# @rhodeislandcollege on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B5FwTHFHNxa
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/74942082-rhodeislandcollege-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-11-20T14:03:57.000+00:00

## Caption

“If you need to make something better, talk to the people who are in it,” said Law-Rel Butler (pictured w/ mic), a #studentorganizer with youthinactionri at last night’s standing room only forum in Gaige Hall. The topic of discussion was the state takeover of #PVDschools and the speakers represented Youth In Action and two other student groups, pvdstudentunion & arise__ri. The message was clear: Nothing about us without us. Or as Joseph Grajales of the #pvdstudentunion put it, “These are my problems? Why am I not the one at the seat... in front of the one who’s going to help me fix those problems?”
📸 + 📝 courtesy of provjournal & madeleine_e_list
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#RICnews #experienceRIC #rhodeislandcollege #education #students #studentvoice #youthvoice #studentcentered #youthactivism #pvd #providenceschools #nothingaboutuswithoutus

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ricnews, rhodeislandcollege, pvd, nothingaboutuswithoutus, pvdstudentunion, studentcentered, studentvoice, studentorganizer, youthactivism, experienceric, students, providenceschools, pvdschools, education, youthvoice

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