Vimala Phongsavanh (@vimalap) 's Twitter Profile
Vimala Phongsavanh

@vimalap

Lifelong organizer, always thinking about organizations, the future & the art of the possible.

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linkhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/vimalap calendar_today14-01-2009 19:12:29

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Christopher Gavin (@chris_m_gavin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Opposition to Question 1 on Tuesday’s ballot, which asks whether Rhode Island should hold a constitutional convention, has grown in the run-up to Election Day, a new University of New Hampshire poll found. bostonglobe.com/2024/11/04/met…

RI State Rep. David Morales 🌹 (@davidmoralesri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Recently, I had an opportunity to connect with Telemundo and advise our Latino Community to vote NO on Question #1 in this year’s General Election. 🧵 (1/6)

Recently, I had an opportunity to connect with Telemundo and advise our Latino Community to vote NO on Question #1 in this year’s General Election. 🧵
(1/6)
PlannedParenthoodVotes!RI (@ppvotesri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's Election Day! Are you ready? 🗳️✔️✨ Find EVERYTHING you need to vote in Rhode Island at vote.ri.gov #Vote #VoteRI #Vote2024 #RejectQuestion1

Gretchen Raffa (@gretchenraffa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hey RI voters, reminder from this proud abortion rights voter to get to the polls by 8 PM. All the freedoms we’ve fought for are on the line. Vote to protect our rights & defend democracy. #Wedecide our future! Vote for repro champs & REJECT question 1. plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parent…

Hey RI voters, reminder from this proud abortion rights voter to get to the polls by 8 PM. All the freedoms we’ve fought for are on the line. Vote to protect our rights & defend democracy. #Wedecide our future! Vote for repro champs & REJECT question 1. plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parent…
Ray Baccari Jr. (@raybaccari) 's Twitter Profile Photo

RI Citizens for Responsible Government— who ran an aggressive campaign against Question 1 (ConCon) — taking a victory lap. Voters shot the question down 62.8% to 37.2% as of 9:30 PM. Margin could vary as mail ballots come in.

RI Citizens for Responsible Government— who ran an aggressive campaign against Question 1 (ConCon) — taking a victory lap.

Voters shot the question down 62.8% to 37.2% as of 9:30 PM. Margin could vary as mail ballots come in.
Ian Donnis (@iandon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Representative Megan Cotter: "It feels like the national parties left the working class a long time ago. So I think we need to start at the bottom and work our way back up" [#3] thepublicsradio.org/tgif/tgif-ian-…

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RI angle: the lawyer representing a Palestinian activist arrested by ICE following his role in protests at Columbia University, is a Roger Williams Law grad npr.org/2025/03/10/g-s…

Marcela Betancur (@marceb_ri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’m incredibly proud to be the daughter of immigrants. Proud to work every day to ensure that the lives they fought so hard are protected. Hearing my mom retell her story filled me with pride and sadness. Thank you ⁦Edward Fitzpatrick⁩ for this story bostonglobe.com/2025/08/15/met…

Vimala Phongsavanh (@vimalap) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exclusive Woonsocket tour highlights: 🚉 Train station + Hachiko statue 🍺 Beer Lao at Lao Thai Kitchen 🏛️ Museum of Work & Culture (found myself) 🏙️ Main Street Not pictured: my birthplace, wastewater treatment, mills, Blackstone River #WoonsocketRocket #WoonsocketForever

Exclusive Woonsocket tour highlights:
🚉 Train station + Hachiko statue 
🍺 Beer Lao at Lao Thai Kitchen
🏛️ Museum of Work & Culture (found myself)
🏙️ Main Street

Not pictured: my birthplace, wastewater treatment, mills, Blackstone River

#WoonsocketRocket #WoonsocketForever
Kenny Uong (@_kennyuong_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Heart of Wattayai by Vimala Phongsavanh is an exhibit of photographs and family keepsakes chronicling one family’s story of loss, resilience, and migration, from a village in Laos to the mill towns of Rhode Island. rimonthly.com/lao-americans-…

Vimala Phongsavanh (@vimalap) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks Ocean State Media for the opportunity to talk about The Heart of Wattayai! 'This is how we resist': Lao stories at the Museum of Work and Culture | Weekend 401 oceanstatemedia.org/the-weekend-40…

Vimala Phongsavanh (@vimalap) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This project was created as Lao families faced detention, deportation, narrowing immigration pathways, and a halt to visa processing. For many, family separation isn’t abstract, it’s lived. Creating this work became a way to insist on hope anyway.