As we conclude breakout session 2, we invite you to the Grand Ballroom for our next distinguished speaker, Nicole Benjamin, General Counsel of POC. An enlightening discussion awaits!

“Charting a path forward for diversity, equity and inclusion..” Thank you to POC General Counsel Nicole Benjamin ( Adler Pollock ) and The Warren Alpert Medical School Researcher Dr. Sendurai Mani for leading this informative discussion.

After four hours of jammed packed sessions we break to celebrate! Thank you to all who took time out of their day to join us for the POC Connector Conference 2023!

Thank you to the Papitto Opportunity Connection RI hosting an outstanding Connector Conference with wealth of knowledge, offering invaluable tips that organizations engaged in social impact work can readily implement to enhance operational efficiency. We participated on the panel on collaboration

It was great to connect with other community leaders yesterday at the Papitto Opportunity Connection RI Connector Conference.

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Over the summer, POC tagged along with grantee SouthsideCLT to visit #Cranston’s Urban Edge Farm. There, Black Beans PVD 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

“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…

POC Founder Barbara Papitto & Managing Trustee John Tarantino were overjoyed to join Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) 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.

“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 The Boston Globe

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

Classical High PVD Valedictorian Sebastian Connolly won the Transform RI Scholarship tonight ..Harvard bound Sebastian was awarded 25,000 in scholarship money! Providence Public Schools 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 Papitto Opportunity Connection RI 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!

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

$1.4M invested in RI students & their "Big Ideas" to improve life in Rhode Island... Kudos to Papitto Opportunity Connection Papitto Opportunity Connection RI #RhodeIsland #education Classical High PVD @CentralFalls Falcon Fever Cranston School Dept #scholarships rinewstoday.com/papitto-opport…

This is my second summer of partnering with Lifespan with essential support from Papitto Opportunity Connection RI 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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POC Founder Barbara Papitto and Managing Trustee John Tarantino were honored to present The Greenleaf Center at Seton Hall University ED Reginald Lewis w/ the Nicole Benjamin #Leadership Award at the ALP Leaders' national conference in #Providence. Reginald's empathy and integrity are inspiring.

Great connections & learning amongst #RI nonprofits Papitto Opportunity Connection RI Connector Conference. It was especially fun to lead a session w/ my movement sister Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies about how data can impact systems change.