Listening, building and strengthening opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Rhode Island.
Investing in educational, skills-training and entrepreneurial programs based on community-identified needs to create success.
“We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community. Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sake and for our own.” –Cesar Chavez
What We Do
Building Futures
Building Futures works to change that narrative by creating opportunity through registered apprenticeship for low-income Rhode Islanders, including communities of color.
Mariam Kaba Wins Transform RI Scholarship
POC commits $1 million to making Woonsocket teen’s idea come to life
Brown Urban Education Fellowship
New Brown Urban Education Fellow is Focused on Empowering Students of Color