After 10 years in various roles, including most recently as Executive Director, Vanessa is transitioning out of PrYSM. To celebrate her leadership and commitment to our communities, we are throwing a Farewell Function. Join us in wishing Vanessa the best of luck in her new journey!

Transitions are never easy, especially at a time in which we are facing unrelenting attacks and threats from a fascist federal administration. Still, transitions offer opportunities PrYSM is excited for in this new chapter of growth. After all, Vanessa has been leading us and preparing us for this moment. Just in the last year, PrYSM has:

Trained 13 youth (of whom half were recruited from families impacted by deportation) in non-violent direct action through our summer program NVDA.
Testified at the RI Statehouse, school board meetings, and press conferences in support of the Ethnic Studies campaign.
Recruited 13 youth to take part in our youth leadership program Organizing Circle
Developed the Lao Deportation Toolkit to better support local Lao families during detention, deportation, and resettlement in Laos.
Launched the Southeast Asian Defense Fund to provide financial support for families impacted by detention and deportation.
Expanded the Deportation Defense team through the hire of a full-time Deportation Defense Organizer and an additional member organizer.
Onboarded 2 new general members to our Board of Directors.

And there’s still more work to get done! Help us meet this moment and beyond by donating to PrYSM. Your support -- regardless of amount -- will ensure PrYSM can continue to organize and defend our communities during this crucial time. Help us continue to build a new generation of leaders while fighting to keep our families and communities together.

Together, we can build a better world without policing, prisons, and borders.

in solidarity & struggle,

Farewell Function: Celebrating a Decade of Vanessa