collaborative community in Providence! In collaboration with AS220 Youth, we will showcase creative projects focused on racial justice, co-create interactive art pieces, and celebrate youth leaders' outstanding accomplishments. More details to come soon!

Reserve your tickets today. Tickets are free for youth!

Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Please contact admin@pvdstudentunion.org for more information.

Join PSU and Brown University Students for Educational Equity (S.E.E.) for our Fun Friday Block Party this Friday from 4 - 6:30 in our space and back parking lot! We'll have lots of live music from local artists, free pizza and refreshments, ping pong, spike ball, corn hole, Wii, and more! The music line-up includes The Bedside, Mr. Ocean State, Tye Knox, Rip Galiano, and J.O.E.

We are celebrating the launch of Fun Fridays and raising money for our Well-Being Aid fund in partnership with S.E.E. Thanks to Brown S.E.E. for sponsoring this event!

Sliding scale for tickets:

• $10 suggested donation to support our mutual aid fund

• Pay what you can (please feel free to donate more if you have capacity)

• Free for youth

Providence Student Union is excited to invite you to our community spring cleaning session! We need your help to make our new space shine. Bring your friends, family, and positive vibes! Lunch is included, and you can enter to win a raffle for fun prizes!

We welcome everyone to join us for our PASS event on Thursday, March 28th. We are looking for any and all community members, students, teachers, parents, and kids. We will have art and an opportunity to learn from our youth about the work they are doing.

Join PSU's Met High School chapter for our Women's History Month Trivia & Game Night on Monday, March 25 from 4 - 6 pm! There will be free food from Carolina's Family Restaurant, lots of games, and opportunities to win prizes!

Represent PSU and amplify your voice!

Join us for a collaborative PSU mural that centers “re-imagining school safety”. This event includes free food, and free art supplies provided by PSU. Students can drop in anytime between 4-5:30PM.

If you can not make it, don’t worry! We will have an art station in our office to add onto the mural!

Are you a creative? Looking for a way to express yourself? We need leaders to call it what it is through art and design, panels, speaking events, or writting statements and testimonies. No experience is needed and all stories are welcome. This task force meets every other Monday at 4:30pm.

Well-Being Aid presents Sip & Dip! Learn about mutual aid, discuss wellness practices for winter and enter to win a Stop & Shop gift card while enjoying free donuts and hot cocoa!

ATTENTION: CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Want to create change in Classical High School?

Drop in and enjoy free snacks, a study space, college and paid opportunities, and peer discussions at the Classical chapter!

The Classical chapter will be meeting at 3:30PM at the PSU’s office for our first info meeting. You can sit in, lead a discussion, or get advice on ideas/concerns you have regarding your school and your education.

Please email miro@pvdstudentunion.org if you have any questions.

Why is it important to discuss our culture and the history of our ancestors and of the people in our community?

Decorate and create our own cultural plate while you enjoy free food from local providence BIPOC owned food spots with us! All Providence High School students are welcome to attend. This event will also include opportunities to get involved in the demand for Ethnic Studies Courses in our schools.

Please sign up so we can get a head count for this event., and include allergies and dietary restrictions when you sign up.

Register for the “Pass the Plate” event here: bit.ly/psu-programs

signing up on our base list is easy! Sign up at bit.ly/psu-base.

How do you define culture? It may be natural to merge and blend cultures as people from different backgrounds come together and interact.

However, the line is drawn when a dominant cultural group makes use of elements of a non-dominant group in a way that the non-dominant group views as exploitative- join us to discuss cultural, cultural appropriation, and how YOU can ensure you are not participating in harmful appropriation this Halloween. This workshop is meant to be a space to learn and have open conversations.

Join our next PASS meeting to learn about the #counselorsnotcops campaign and get involved! Open to all students, no experience needed! PASS is a youth-centered coalition organizing to defund school-based policing and increase funding for mental health.

So what is the PSU and how can it support you?

Come by our office and bring a friend or make new ones while you find out about local paid opportunities, educational and financial resources, and what the benefits to being a PSU member are! This is a hybrid meeting, but in-person is encouraged to meet new people.

These Student Member Meetings are monthly on the last Thursday of each month are open to all Providence high school students.

Represent PSU and amplify your voice!

Are you a creative? Looking for a way to express yourself? We need leaders to call it what it is through art and design, panels, speaking events, or writting statements and testimonies. No experience is needed and all stories are welcome. This task force meets every other Monday at 4:30pm.

Next meeting:

We take care of each other.

Our Well-Being Fund (WBF) is a mutual aid program that helps students with emergency funds for urgent needs. This year, we are hoping to meet as a team weekly where students will discuss ways to continue supporting community members in Providence. This team also assists with reviewing applications to the WBF and runs local aid mutual aid events such as school supply drives, fundraising for other local organizations, and centering community over all.

No experience needed

Next meeting: TIME AND DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED/ Please sign up on our google form, and leave your phone # so that PSU can contact you and add you to our team. (button on events page labeled “let us know you are coming)

ATTENTION: CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Want to create change in Classical High School?

Drop in and enjoy free snacks, a study space, college and paid opportunities, and peer discussions at the Classical chapter!

The Classical chapter will be meeting at 3:30PM at the PSU’s office for our first info meeting. You can sit in, lead a discussion, or get advice on ideas/concerns you have regarding your school and your education.

Please email miro@pvdstudentunion.org if you have any questions.

Join Providence Student Union on June 1st, 2023 at Breaktime Bowling and Bar as well celebrate 13 years of achievement and youth advocacy! Please buy your tickets through event brite here

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/milestones-memories-13-years-of-student-power-registration-574974172227?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Join us to create art, posters, buttons, and more to show solidarity and support with survivors of sexual assault

How can we support and stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault? How do we ensure we are creating and nurturing spaces that allow for healing justice to grow?

This is a PAID participant event on behalf of STARS at Planned Parenthood, and will be hybrid (online and in person at the PSU office) Sign up here http://bit.ly/teenapril23

So what is the PSU and how can it support you?

Come by our office and bring a friend or make new ones while you find out about local paid opportunities, educational and financial resources, and what the benefits to being a PSU member are! This is a hybrid meeting, but in-person is encouraged to meet new people.

These Student Member Meetings are monthly on the last Thursday of each month are open to all Providence high school students.