People in Providence 5.13
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Erin | The Little Bubblegum Bookshop I have worked in health care. That’s what I went to school for—working as a dietitian. In the clinical setting, and then all through Covid and the pandemic, and was working in an ICU setting as well. So it [...]

13
May
People in Providence 5.8
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Jeannie | Asian American Pacific Islander History Museum I’m an immigrant first. Nowadays, the word “immigrant” has such a negative connotation. People think of us as criminals. But I am an immigrant — I came here as a child with both of my parents. I [...]

08
May
People in Providence 4.8
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Maha | Rhode Island School of Design I’m a designer. I’ve been working at RISD for more than 20 years. I grew up in the northeast of Syria. That’s the best land to grow wheat and cotton and barley, and my dad was in this [...]

08
Apr
Photo: Michelle Bi.
People in Providence 3.25
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Matthew | Ocean State Spice & Tea Merchants I’m the co-owner of Ocean State Spice & Tea Merchants with my fiancé Jessica. Our main focus items would be our tea, which we have over 200 different types of. We also have our spice section, which [...]

25
Mar
Photo: Michelle Bi
People in Providence 3.18
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Drew | The Providence Athenæum My name is Drew and I’m a library assistant at the Providence Athenæum. It’s basically working both the circulation desk and the visitor center. [I’ve worked here for] almost three years. I used to work in a library when I [...]

18
Mar
People in Providence 3.4
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Elizabeth | Epiphany Soup Kitchen I’m the manager of the soup kitchen. We serve a hot meal to people in need every Saturday afternoon, and we also have additional handouts: we do clothing, we do toiletries. Anything they need, they can request. We’ve seen an [...]

04
Mar
People in Providence 2.18
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Aku | Small Format I got introduced to this place as a sophomore at Brown — I started coming here because I wanted to meet queer people who are not my age and can provide me a little bit more of a robust perspective, just [...]

18
Feb
People in Providence 01.28
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Hannah | Rhode Island School of Design I’m an art student at RISD. I’m planning to study graphic design. Right now we’re having our Two-Legged Print Sale.  One of my favorite designs [I’ve made] is of jellyfish — they’re on a special half-tone frame, so [...]

11
Feb
People in Providence 01.28
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Keira I love Providence — it’s the best. I’ve been here three years now. I’ve been in other countries and cities, but Providence has been it for me. I do tiny crochet with fine yarn to dedicate details to life.  I’ve been crocheting for several [...]

28
Jan
People in Providence 01.21
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Lynn | Providence Anti-ICE Protest I live in South County, and I’m part of South County Rising. That’s one of the local resistance groups. I was at the ICE protest right after Renee Good was shot. That was a Thursday night, I think, right afterwards. [...]

21
Jan