Kate Brock is the Executive Director of
Ocean State Action, the Ocean State Action Fund, and the Progressive Leadership Fund PAC. A Providence native, Kate joined Ocean State Action Fund in June of 2010 after leaving Repower Maine, a local chapter of former Vice President's Al Gore's organization supporting comprehensive climate change legislation. Kate served as Project Director for the Ocean State Action's Victory Campaign, and My Voice My Vote to mobilize voters in the 2010 election. Kate serves on the board of the
Fund for Community Progress, the board of Rhode island Jobs with Justice, the
Rhode Island Marriage Equality Coalition, the Choice Coalition, and chairs the Campaign for Rhode Island Priorities.
Reza Rites / Venus Sings / DJ Reza Wreckage Reza Clifton has many nicknames because she is a writer, multimedia producer, music blogger and DJ, and community organizer from Providence, RI. She hosts two radio shows, including one that airs weekly, and she is the co-founder of Isis Storm (IsisStorm.com), a collective of female artists and writers. In 2011, she was named “Most Musical” and a “Trender” by two Providence magazines for her work sharing music and art in the community. She has also been recognized for multimedia projects that appear on her flagship blog, RezaRitesRi.com; for written work and direction as health editor for She Shines, a regional women’s magazine in New England; and for leadership as a young professional and community organizer in Providence, Rhode Island.
She operates and/or blogs on several sites about race, gender, and poverty, and she enjoys examining the intersections between her adventures and interests as a DJ and her research, observations and collaborations with artists and diverse communities. She is also a grant writer, public speaker and trainer with experience on topics like new media trends and techniques; diversity in the media; health equity and policy; cultural trends in the global community; gender equity; and women’s leadership development.
Archives and samples of her written and multimedia work are available online at RezaRitesRi.com, VenusSings.com, IsisStorm.com, SheShines.org, WRIU.org BSRLive.com, RIFuture.org, WGBH.org, and more.
A native of Montreal, Canada, who spent much of her youth in Atlanta, Georgia, Ms. Goldin moved to Rhode Island in 1998 to join Volunteers in Health Care, a national non-profit technical assistance center focused on health care for the uninsured. After eight years providing technical assistance, grant making, and policy work, Ms. Goldin launched her own consulting firm, College Hill Consulting. She is a facilitator, writer, qualitative researcher and the author of Women’s Fund of Rhode Island’s "Dollars to Sense" reports.Ms. Goldin has also served as an instructor at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, has contributed to Rhode Island Public Radio "This I Believe" (Acceptance, January 2008), and, in 2002, launched a campaign to change Rhode Island’s Temporary Disability Insurance program to create parity between adoption and maternity leave. Ms. Goldin holds a BA in English Literature from McGill University and an MA in Social Policy from Tufts University.
Pam Steager is an education and prevention consultant, writer and trainer in the areas of substance abuse and violence prevention, cultural diversity and media literacy. She has performed as a stand-up comedian, a storyteller, and as an event host and theater performance talkback facilitator. She has raised two daughters.
Pam also authored "That's What She Said," an opinion column for the Providence Phoenix for 15 years before leaving the country in 2003 to attend a pilot Masters degree program in Gender and Peace Building at the United Nations' University for Peace. Since her return she has worked as a writer and consultant. Her contracts have included creating and facilitating an enhanced Cultural Competence unit at the Providence Police Academy, moderating 40 post-performance dialogues about the war in Iraq with audiences attending Trinity Rep's homegrown production of "Boots on the Ground," writing a federal proposal for substance abuse prevention for the town of Bristol, and writing and editing a guidebook for human subject researchers at the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense.
Hilary Jones moved to Providence from her hometown of Fargo, North Dakota in 2002 to attend the University of Rhode Island. In 2008, she received her doctorate in Behavioral Science Psychology, with a focus on gender and multiculturalism, and is currently a part-time faculty member in URI's Psychology and Women's Studies departments. Hilary is also a musician and is Founder and Director of
Girls Rock! Rhode Island, whose mission is to help girls and women empower themselves through music. She has spent time as Research and Education Specialist at
Day One, as Violence Prevention Coordinator at the
Rhode Island Department of Health, and as Project Coordinator at
Healthy Kids Rhode Island.