Join PSU and Brown University Students for Educational Equity (S.E.E.) for our Fun Friday Block Party this Friday from 4 - 6:30 in our space and back parking lot! We'll have lots of live music from local artists, free pizza and refreshments, ping pong, spike ball, corn hole, Wii, and more! The music line-up includes The Bedside, Mr. Ocean State, Tye Knox, Rip Galiano, and J.O.E.

We are celebrating the launch of Fun Fridays and raising money for our Well-Being Aid fund in partnership with S.E.E. Thanks to Brown S.E.E. for sponsoring this event!

Sliding scale for tickets:

• $10 suggested donation to support our mutual aid fund

• Pay what you can (please feel free to donate more if you have capacity)

• Free for youth

Providence Student Union is excited to invite you to our community spring cleaning session! We need your help to make our new space shine. Bring your friends, family, and positive vibes! Lunch is included, and you can enter to win a raffle for fun prizes!

We welcome everyone to join us for our PASS event on Thursday, March 28th. We are looking for any and all community members, students, teachers, parents, and kids. We will have art and an opportunity to learn from our youth about the work they are doing.

Join PSU's Met High School chapter for our Women's History Month Trivia & Game Night on Monday, March 25 from 4 - 6 pm! There will be free food from Carolina's Family Restaurant, lots of games, and opportunities to win prizes!

Represent PSU and amplify your voice!

Join us for a collaborative PSU mural that centers “re-imagining school safety”. This event includes free food, and free art supplies provided by PSU. Students can drop in anytime between 4-5:30PM.

If you can not make it, don’t worry! We will have an art station in our office to add onto the mural!

Are you a creative? Looking for a way to express yourself? We need leaders to call it what it is through art and design, panels, speaking events, or writting statements and testimonies. No experience is needed and all stories are welcome. This task force meets every other Monday at 4:30pm.

Well-Being Aid presents Sip & Dip! Learn about mutual aid, discuss wellness practices for winter and enter to win a Stop & Shop gift card while enjoying free donuts and hot cocoa!

ATTENTION: CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Want to create change in Classical High School?

Drop in and enjoy free snacks, a study space, college and paid opportunities, and peer discussions at the Classical chapter!

The Classical chapter will be meeting at 3:30PM at the PSU’s office for our first info meeting. You can sit in, lead a discussion, or get advice on ideas/concerns you have regarding your school and your education.

Please email miro@pvdstudentunion.org if you have any questions.

Why is it important to discuss our culture and the history of our ancestors and of the people in our community?

Decorate and create our own cultural plate while you enjoy free food from local providence BIPOC owned food spots with us! All Providence High School students are welcome to attend. This event will also include opportunities to get involved in the demand for Ethnic Studies Courses in our schools.

Please sign up so we can get a head count for this event., and include allergies and dietary restrictions when you sign up.

Register for the “Pass the Plate” event here: bit.ly/psu-programs

signing up on our base list is easy! Sign up at bit.ly/psu-base.

How do you define culture? It may be natural to merge and blend cultures as people from different backgrounds come together and interact.

However, the line is drawn when a dominant cultural group makes use of elements of a non-dominant group in a way that the non-dominant group views as exploitative- join us to discuss cultural, cultural appropriation, and how YOU can ensure you are not participating in harmful appropriation this Halloween. This workshop is meant to be a space to learn and have open conversations.

Join our next PASS meeting to learn about the #counselorsnotcops campaign and get involved! Open to all students, no experience needed! PASS is a youth-centered coalition organizing to defund school-based policing and increase funding for mental health.

So what is the PSU and how can it support you?

Come by our office and bring a friend or make new ones while you find out about local paid opportunities, educational and financial resources, and what the benefits to being a PSU member are! This is a hybrid meeting, but in-person is encouraged to meet new people.

These Student Member Meetings are monthly on the last Thursday of each month are open to all Providence high school students.

Represent PSU and amplify your voice!

Are you a creative? Looking for a way to express yourself? We need leaders to call it what it is through art and design, panels, speaking events, or writting statements and testimonies. No experience is needed and all stories are welcome. This task force meets every other Monday at 4:30pm.

Next meeting:

We take care of each other.

Our Well-Being Fund (WBF) is a mutual aid program that helps students with emergency funds for urgent needs. This year, we are hoping to meet as a team weekly where students will discuss ways to continue supporting community members in Providence. This team also assists with reviewing applications to the WBF and runs local aid mutual aid events such as school supply drives, fundraising for other local organizations, and centering community over all.

No experience needed

Next meeting: TIME AND DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED/ Please sign up on our google form, and leave your phone # so that PSU can contact you and add you to our team. (button on events page labeled “let us know you are coming)

ATTENTION: CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Want to create change in Classical High School?

Drop in and enjoy free snacks, a study space, college and paid opportunities, and peer discussions at the Classical chapter!

