Rebecca Kislak

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RI mom, lawyer and state representative, looking for where to land on social media.

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Britain, now France. Up next, winning against the far right: US. 🙏

I support President Joe Biden. I wish a lot of things about the debate, and I wish he had done better. Even if I wish we had different choices, in both parties, Biden is a good President for us. 1/

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Well shit www.cabq.gov/transit/news...

Albuquerque tried out a free fare program for the city busses a couple years ago and it was so successful that it became permanent last year.

Zero Fares is Here to Staywww.cabq.gov Albuquerque City Council passes permanent Zero Fare program

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She’s not my state representative anymore, but it’s always great to be in the room with @rebeccakislak.bsky.social. Thank you for all you do to move the clean energy economy in Rhode Island forward.

Morning commute to Boston with my sweetie.

Posed with the spiffed up Independent Man yesterday.

Took #RIPTA to Grow Smart RI’s Power of Place conference this morning and heard Seema Dixit from the RI Dept of Health talking about how our built environment affects public health ❤️

I saw the bus pass by 2 min early as I was hurrying to catch it. But that’s ok because there’s another one soon. We need more high frequency routes ❤️

Rhode Island: it’s the Presidential primary today. Go vote! Vote.ri.gov to double check your polling location.

Honoring Kali Reis at the RI Statehouse now. ❤️

Today, 4pm, is the deadline to apply for a mail ballot in the RI Presidential Primary election. You can go to your local board of canvassers or apply here: mailballot.sos.ri.gov

Welcome to Online Mail Ballot Applicationmailballot.sos.ri.gov

Lippitt Hill, where University Heights is today, off of #NorthMainStreet, was a densely populated neighborhood that was redeveloped/bulldozed as a part of “urban renewal” in the 1960s. Many people who lived there, mostly Black, were displaced and did not benefit from the redevelopment.

Spring is coming!

I submitted testimony to House Finance today that calls on the committee to reject the proposed changes to the budget that would undo the rental registry that the legislature passed just last year. We passed it for a reason, we should do it. See my letter for more.

I just learned that famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass, included in this picture of famous people in RI Black History, attended an abolitionist conference in Woonsocket in 1841. #RIBlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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RI folks: if you want to vote by mail for the presidential primary, you can request your mail ballot ONLINE now: mailballot.sos.ri.gov

Welcome to Online Mail Ballot Applicationmailballot.sos.ri.gov

The @RISecState‘s gallery space in the basement of the state house is fantastic! The RI Black Historical Society has a display for #BlackHistoryMonth. In this beautiful collage, we see many famous Black Rhode Islanders, including Edward and Christina Banister and Siseretta Jones.

I'm getting ready to talk all about the budget, tonight at 7 p.m. Here's the facebook event, with the link in the discussion. Or e-mail me at [email protected] and I'll add you to the invite.

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A study in The Lancet that monitored overdose mortality in Toronto between 2017 and 2019 in neighbourhoods with supervised consumption sites. Researchers found a 67% reduction, reaching as far as five kilometres away. Check out my first story to get published in the Toronto Star. #onnews #cdnnews

Here's what happened to overdose deaths in Toronto neighbourhoods with safe consumption siteswww.thestar.com Study in The Lancet shows dramatic results within 500 metres of supervised consumption sites after they opened.

Good morning Rhode Island!

Try out ranked choice voting. Try out some chocolate. Vote for your favorite here, or at the state house from 3-5:30 today. app.rankedvote.co/rv/0ckhwr2oz...

Learning about zoning on and around North Main Street from city planner Bob Azar at the #NorthMainStreet taskforce meeting chaired by my city councilor Sue Anderbois

I was proud to join 25 other state reps at a press conference for the 2024 Working Families Agenda. This set of priorities will help ensure that Rhode Islanders—no matter our color, background or zipcode—have the funding and protections they need to care for their families and communities.

Theres a hearing tomorrow on the RI Right to Repair bill I’ve introduced. If we buy things we should be able to fix them! www.rilegislature.gov/pressrelease...

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For folks who have decided to go straight to despair before our presidential election has really started (yes, the sideshow is large. Yes, everyone loves writing articles about trump supporters).... I'd really encourage you to find a cause/interest/battle and fight.

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IMO, progressives need to get better at tapping into the nostalgic longings of voters in order to make their case. Remember when kids could go to school and not have to worry about being randomly shot? Remember when you didn't have to worry if today's children would inherit an uninhabitable planet?

After a good night at the state house, took RIPTA home.

Here in packed library at RI State House with @letrivote for same day registration for elections, like 22 states already do, like we already do for presidential elections. @JohnMarionjr in pic, @RISecState speaking passionately in favor of registration up to the election.

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Maybe someday the mainstream Jewish community will finally admit that tho Heschel & many individual Jews (and NCJW!) showed up for Civil Rights, the vast majority of Jewish institutions did not, though they've been dining out on that Heschel pic for decades. Maybe someday the mainstream +

Dr. King said "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Join me in considering how we might all do a little more to work for justice, to work for equity, to work for each other. Click to see my newsletter. mailchi.mp/a85753e1be06...