Media Coverage
Sometimes PSU just can’t escape the paparazzi. Here are some news stories that highlight our work throughout the years.
11.12.24
Providence students march on City Hall to demand full funding
Source: Steve Ahlquist
11.4.24
‘Do not punish kids’: Providence students demand more school funding amid threatened cuts to sports, transportation
Source: The Boston Globe
10.24.24
Providence students, school board candidates, activists discuss priorities for upcoming school board elections
Source: The Brown Daily Herald
10.24.24
The "Students Ignite Change: Shaping Our Schools Candidate Forum" focused on real policy issues
Source: Steve Ahlquist
06.28.22
Overturn of Roe V. Wade Statement
06.19.22
Opinion/Providence Student Union Board: To stay safe, RI schools need more counselors, not more cops
Source: The Providence Journal
06.16.22
Educators, advocates and students say ‘No’ to SROs in and out of House Finance hearing
Source: UpriseRI
06.15.22
Crisis in the Classroom: Civics education coming to Rhode Island following lawsuit
Source: NBC10
06.12. 22
'Democracy in peril': Agreement seeks to bolster civics education in RI public schools
Source: The Providence Journal
11.24.21
Providence Youth Created a Mural Imagining More Public Fruit Trees and Housing, and Less Police
Source: UpriseRI
05.01.21
Students march on State House to demand counselors, not cops in Providence public schools
Source: UpriseRI
04.30.21
Students walkout to demand counselors, not cops in Providence public schools
Source: UpriseRI
06.12.20
PSU respectfully declines Governor’s invitation for assembly.
06.03.20
PSU’s statement following the murder of George Floyd
12.12.19
“Rhode Island lawsuit: Students sue for the right to learn civics”
Source: Christian Science Monitor
9.10.19
“Schools in Providence are poised for a state takeover. Can the district’s decade-old student union seize the moment?”
Source: The 74million
04.28.19
Rhode Island Teens Fight for Civics Education | The Daily Show
Source: The Daily Show
12.12.18
“Providence Student Union protest demands removing police officers from schools”
Source: The Providence Journal
11.28.18
“The students suing for a constitutional right to education”
Source: The Atlantic
11.28.18
“Are civics lessons a constitutional right? This student is suing for them.”
Source: The New York Times
3.15.18
“Students speak out at the Providence walkout to end gun violence”
Source: UpriseRI
10.25.17
“Providence Student Union calls for removal of Assistant Principal after incident at Central High School”
Source: UpriseRI
1.20.17
“Providence students defend plan to walk out of class during inauguration”
Source: WPRI
3.14.16
“Student teaches Sunshine Week lesson on press freedom”
Source: The Providence Journal
1.20.16
“Providence students seek ethnic studies curriculum”
Source: WPRI
6.8.15
“How a group of students took on the city of Providence — and won”
Source: WPRI
4.29.15
“Providence students to R.I. lawmakers: Repair our schools”
Source: The Providence Journal
2.14.13
Students oppose test in ‘zombie’ rally
Source: The Brown Daily Herald