Bridget Eileen
Abortion Rights Are Under Attack - What We Can Do
Last week we witnessed our worst fears when it comes to restrictions on abortion rights and reproductive freedom. A nightmarish Texas...
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Bridget Eileen
Sep 7, 20211 min read
Updates on Efforts to Ensure Fair Redistricting in Rhode Island
Latest Update: Tomorrow, Thu Sep 30, they will be meeting at 6 pm at the CCRI Newport campus. While the Commission won't be releasing...
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Bridget Eileen
Aug 31, 20211 min read
RI Democratic Women's Caucus Call for Fair and Representative Redistricting Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Samantha Weiser, Chair (401) 284-7439 Email: RIDWomensCaucus@gmail.com RI Democratic Women's Caucus Call...
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Bridget Eileen
Aug 11, 20211 min read
The Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act Moves Forward!
CW: Discussion of legislation on sexual assault. Earlier this summer, a small group of members from the Women’s Caucus met with Senator...
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Samantha Weiser
Jun 27, 20213 min read
This Week in the General Assembly: June 28th-July 2nd
As we approach the end of session, fewer bills of interest are up for hearing, but many are scheduled for consideration. Scheduled for...
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Samantha Weiser
Jun 20, 20211 min read
This Week in the General Assembly: June 21st-25th
As we approach the end of session, fewer bills of interest are up for hearing, but many are scheduled for consideration. Scheduled for...
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Samantha Weiser
Jun 13, 20212 min read
This Week in the General Assembly: June 14th-18th
As we approach the end of session, fewer bills of interest are up for hearing, but many are scheduled for consideration. Scheduled for...
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Bridget Eileen
Jun 9, 20211 min read
RI Democratic Women's Caucus Among 300+ Groups Supporting the "For the People Act"
The Women's Caucus is one of 302 groups representing nearly 2.5 million Americans across 43 states and the District of Columbia to sign...
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Samantha Weiser
Jun 5, 20211 min read
This Week in the General Assembly: June 7th-11th
As we approach the end of session, fewer bills of interest are up for hearing, but many are scheduled for consideration. Scheduled for...
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Samantha Weiser
May 30, 20211 min read
This Week in the General Assembly: May 31st-June 4th
There aren’t a lot of bills up for hearing this week, but many are scheduled for consideration! This means you can’t testify on those...
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Samantha Weiser
May 28, 20211 min read
Help support LGBTQ+ priority bills for Pride Month!
June is Pride Month! Help support the LGBTQ+ community by urging your senators and representatives to pass the Gender Inclusive Restroom...
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Bridget Eileen
May 25, 20211 min read
Rhode Island: Expand Access to Paid Leave!
A message from RI Working Families Party: There is bad news and good news about our state’s paid family leave program. The bad news:...
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Samantha Weiser
May 23, 20212 min read
This Week in the General Assembly: May 24th-28th
The gender-neutral bathroom bill, S755, has a hearing! Thank you to all who sent emails. Sign up on Sunday to testify on Monday, or...
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Samantha Weiser
May 19, 20211 min read
Email Senator Coyne to Schedule a Hearing for Trans Bathroom Access!
Help ask Senator Coyne to schedule bill S755 for trans and non-binary bathroom access for a hearing! Reach out to her at...
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Samantha Weiser
May 16, 20212 min read
This Week in the General Assembly: May 17th-21st
Some great bills this week, starting off with prison reform on Monday! These are definitely not all the bills being heard this week,...
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Bridget Eileen
May 13, 20211 min read
Support the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act (S.267/H.5787)
As our friends at The Womxn Project explain: A right is not real if people can’t access or afford that right. Right now, state employees...
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Samantha Weiser
May 8, 20213 min read
This Week in the General Assembly: May 10th-14th
Starting the week off strong we have 3 important bills in Senate Judiciary to highlight: S733, which repeals LEOBOR; S597, which requires...
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Bridget Eileen
May 2, 20212 min read
Support the Gender Inclusive Restroom Bill
H5741 is a bill that will make single-stall restrooms in buildings of public accommodation gender inclusive. The bill is being heard in...
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Bridget Eileen
Apr 25, 20212 min read
HELP PASS THE EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE ACT - Action Items for Sun & Mon 4/25-26
The Senate Judiciary has scheduled the Equality in Abortion Coverage bill for a hearing on Monday, April 26 at 3pm. The Equality in...
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Samantha Weiser
Apr 25, 20212 min read
This Week in the General Assembly: April 26th-30th
Welcome to our new Women’s Caucus weekly legislative update! We have some great and important bills to pay attention to this week, and we...
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