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Announcements
Change of Leadership at WRC
Newport, R.I. – Lori DiPersio, who served as Executive Director of the Women’s Resource Center…
Eyes on the prize: 2018 health equity summit draws 750
PROVIDENCE – What does a news silo look like? The hardened boundary resulting in some events being…
Letter To The Editor: Will you help us light up the night?
October is domestic violence awareness month and as a board member of the Women’s Resource…
Letter To The Editor: Domestic Violence & Gun Control
By Lori N. DiPersio, executive director, Women's Resource Center serving Newport and Bristol counties Last…
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In the Press
Former “Man Who Makes a Difference” Leads “Shop With a Cop” (turnto10.com, Dec. 2018)
Hometown Hero: Zoe Petrovas (WPRI.com, Dec. 2018)
Women’s Resource Center receives grant to improve health in Newport neighborhoods (Newportri.com, Nov. 2018)
Father Malm honored as a Hero of the Faith (Rhode Island Catholic, Nov. 2018)
Grants Seek to Improve Health In Several Rhode Island Towns (The Kent County Times, Nov. 2018)
Community Foundation Update (Philanthropy News Digest, Oct. 2018)
West Warwick Thundermist, HEZ Accept RI Foundation Grant (The Kent County Times, Nov. 2018)
Local Angle: A Community Foundation Making a Big Push for Health Equity in a Small State (Inside Philanthropy, Nov. 2018)
South County Health wins $600,000 for local services (Narragansett Patch, Nov. 2018)
Eyes on the prize: 2018 health equity summit draws 750 (Convergence, Sept. 2018)
Pathway to Hope ( Newport This Week, July, 2018)
Podcast: A Conversation with Gregory Thompson, Women’s Resource Center (What’s Up Newp, May 2018)
Letter to the Editor: Domestic Violence & Gun Control (Bristol Patch; Nov. ’17)
Domestic Violence Demands Gun Control Legislation (Cranston Herald; Nov. ’17)
Domestic Violence Demands Legislation to Limit Guns ( The Providence Journal; Nov. ’17)
Women’s Resource Center Turning 40 (The Newport Daily News; Aug. ’17)
Acknowledging the Root Causes of Violence ( RI Central; Aug. ’17)
Rhode Island Foundation Announces Community Grant Winners (Newport This Week; Aug ’17)
7 Local Women Will Be Recognized as ‘Wild Women’ by WRC (whatsupnewp.com; May ’17)
‘Men Who Make a Difference’ Gala Will Take Place at Gurney’s on April 21 (whatsupnewp.com; Apr. ’17)