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Every Wednesday & Saturday this Month @ 9AM-2PM: What Cheer Farm Volunteer Day! What Cheer Flower Farm is a nonprofit that “grows, rescues and donates 100,000+ flowers per year to Rhode Islanders in stressful situations.” Register for these open volunteer days to help out with everyday farming and floristry tasks on the farm. You may register for a shift on the Eventbrite website. Location: What Cheer Flower Farm, 63 Magnolia Street, Providence, RI 02909

Tuesday 10/24 @ 5PM: Providence City Council Meeting Interested in the Providence government? Attend their public city council meeting. You can also visit the City of Providence’s Open Meetings Portal to see all upcoming public meetings. Location: 3rd Floor City Hall, 25 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI 02903

Tuesday 10/25 @ 8PM: Providence Drag Gauntlet: Cycle 3 Drag Gauntlet is an elimination competition where a theme is set for each round of the challenge, and contestants are required to design a ‘look’ and perform to several numbers in accordance to the theme. The remaining contestants in this competition are Ivanna B, Lexi Prozac, Oma Fobe, Rage Ramzee, and Shania Taint. Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased on Eventbrite. Location: Mirabar, 15 Elbow Street, Providence, RI 02903

Wednesday 10/26 @ 6-8PM: Clothing Swap Come bring your unwanted clothes and accessories to this clothing swap and leave with a whole new wardrobe! All the leftover clothing will be donated to a nearby organization. Tickets start at $8 and can be bought on Eventbrite. Location: The Nest, 1155 Westminster Street Unit #220, Providence, RI 02909

Sunday 10/28 @ 3:30PM: My Culture is Not a Costume! As October 31st approaches, join in this conversation led by youth leaders from the Providence Student Union on cultural appropriation’s relationship to Halloween. Visit @PVDstudentunion on Instagram to sign up to attend! Location: 769 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903

Wednesday 11/2 @ 4:30PM: Counselors Not Cops Hosted by the Providence Alliance for Student Safety, attend this kickoff event to learn more about how to help high school students fight for educational justice and for the support they deserve. Location: 769 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903

Thursday 11/3 @ 4PM: Community Rally! Save Morely Field The Pawtucket City Council and Mayor Donald R. Grebien have moved to destroy the single green space in an environmental justice community. Attend this rally to denounce the action. Location: Pawtucket City Hall, 137 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860

All Day until December 22nd: Art Exhibition: Perceptions of Organizational Change, through a Kaleidoscopic Lexicon of Color Jazzmen Lee-Johnson and Deborah Spears Moorehead, two Rhode Islandbased artists, have created site-specific artworks that respond to the Center for Public Humanities’ historic wallpaper, “Les Vues d’Amérique du Nord,” which features false depictions of Indigenous people. Location: Main Hall in the Nightingale-Brown House, 357 Benefit Street, Providence, RI 02903

Saturday 10/22 @ 5PM: The Pink Portal Presents The Pink Portal Experience II The Pink Portal, a Black-owned company promoting body positivity and self-love through lingerie, is hosting their annual show to showcase their brand as well as additional local brands and businesses. This event will include vending, a dance performance, and a fashion show. General admission tickets cost $40 and can be bought through Eventbrite. Location: RISD, 20 Washington Place, Providence, RI 02903

Tuesday 10/25 @ 7PM: Brown Jazz Combos Concert Brown’s Jazz Combos will be hosting a concert which is free and open to the public. Location: Grant Recital Hall

Thursday 10/27 @ 8-9PM: Free Online Paint Nite For Adults Unwind and participate in this nature paint night. This free painting class is open for all ages and levels. Register for free on Eventbrite. Location: Online

*Mutual aid is “survival pending on revolution,” as described by the Black Panthers. Join in redistributing wealth to create an ecosystem of care in response to a system of institutions that have failed or harmed our communities.

+ Black and Pink Providence’s Fundraiser for Tunji Donate at tinyurl.com/help-tunji Black and Pink Providence, a non-profit organization working toward prison abolition, is raising money through a GoFundMe for Tunji. Tunji is formerly incarcerated and recently lost his job. You can help him get back on his feet by going to the Black and Pink Providence’s website to donate.

+ Amenity Aid Rhode Island Donate at amenityaid.org/donate-money Amenity Aid works to provide hygiene resources to marginalized communities and low-income people in need. On top of serving individuals, Amenity Aid partners with local shelters, food pantries, anti-domestic violence organizations, and other community groups who support underserved communities to distribute hygiene resources.

+ Project LETS Providence COVID-19 Relief Fund Donate at projectlets.org/covid19 Project Let’s Erase The Stigma (LETS) is working in coalition with various grassroots organizations in Rhode Island to support marginalized groups in our community in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. All donations will directly help individuals, children, and families meet their basic needs.

+ Ocean State A$$ Mutual Aid Fund Donate at tinyurl.com/oceanstateass Support sex workers statewide. Priority given to BIPOC sex workers, trans sex workers, and sex workers who have been impacted by the pandemic.

+ Queer & Trans Mutual Aid Providence Venmo: @qtmapvd; Paypal: qtma.pvd@gmail.com / Info: tinyurl. com/qtma-pvd QTMA PVD is a small, volunteer-run mutual aid fund for queer and trans folks in the Providence, RI area. They do payouts once per week and have distributed over $80,000 since their founding in June 2020. They currently have over 30 outstanding requests for aid and would appreciate any donations!