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History offers context that helps us understand our world today and the ways communities plant roots and build connections. In 2024, the National Endowment for the Humanities launched United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture , a nationwide initiative to combat hate-based violence. Through this initiative, Rhode Island Humanities gathered together pins from existing Rhode Tours that illustrate the Ocean State’s long history as a place where communities can find refuge, create home, and build legacies that have spanned generations. Through the creation of these safe spaces, marginalized communities that face barriers to participation demonstrate resilience and indeed joy in the face of hate, helping to disarm misunderstanding through the preservation of cultural practices.\r\nPlaces of worship that have served successive waves of immigrants; an orphanage with a mission to keep life as normal as possible for young children suffering loss of stability; beauty parlors that provided safety, joy, and comfort when marginalized communities felt unwelcome elsewhere; natural spaces that have been activated by diverse communities for spiritual practices; a restaurant with a mission to maintain traditional culinary practices; and a neighborhood market that provided ties to home and strengthened connections in a new home – these are just some of the stories that can be explored through this tour.\r\nAll the stories in the tour were created for other tours by community scholars and historians. We gratefully acknowledge their work and encourage you to explore these full tours as well:\r\n- Latinos in Rhode Island, based on Marta V. Martinez’s Latino History in Rhode Island: Nuestras Raíces (History Press, 2014) as well as the oral and visual histories at www.nuestrasraicesri.net. Molly Kerker and Jane Lancaster contributed research, content development, and editing. Translation by Roxana Mercado.\r\n- Mashapaug Pond, curated by Brown University students in \"Oral History and Community Memory,\" Spring 2014\r\n- Jewish Rhode Island, curated by Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association (Cynthia Benjamin, Ruth Breindel, Geraldine Foster, Kate-Lynne Laroche, and Linda Lotridge Levin\r\n- West Side of Providence, curated by Taylor M. Polites\r\n- LGBTQIA+ Histories in Rhode Island, curated by Casandra Inez, United We Stand Engagement Coordinator and RI Humanities Staff in collaboration with Community Content Partners: Janaya Kizzie, Selene Means, and Mev Miller\r\n- First Peoples of Rhode Island, curated by Katharine Kirakosian, PhD and Tomaquag Museum\r\n- Providence’s Vacant Spaces, curated by Angela DiVeglia as Part of Providence Public Library’s Exhibition and Program Series, 41.8219° N, 71.4171° W, Spring 2019\r\nIf you are interested in contributing stories to Rhode Tour on this topic or any other, please contact us at info@rihumanities.org . We will be glad to hear from you.

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