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Check out this article in the Providence Journal on this weekend’s Right to the City-organized March on the Mayors.  Thanks to everyone who came out and made this weekend’s actions such a success!

Check out outgoing Executive Director Sara Mersha quoted in The Wall Street Journal, in an article on city spending and “branding” in the face of soaring unemployment and foreclosures.  Read the article here.

DARE held a Mother’s Day brunch honoring the mothers of prisoners.  The Providence Journal wrote an article about the event, which can be read here.

At a recent hearing at the State House, Member Rose Perry testified against a bill that would close the loophole that keeps prostitution legal indoors in Rhode Island.  Read more about the bill, and about Rose Perry’s testimony, here.

Introducing Fred Ordoñez
We are thrilled to announce that the DARE Board has chosen a new Executive Director to lead DARE!  After an intensive search and hiring process, Fred Ordoñez will become DARE’s new Executive Director on May 1, 2009.  We are pleased to share more about the transition with you in this announcement, as well [...]

Check out the article in this week’s Boston Phoenix on DARE!
Fighting the good fight: As Rhode Island’s poor and working-class citizens face a shrinking job market, social program cuts, and an avalanche of home foreclosures, a leading low-income advocacy group faces major changes. [...]

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