“Nothing Crushes Us,” a poster on University Place in Greenwich Village, a sign of New York City unity. Outdoor dining was just beginning to get a foothold, and a year later, it proved right. We aren’t out of it yet, but we’ve stuck together, no matter what divisions the mass media sells, day after day.
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The Women Who Held the Ground
Three women tested the limits of what a meeting designed only to discuss “how” would allow itself to hear.
The recording arrived before RIOC posted it. On this island, that usually means they’ll release it when they’re confident nobody still cares. ArchRI simply made a copy available, the way people here tend to do once they’ve stopped waiting for institutions to keep their word. It was the first meeting of what is now meant to be a monthly community advisory group (CAG).
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