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Woman Project warns of organized anti-LGBTQ and school-policy campaigns; commission approves joint resolution letter
Summary
The Woman Project described coordinated activity by outside groups affecting school committees and urged the commission to support community protections; the commission approved a joint resolution/letter backing local LGBTQA protections and discussed partnering on outreach and education.
Jocelyn Foy, executive director of the Woman Project, told the commission the organization has tracked far-right organizing that is influencing school committees across Rhode Island and driving policy pushes that the Woman Project and its partners view as harmful to students and to reproductive and LGBTQIA rights.
Foy said organizers from out of state and funded outside groups have targeted school boards and school policies in multiple districts, and that local campaigns have resulted in contested school committee races and policy challenges. "There is an…
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