Olneyville Neighborhood Association (ONA)

Providence lanza línea 401-784-8607 En Poder 102.1 FM hablamos con el concejal Miguel Sánchez sobre esta nueva línea de ayuda 24/7 para inmigrantes, activa desde hoy en Dorcas International. @MSanchezPVD

TONIGHT in Ward 15: Join Councilman Oscar Vargas for important updates on our parks, a discussion about speed bump installations, and more!

🎉✨ Celebrating the incredible achievements of our Barrio Digital graduates! 🖥️💻 Over the past few months, our amazing group of students worked tirelessly to master essential computer skills by completing 4 comprehensive chapters and acing their final exam!✨

How the Rhode Island Governor responds to criticism from housing advocates/agencies over the number of shelter beds, as the state faces the second-highest percentage of chronic homelessness in the country

To say that people are excited the pallet shelters are open is an understatement. @wpri12 Background: wpri.com/news/local-new…

Calling all friends of Donigian Park! Don't miss this community event on Monday, February 10 at 6PM at Rising Sun Mills. We'll be joined by the parks department, the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, and neighbors who enjoy the park!

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Join the WRWC team and help care for the Woonasquatucket River Greenway! If you love the outdoors and want to make a real impact, apply today! 🌎✨ Check out the job listings: wrwc.org/join-the-team-…

who needs housing when you can have cops!

Last night, we kicked off our first Community Meeting of the year with over 50 neighbors as we reviewed the Governor’s Proposed State Budget! From the feedback we received, it’s clear that we need to further support RIPTA, Human Services, and State Aid for Providence.

Throwback to this pillar painted back in 2010, still standing strong after all these years, just like us! ONA has been rooted in the neighborhood for over 25 years, working alongside our community through every twist and turn.

In response to the Trump administration's threats to our immigrant communities, Councilor @MSanchezPVD issued this statement.

Ahead of the forecasted extreme cold weather, the @CityofProv is opening an additional temporary warming center on Monday from 7PM to 7AM at the DaVinci Center at 470 Charles Street. For more information about warming centers click here: providenceri.gov/pema/providenc…

NEW: With less than a week before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, the Providence City Council is considering putting more limits into law on how city police can cooperate with federal immigration authorities. bostonglobe.com/2025/01/16/met…

If you really want to speak directly to Rhode Islanders, maybe start by letting broadcast media cameras into the House chambers.

Ahead of the Governor’s Annual “State of the State” address — over 45 State Legislators, including Senate Leaders, and the Providence City Council have called on @GovDanMcKee to declare homelessness a ‘state of emergency’! The need for action continues to be clear.

“Coates is currently unhoused in Providence, and he said the main challenge he’s facing is being denied by 24-hour warming shelters because of all the gear he has with him, including a sleeping bag, a mattress pad and a rainproof tarp.” we are failing our neighbors so bad.

Today on talk radio, when Gene Valicenti pressed @GovDanMcKee about my demand for him to declare a state of emergency and open emergency shelters immediately, his response was nothing short of appalling. He laughed. He scoffed. He dismissed the urgent reality that people in our state are literally freezing to death. Providers who work directly with the Coordinated Entry System will tell you the truth—our shelters are stretched to their breaking points while ECHO Village sits empty. Every night the Governor delays, more people are at risk of dying in the cold. This isn’t a game. This isn’t political theater. This is life and death. Right now, 45 warm beds sit empty at Echo Village. All it takes is one signature—just one moment of leadership—to open them and save lives. And yet, Governor McKee does nothing. When people die on our streets this winter—and they will—it will be because of his refusal to act. Leadership means stepping up in a crisis, not laughing it off. Governor McKee, history will remember your failure, but more importantly, so will the families of those who freeze to death under your watch. Do your job. Lives depend on it.

While it’s not talked about enough, Capitol Hill Taqueria in Smith Hill is one of my favorite breakfast spots in all of Providence! Here we have huevos rancheros, beans, and steak while Maná plays in the background 😙

🧵1/ Neighbors, today @Globe_RI published my op-ed on the state of ECHO Village. I’m calling on @GovDanMcKee to declare a state of emergency, cut through the red tape, and open these shelters immediately to save lives. Delays have left unhoused residents in the cold as homelessness doubles statewide. The time to act is now. Click here to view: bostonglobe.com/2024/12/24/met… ———— R.I.’s housing crisis continues — yet fully built pallet shelters sit empty Governor McKee should use his authority to open the shelters immediately to get people off the streets, says Providence City Councilor Justin Roias Four winters. That’s how long unhoused Providence residents have been forced to sleep on icy streets since ECHO Village was first proposed. And now the proven, ready-to-go solution sits empty. Forty-five warm units, fully built, gathering dust here in the ward I represent. From day one, this process has been met with delay after delay. And while state leaders slog through unnecessarily burdensome regulatory processes, the number of unhoused Rhode Islanders has more than doubled. When this project was initially proposed, there were 1,267 unhoused Rhode Islanders. Now, as the cost of housing and the cost of living have skyrocketed, there are 2,442. This is a matter of life and death. Last year alone, 54 unsheltered Rhode Islanders lost their lives. Our neighbors need us. House of Hope recognized the urgency of this crisis and brought a solution to the table in 2019. Various locations were attempted, and finally, one was chosen. Years after conception, the pallet shelters were delivered and assembled in Ward 4, and March 2024 was set for the opening. The Department of Housing, the General Assembly, and the Fire Marshal’s Office had years to anticipate regulatory challenges, and yet here we are. New open dates came and went, and still nothing. Bureaucratic red tape has stood in the way of saving lives, and the public has been left to wonder: are we really doing everything we can to help the people who need it most? Homelessness is a complicated issue. At its root are our greatest struggles: stagnating wages, soaring housing costs, the opioid epidemic, our failing education system, domestic violence, the mistreatment of veterans, racism, and white supremacy. Long-term solutions that cut to the core may be decades away, but the short-term doesn’t have to go this way. The immediate way to get people off the streets is to put them in beds. We need to stop ranking one life over another. Government officials need to imagine it is our family members who are freezing on the streets while beds sit empty just blocks away, and act with the urgency that demands. Providence City Council can serve as a model for this. Last month, the council approved a new Comprehensive Plan, the 10-year road map that guides land use. Under the leadership of Councilor Miguel Sanchez, we included language that ensures the city institutes humane, housing-first solutions, including temporary permits for emergency shelters, improved services to encampments, increased mental health and substance use treatment, and the development of permanent housing. The Comprehensive Plan commits the city to a new direction on homelessness: one that keeps compassion and public health at its center. Last week, Governor McKee doubled down, saying he’s unwilling to challenge remaining obstacles because “the safety factor is the top priority.” Is it safe to look the other way as people live in freezing temperatures? Is it safe to leave families with no options as shelter waitlists grow longer and longer? Is safety really being prioritized as the governor stands idly by while 54 unhoused residents lose their lives in a single year? The ECHO Village delays clearly represent the state’s failure to recognize the housing crisis for what it is: an emergency.

the people are organizing✊🏾 lots of exciting things happening in rhode island when it comes to tenant and worker organizing!!