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<div><b>From:</b> Gina Raimondo <communications@governor.ri.gov></div><div><b>To:</b></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 18, 2020, 5:46:26 PM EDT</div><div><b>Subject:</b> get counted today</div><div><br></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(60, 98, 142);font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s easy to feel powerless during a pandemic. So today, I want to give you one concrete thing you can do to help yourself, your community, and the people of Rhode Island. Please take ten minutes to fill out the 2020 Census.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(60, 98, 142);font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ve seen throughout this crisis the importance of a complete count in receiving the necessary federal funding to keep Rhode Islanders safe during these unprecedented times. And that’s why the census so important. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(60, 98, 142);font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We only get the chance to update our census count every 10 years - and right now, we have 12 days left to make sure every Rhode Islander is counted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:italic;">I joined the United Way of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Complete Count Committee, and our congressional delegation today to urge Rhode Islanders to get counted. You can watch the event </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001RrDzRcFA1H0adPQ8s0-1ox2IDI9FMLX6qeyKfmpxcEsR8ixMS7beny8nieKkspEOkxGqkdoATyOt4K778FCuAY5_NPvyPTeZr3d6aOlvf3Y4qLHDDBpDL66vczNxRug4OgbquAlD_zCleiTMmzoD2-1gBxR7YCM_QFNBguRlnowS5FjgRCP3TNkjDUagUdzY&c=NZsZdD6BTgdC6tNAHdmF1nclWuhIO_O4l-engu1rDpDjlgPXQKy4Fw==&ch=eNlk3VwJR2bdmqfra1NA1vxpkLVO7xAsk7uSVSOA2GNL6m16zkquAw==" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(173, 168, 26); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-style:italic;">.</span>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(60, 98, 142);font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year alone, more than $3.8 billion in funding depends on an accurate census count. That’s equivalent to almost 40 percent of our annual budget. And with a shortened enumeration period in the midst of a global pandemic, the stakes are higher than ever. Census funding supports education, housing, healthcare, infrastructure and so much more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(60, 98, 142);font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We need you to stand and be counted in order to ensure that Rhode Island receives the funds it needs for you, your family, and your neighbors. Together, we all need to make one last push to complete our census. I know that there's a lot going on these days, but taking 10 minutes to fill out the census will make a difference in Rhode Island for the next 10 years. </span><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(60, 98, 142);font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Please, go to </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001RrDzRcFA1H0adPQ8s0-1ox2IDI9FMLX6qeyKfmpxcEsR8ixMS7beny8nieKkspEOVre1kkSfrwDdrF8_U8pDQtiHIrdmdUd9DavLR6r-mWed_i2Uf_cDwSmuabNiKNE6amwPNdaoqKM=&c=NZsZdD6BTgdC6tNAHdmF1nclWuhIO_O4l-engu1rDpDjlgPXQKy4Fw==&ch=eNlk3VwJR2bdmqfra1NA1vxpkLVO7xAsk7uSVSOA2GNL6m16zkquAw==" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(173, 168, 26); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2020Census.gov</a><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(60, 98, 142);font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-weight:bold;"> and fill our your census — and make sure your friends and family do, too. </span>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(60, 98, 142);font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're all in this together,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(60, 98, 142);font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Gina Raimondo</span></div>
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</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" dir="" data-setdir="true" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b>Mayor Jorge Elorza Celebrates Providence’s Commitment to #BuilidingABetterPVD during Infrastructure Week</b></font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000">Did you know that in the last two
years, the City has invested $58.5 million throughout the City in road
improvements, recreations centers, parks, and playgrounds? Over the next
five years, Providence, through the Capital Improvement Plan,
is proposing to invest:</font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div align="left"><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000000">More than $103 million in public works improvements</font></li><li class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000000">More than $50 million in public property</font></li><li class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000000">More than $16 million in public realm and mobility improvements</font></li><li class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000000">And more than $18 million in parks and recreation.
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</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000">To learn more please visit <a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/mayor-jorge-elorza-celebrates-providences-commitment-buildabetterpvd-infrastructure-week/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_1067863454">
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</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b>African American Ambassadors Looking for Additional Community Members</b></font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000">In May, Mayor Elorza began meeting
regularly with a group of leaders in the African American community to
discuss the disproportionate number of African Americans impacted by
COVID-19. The group has since evolved to meet weekly and discuss
and advance a social justice agenda for the City of Providence. If you
are passionate about advancing social justice work and would like to
join the African American Ambassador Group, please
<a href="http://www.providenceri.gov/community-relations/want-engaged-work/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_1352491226">fill out this form</a>.
