Media Coverage
Sometimes PSU just can’t escape the paparazzi. Here are some news stories that highlight our work throughout the years.
06.19.22
Opinion/Providence Student Union Board: To stay safe, RI schools need more counselors, not more cops
Source: The Providence Journal
06.16.22
Educators, advocates and students say ‘No’ to SROs in and out of House Finance hearing
Source: UpriseRI
06.15.22
Crisis in the Classroom: Civics education coming to Rhode Island following lawsuit
Source: NBC10
06.12. 22
'Democracy in peril': Agreement seeks to bolster civics education in RI public schools
Source: The Providence Journal
11.24.21
Providence Youth Created a Mural Imagining More Public Fruit Trees and Housing, and Less Police
Source: UpriseRI
05.01.21
Students march on State House to demand counselors, not cops in Providence public schools
Source: UpriseRI
04.30.21
Students walkout to demand counselors, not cops in Providence public schools
Source: UpriseRI
06.12.20
PSU respectfully declines Governor’s invitation for assembly.
06.03.20
PSU’s statement following the murder of George Floyd
12.12.19
“Rhode Island lawsuit: Students sue for the right to learn civics”
Source: Christian Science Monitor
9.10.19
“Schools in Providence are poised for a state takeover. Can the district’s decade-old student union seize the moment?”
Source: The 74million
04.28.19
Rhode Island Teens Fight for Civics Education | The Daily Show
Source: The Daily Show
12.12.18
“Providence Student Union protest demands removing police officers from schools”
Source: The Providence Journal
11.28.18
“The students suing for a constitutional right to education”
Source: The Atlantic
11.28.18
“Are civics lessons a constitutional right? This student is suing for them.”
Source: The New York Times
3.15.18
“Students speak out at the Providence walkout to end gun violence”
Source: UpriseRI
10.25.17
“Providence Student Union calls for removal of Assistant Principal after incident at Central High School”
Source: UpriseRI
1.20.17
“Providence students defend plan to walk out of class during inauguration”
Source: WPRI
3.14.16
“Student teaches Sunshine Week lesson on press freedom”
Source: The Providence Journal
1.20.16
“Providence students seek ethnic studies curriculum”
Source: WPRI
6.8.15
“How a group of students took on the city of Providence — and won”
Source: WPRI
4.29.15
“Providence students to R.I. lawmakers: Repair our schools”
Source: The Providence Journal
2.14.13
Students oppose test in ‘zombie’ rally
Source: The Brown Daily Herald