The Providence Journal has invited 15 community leaders to form a sounding board to offer ideas and advice about the Race in Rhode Island series.
The board met with Journal reporters and editors in April and plans to meet monthly for the rest of the year.
Here are the members:
Yamil Baez, public high school teacher in Fall River and member of the Providence School Board. @yamilb12
Omar Bah, author of “Africa’s Hell on Earth: The Ordeal of an African Journalist” and founder and executive director of The Refugee Dream Center. @bah_omar
Anna Cano Morales, director of the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University and chairwoman of the Central Falls School District Board of Trustees. @annakids1st
Claudia Cardozo, Leadership Rhode Island strengths coach, and board member of Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island and AS220. @claudiacardozo
Channavy Chhay, executive director of the Center for Southeast Asians and national co-chair of AIM for Equity. channavy.chhay@cseari.org
Kobi Dennis, community leader and founder of Project: Night Vision. (401) 499-7462
Zack Mezera, executive director of the Providence Student Union. @zackmezera
Diane E. Minasian, M.D., physician at East Bay Community Action Program and clinical assistant professor of family medicine at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School.
Ehsun Mirza, M.D., ICU physician at Kent Hospital who volunteers at medical camps in his native country of Pakistan. @mirza_malang
Linda H. Newton, principal, Newton & Newton LLC, diversity and community relations consulting and executive coaching; also, president, Diversity & Inclusion Professionals.
Lisa Ranglin, founder and president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association and the Rhode Island Business Development Institute, Inc. @LisaRanglin
Ray Rickman, president of the Rickman Group, a member of the state Parole Board and a senior consultant to the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society. @rayrickman
James Vincent, president, NAACP Providence branch and civil rights compliance officer, RIPTA.
Raymond L. Watson, Providence community resident, (401) 338-1149
Lt. Charles P. Wilson, Rhode Island College police, and national chairman, National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers.
The Providence Journal welcomes comments on Race in Rhode Island on the series’ facebook page, facebook.com/RaceinRI, or on Twitter using #RaceinRI
