Rhode Island Foundation | Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

“Extremely Thankful” DOJ Taking Action Against Providence Schools “Educators of Color Loan Forgiveness Program”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 26, 2025 12 Comments

"The LIF is also calling on the Justice Department to investigate the nonprofit charity which funds the PPSD loan forgiveness program, the Rhode Island Foundation, alleging the nonprofit has been a "major funder of discrimination" in Rhode Island schools."...

To Investigate The Rhode Island Foundation For Civil Rights Violations Or Not? That is The Question

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2025 6 Comments

"Should philanthropic organizations which create and fund racially discriminatory programming, particularly when it's done in a public school district, be held accountable?"...

The Rhode Island Foundation’s Discriminatory Grantmaking Warrants Civil Rights Investigation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2025 13 Comments

Equal Protection Project urges federal agencies to put RIF, with over $1 billion in assets, on the shortlist for investigation of possible civil rights violations, pursuant to President Trump's January 21, 2025, Executive Order 14173....

Equal Protection Project: Rhode Island Foundation Must End Racially Discriminatory Scholarships and Grants

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2024 11 Comments

"You cannot have a grant program that says whites cannot apply"...

Rhode Island Foundation Stands By Funding Providence Teacher Hiring Program That Discriminates Against Whites

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2023 41 Comments

Compares racially discriminatory hiring program to picking one academic field to support over another: "It's not anything against other [white] teachers, just that's an area, just like could be science teachers."...

Providence (RI) Schools Continue Anti-White New Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program As Investigation Moves To EEOC

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2023 19 Comments

Racial discrimination against white teachers in the name of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion permeates the PPSD system....

Segregated Providence (RI) Teacher Event Open Only to “Educators of Color” Challenged By Legal Insurrection Foundation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2023 24 Comments

The Providence Public School District (PPSD) has an overly aggressive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program that uses legally questionable practices.

Black Community Activists Support Legal Insurrection’s Challenge To Providence School’s Anti-White Hiring Incentives

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 30, 2022 23 Comments

Loan forgiveness hiring incentive is only open to non-whites, and Black community activists say that's not right....

Providence (RI) Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program Only Open To Non-Whites Challenged By Legal Insurrection Foundation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 15, 2022 55 Comments

The Providence, Rhode Island, Public School District has a loan forgiveness program for new and recently hired teachers, funded by the Rhode Island Foundation, the largest charity in the state. There's a catch, however. Whites need not apply, it's only open to non-whites.

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