Papitto Opportunity Connection RI

Over 100 non-profits are checking into this year’s POC Connector Conference! The conference aims to provide access to new insights and tools to help our community partners maximize opportunity and productivity in non-profit work.

Great connections & learning amongst #RI nonprofits @POCFoundationRI Connector Conference. It was especially fun to lead a session w/ my movement sister @weayonnoh about how data can impact systems change.

POC Founder Barbara Papitto and Managing Trustee John Tarantino were honored to present @greenleafcenter ED Reginald Lewis w/ the Nicole Benjamin #Leadership Award at the @ALPleaders' national conference in #Providence. Reginald's empathy and integrity are inspiring.

This is my second summer of partnering with Lifespan with essential support from @POCFoundationRI to run this program. So proud of these 5 amazing students who have paid internships in health equity and support Rhode Islanders to get the resources they need!

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@RINewsToday @ClassicalHSPVD @centralfalls @CranstonWest @CranstonSchools Thank you for featuring our bright Transform Rhode Island Scholars!

$1.4M invested in RI students & their "Big Ideas" to improve life in Rhode Island... Kudos to Papitto Opportunity Connection @POCFoundationRI #RhodeIsland #education @ClassicalHSPVD @CentralFalls @CranstonWest @CranstonSchools #scholarships rinewstoday.com/papitto-opport…

@wpri12 Thank you @wpri12 for featuring the bright young people giving life to the Transform Rhode Island Scholarship !

If you had a million dollars to improve the lives of those who need it most in Rhode Island, how would you do it? That’s the question high schoolers must answer when applying for one scholarship. trib.al/d2lduOg

@ClassicalHSPVD Valedictorian Sebastian Connolly won the Transform RI Scholarship tonight ..Harvard bound Sebastian was awarded 25,000 in scholarship money! @pvdschools Go Purple! Sebastian’s concept of creating a peer group tutoring system is a true example of giving back!

I was honored this eve to participate as a judge @POCFoundationRI TRIS (Transform RI Scholarship) program & event speaker. 10 students were awarded scholarships with one also receiving a $1 million commitment to achieving their idea! I was inspired with hope for the future.

Last night, CFHS student Naomi Delgado Pedraza won 2nd place in @POCFoundationri Transform RI Scholarship competition for her proposal to create an art therapy center called “Color Me Happy”. She earned a $15,000 scholarship & $150,000 to implement her idea here in Central Falls!

bostonglobe.com/2024/04/15/met… So glad we could partner up to have this space. Thank you @RIHousing and @POCFoundationRI for making this possible. My heart is happy. ❤️

“We are the smallest clinic in the smallest city in the smallest state,” Dr. Beata Nelken said. “But we are the first medical clinic in Rhode Island to address the housing crisis directly.” bostonglobe.com/2024/04/15/met… via @BostonGlobe

@FitzProv .@FitzProv, thank you for taking the time to come to Central Falls and for sharing the impact of women in leadership!

A small clinic in tiny Central Falls, R.I., takes a giant step to tackle the state’s housing crisis bostonglobe.com/2024/04/15/met…

POC Founder Barbara Papitto & Managing Trustee John Tarantino were overjoyed to join @RIDeptEd at N. Greene MS to announce the opening of five additional food pantries in Providence Schools. POC is proud to support programs that are directly linked to the well being of students.

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. facebook.com/share/v/wcv8Rq…

Over the summer, POC tagged along with grantee @southsideclt to visit #Cranston’s Urban Edge Farm. There, @BlackBeansPVD was welcomed by farmers who were happy to harvest the food she’d cook for her restaurant’s soft launch. CLICK TO WATCH ⬇️ tinyurl.com/POCFoundation

It was great to connect with other community leaders yesterday at the @POCFoundationRI Connector Conference.