The Classical chapter will be meeting at 3:30PM at the PSU’s office for our first info meeting. You can sit in, lead a discussion, or get advice on ideas/concerns you have regarding your school and your education.

Please email miro@pvdstudentunion.org if you have any questions.

Join Providence Student Union on June 1st, 2023 at Breaktime Bowling and Bar as well celebrate 13 years of achievement and youth advocacy! Please buy your tickets through event brite here

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/milestones-memories-13-years-of-student-power-registration-574974172227?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Join us to create art, posters, buttons, and more to show solidarity and support with survivors of sexual assault

How can we support and stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault? How do we ensure we are creating and nurturing spaces that allow for healing justice to grow?

This is a PAID participant event on behalf of STARS at Planned Parenthood, and will be hybrid (online and in person at the PSU office) Sign up here http://bit.ly/teenapril23

So what is the PSU and how can it support you?

Come by our office and bring a friend or make new ones while you find out about local paid opportunities, educational and financial resources, and what the benefits to being a PSU member are! This is a hybrid meeting, but in-person is encouraged to meet new people.

These Student Member Meetings are monthly on the last Thursday of each month are open to all Providence high school students.

Represent PSU and amplify your voice!

Are you a creative? Looking for a way to express yourself? This week join us to celebrate Latinx heritage and create art that represents you and YOUR ancestors!

We need leaders to call it what it is through art and design, panels, speaking events, or writting statements and testimonies. No experience is needed and all stories are welcome. This task force meets every other Monday at 4:30pm. (expect this week sorry!)

Next meeting: March 20th!

The 1619 Project is named after the year that the first enslaved Africans landed on the shores of Virginia, the work’s main aim was to “reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.” 

The project was first published as a longform collection in the August 2019.

Hannah-Jones wrote the leading essay in the work, which later received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, and was eventually adapted into a book and curriculum developed by the Pulitzer Center.

So what is the PSU and how can it support you?

Come by our office and bring a friend or make new ones while you find out about local paid opportunities, educational and financial resources, and what the benefits to being a PSU member are! This is a hybrid meeting, but in-person is encouraged to meet new people.

These Student Member Meetings are monthly on the last Friday of each month are open to all Providence high school students.

Represent PSU and amplify your voice!

Are you a creative? Looking for a way to express yourself? This week join us to celebrate Latinx heritage and create art that represents you and YOUR ancestors!

We need leaders to call it what it is through art and design, panels, speaking events, or writting statements and testimonies. No experience is needed and all stories are welcome. This task force meets every other Monday at 4:30pm. (expect this week sorry!)

Next meeting: TBA

Become A peer Advocate!

Do you want to support and stand up for your peers? Have a strong passion for social justice? Do you want to reduce racially discriminatory actions in schools?

Peer Advocates are students that other students facing the disciplinary process approach for further support.

Peer Advocates will have introductory understandings of conflict resolution and restorative justice and will be able to provide non-legal guidance and support to students in need. No experience in these areas needed, students will be trained. Peer Advocates will also serve as community liaisons with the Rhode Island Center for Justice lawyers and help communicate their positive intentions and support to both students and parents.

If you can not make this event date/time but are still interested, still sign up! we will having a recording available after the info session !

Represent PSU and amplify your voice!

Are you a creative? Looking for a way to express yourself? This week join us to celebrate Latinx heritage and create art that represents you and YOUR ancestors!

We need leaders to call it what it is through art and design, panels, speaking events, or writting statements and testimonies. No experience is needed and all stories are welcome. This task force meets every other Monday at 4:30pm. (expect this week sorry!)

Next meetings: January 23rd @ 5:30

You're invited to our next How to Be an Adult Ally 101 workshop on Saturday, January 21 from 1-3 pm! This will be a great opportunity to unpack the issue of adultism in our society, discuss strategies for authentically supporting youth leaders, and develop the skills and attitudes needed to be an effective adult ally. Sign up today for the free, virtual session and invite your friends!

RSVP to receive your meeting link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-be-an-adult-ally-101-workshop-tickets-508114192227

You’re invited to launch into activism with the PSU!

All high school students are welcome, and invited to join us for space themed party that will include free food, games, activities, and a chance to learn about how YOU can be apart of the movement towards creating safer and better schools for everyone. Drop in anytime between 3-5:30PM

MASKS REQUIRED

CALLING ALL HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTS:

Share your skills and talent whether it’s through a poem, photography, or art!

Join us at PSU’s office on Wednesday from 2:30PM-5PM, all art supplies available and free snacks

GROWTH IS NOT LINEAR.

This is a conversation led by youth from Providence high schools about mental health in the winter, how we can cope with it together, and a space to meet new friends!

The first 10 people who sign up will receive a FREE self-care kit with fidgets, essential oils, and more!