In particular, the group is looking for additional participants in the
Housing Insecurity and Eviction Defense and Mental Wellness Groups.</font><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div id="ydp88d44ac4enhancr_card_1352491226" class="ydp88d44ac4yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp88d44ac4yahoo-link-enhancr-not-allow-cover ydp88d44ac4ymail-preserve-class ydp88d44ac4ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="http://www.providenceri.gov/community-relations/want-engaged-work/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.providenceri.gov/community-relations/want-engaged-work/" style="text-decoration-line: none !important; text-decoration-style: solid !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor !important;" class="ydp88d44ac4yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table class="ydp88d44ac4card-wrapper ydp88d44ac4yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table class="ydp88d44ac4card ydp88d44ac4yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="ydp88d44ac4card-info ydp88d44ac4yahoo-ignore-table" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-size: auto; position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 100%; max-width: 400px; border-radius: 0px 0px 2px 2px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233);" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="ydp88d44ac4card-title" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 314px;">WANT TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS WORK? - City of Providence</h2><p class="ydp88d44ac4card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px;"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
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</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b>Free #COVID19 testing is available throughout the City.
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</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000">Have symptoms? Think you may have been
exposed? Get tested. Know if you have the virus. Slow the spread.
Walk-up & drive-up testing are available.
<a href="http://PVDCOVID19.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_0912353642">Index of /</a>. <b>Need Masks? Let us know!</b></font><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div id="ydp3c32b342enhancr_card_0912353642" class="ydp3c32b342yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp3c32b342yahoo-link-enhancr-not-allow-cover ydp3c32b342ymail-preserve-class ydp3c32b342ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="http://PVDCOVID19.com" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://PVDCOVID19.com" style="text-decoration-line: none !important; text-decoration-style: solid !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor !important;" class="ydp3c32b342yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table class="ydp3c32b342card-wrapper ydp3c32b342yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table class="ydp3c32b342card ydp3c32b342yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="ydp3c32b342card-info ydp3c32b342yahoo-ignore-table" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-size: auto; position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 100%; max-width: 400px; border-radius: 0px 0px 2px 2px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233);" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="ydp3c32b342card-title" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 314px;">Index of /</h2><p class="ydp3c32b342card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px;"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000">The Mayor’s Office has already handed
out over 15,000 masks to community members, churches, small businesses
and event organizers. If you need masks, please reach out to our team so
we can help stop the spread of COVID-19!</font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b><i><u><span style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;"> </span></u></i></b></font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b><i><u>Community Events</u></i></b></font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b><i>United Way of Rhode Island</i></b></font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000">Community First Conversations is back!
This Friday, September 18, we're discussing substance abuse prevention
and resources for Rhode Islanders. Join us at noon on Facebook Live:
<a href="https://t.co/8ebsDrvBui?amp=1" title="https://bit.ly/2RsYFTD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
https://bit.ly/2RsYFTD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SubstanceAbuse?src=hashtag_click" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
#SubstanceAbuse</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CommunityFirst?src=hashtag_click" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
#CommunityFirst</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveUnitedRI?src=hashtag_click" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
#LiveUnitedRI</a>.</font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b><i>The #YESpvd! 365 Project: Turn Your Hustle Into A Business</i></b></font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000">Join this free virtual workshop to discuss the basics of entrepreneurship as well as the steps to effectively start a business.
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</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b>When:</b> Monday, September 21, 2020 </font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b>Time:</b> 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm</font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b>Register Here: </b><a href="HTTPS://365.YESPVD.COM/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HTTPS://365.YESPVD.COM/</a></font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><i> </i></font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b><i>Words Matter: A Conversation about Stigma, Substance Use, and COVID-19</i></b></font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000">Join RICARES and the City of
Providence for a workshop led by veteran journalists, leading
researchers, and people in recovery about:</font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div align="left"><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000000">Updated Associated Press
guidelines for person-centered and scientifically accurate language
regarding addiction and substance use</font></li><li class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000000">How the overdose epidemic is impacted by COVID-19 and systemic racism</font></li><li class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000000">The importance of using de-stigmatizing language to support connections to treatment and recovery services</font></li></ul></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b>When: </b>September 25<b> </b></font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b>Time: </b>10:00 am - 12:00 pm</font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
</font><div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><font size="3" color="#000000"><b>Register Here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/words-matter-tickets-118695498431" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/words-matter-tickets-118695498431</a></b></font></div><font size="3" color="#000000">
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<div class="ydpa02cc650yiv5115362487MsoNormal" align="left"><b>LaJuan Allen</b> <br>
<i>Community Relations Coordinator</i> <br>
Office of Community Relations <br>
Providence City Hall <br>
25 Dorrance Street <br>
Providence, RI 02903 <br>
<a href="mailto:lallen@providenceri.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lallen@providenceri.gov</a> <br>
(401) 680-5743 | Ext: 5743<br>
Call to Connect | <a href="https://www.providenceri.gov/pvd-311/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">PVD311</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></td>
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