Jeromina “Niimo” Nix, Breakthrough Providence’s College Bound Program Director, has been selected to the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island’s 2019-2020 Women’s Policy Institute (WPI) class to tackle issues like pay equity, sexual harassment in the...
The college admissions scandal continues to shed light on the inequities that remain present in our education system. It is times like this where our impact and mission is truly needed. Although we have not published our own statement, we wanted to share what other...
In order to create change, we must learn from the mistakes from our past. So far we’ve learned about the Indian Removal Act and how President Jackson set the country up for Gentrification as we know it today. If you’re a little lost be sure to read Part 1...
Welcome to our series #BeyondTheBooks, where we’ll get to ask a staff member, or possibly alums/partners, fun questions. So often we focus on the work and mission behind what we do, which is great, but we believe that relationship/community building never ends....
Ashaad Tillman is the quintessential Breakthrough Providence superstar. He’s spent his past couple of summers as a summer teaching fellow and was even a student in the program. He’s now in college studying to become an educator. Ashaad sat down with...
