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.
RI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Helping Latino small business owners and entrepreneurs increase access to capital, create relationships and build history with financial institutions, and generate an acceptable and credible credit score.
2022 POC Law School Scholarship
Yelitza Montesino and Dania Polanco are the recipients of 2022 Papitto Opportunity Connection Law School Scholarships.
