Providence Residents: Contact Your Council Member in Support of Immigrants’ Rights!

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• Ward 1, Councilman John Goncalves: [email protected]
• There is currently a vacancy in Ward 2. Ask the candidates running to be your Council Member if they support the ordinance!
• Ward 3, Councilor Sue AnderBois: [email protected]
• Ward 4, Councilor Justin Roias: [email protected]
• Ward 5, Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan: [email protected]
• Ward 6, Councilor Miguel Sanchez: [email protected]
• Ward 7, Councilwoman Ana Vargas: [email protected]
• Ward 8, Councilman James Taylor: [email protected]
• Ward 9, Councilor Juan M. Pichardo: [email protected]
• Ward 10, Councilman Pedro Espinal: [email protected]
• Ward 11, Councilwoman Mary Kay Harris: [email protected]
• Ward 12, Councilwoman Althea Graves: [email protected]
• Ward 13, Councilor Rachel Miller (President): [email protected]
• Ward 14, Councilwoman Shelley Peterson: [email protected]
• Ward 15, Councilman Oscar Vargas: [email protected]

Use the subject line: Please pass amendments to Providence’s CPRA!

Dear Council Member,

I urge you to pass the ordinance amending Section 18 ½ – 4, to strengthen the Providence Community-Police Relations Act, and to protect immigrants’ rights.

I am deeply concerned about the ongoing attacks on immigrant communities. This ordinance would be a meaningful step in ensuring Providence’s money, data, and resources are not being used inappropriately for federal immigration enforcement.

Also, given it was recently found that the Providence Police inappropriately assisted ICE, I think it’s critical that this ordinance ensures the police and the city could face consequences if the CPRA is violated.

Please vote in support of this ordinance.

Here are some example sentences that you can add into the email, depending on what you care about most:

• I strongly believe we should have clarity on what the Providence Police are, and are not, allowed to do to assist ICE. This amendment would more explicitly define those important boundaries to prevent a misuse of resources.
• As a Providence resident, I pay taxes, and I do not want Providence’s money or resources to be spent helping federal immigration agencies come into our communities and take families apart.
• I care about privacy, and strongly support the limiting of what camera footage and data can be shared with federal immigration agencies. I do not want our city’s surveillance systems, like the new Real Time Crime Center or the city’s 73 automated license plate readers, to help federal immigration enforcement.

You can read our previous testimony on the ordinance here. If you want more information about writing to your elected officials, check out our Advocacy 101 training material here.

If you have further questions about contacting your Council Members, please email us at [email protected], or call us at 401-831-7171.

Thank you for taking action!