The Uncaucus: A Citizen-led Movement for Providence's Future

Join us for a unique opportunity to talk with mayoral candidate Steven Constantino in an open forum with other residents. This is part of a series of morning get-togethers, each with a single candidate running for Mayor of Providence. These events are not affiliated with any candidate or party, and offer a rare chance to meet face-to-face with those running for local government to ask questions in an open forum. So be there!

July 27, 8:30am at the Friendship Cafe at 500 Broad Street.

Angel Taveras, mayoral candidate, presented last Wednesday at the first Uncaucus Coffee with the Candidates at the Friendship Café on Broad St. Coming from a immigrant family and making his way to Harvard and Georgetown Law, Mr. Taveras gave an idea to listeners on how his upbringing has influenced his values and political goals if elected mayor.

Born to Dominican immigrants, Taveras grew up in Providence. At age 7, his parents divorced and he credits his upbringing after to the strong women in his life-his sister and mother. His desire to pursue a career in law began in 3rd grade and continued leading him to Harvard and Georgetown for law school. After law school, Taveras worked in Washington D.C. serving people from all walks of life.

Returning to Providence, Taveras has now decided to run for mayor. His main points at the Uncaucus today revolved around education, unemployment, and the budget. Read more »

Join us on June 30 at 8:30am at the Friendship Cafe for coffee with John Lombardi.  This is the second in our series of "Coffee with the Candidates" meet ups (first was on June 23 with Angel Taveras).  The series offers a rare opportunity to meet the candidates on neutral turf and ask the tough questions.

The dates for the remaining meet-ups: June 30 - John Lombardi,  July 27 - Steven Costantino.

All at 8:30am at the Friendship Café, 500 Broad Street, Providence, RI 02907 - for more information about Friendship Café, call (401) 223-1700 or go to http://www.friendshipcaferi.com/

Hope to see you there!

This is part of a series of morning get-togethers, each with a single candidate running for Mayor of Providence. These events are not affiliated with any candidate or party, and offer a rare chance to meet face-to-face with those running for local government to ask questions in an open forum.

Come ask, come listen, come learn.

The dates for the full series are: June 23 - Angel Taveras, June 30 - John Lombardi, July 27 - Steven Costantino.

All at 8:30am at the Friendship Café, 500 Broad Street #8b, Providence, RI 02907 - for more information about Friendship Café, call (401) 223-1700 or go to http://www.friendshipcaferi.com/ Read more »

Great work from Lisa Carnevale and friends interviewing candidates for public office on their views on arts funding, etc.  Great to see people talking turkey with the people who quite soon may sit in positions of influence.

http://www.golocalprov.com/index.php/politics/candidates-on-the-arts/

This month's Providence Monthly includes a feature on the Providence mayoral election.  Included within the larger piece was a story on the Uncaucus. Written by John Taraborelli, the piece is a fair assessment of where we were, where we've been and where we are headed. Read more »

Here is the video file for the Uncaucus Undebate.  The piece has been color corrected but otherwise unedited...thus, what you see is what went down.  The embedded video is standard video for viewing on any computer.  Want to watch on your mobile device?  The use this link. Or, if you want to listen to the audio as a podcast, grab this file. Read more »

These are the audience comments from the Uncaucus 4.01 Listening Party held on April 1, 2010 at Waterplace Restaurant in Providence, RI, which was a public forum to discuss issues relating to the upcoming mayoral election in Providence.

These notes attempt to capture the spirit and essence of participants’ comments and are not a verbatim transcript. If any errors of intention or mis-attribution occur below (or if you would like to claim authorship of a comment from an ‘unknown’ below), please contact Uncaucus using the ‘contact’ tab above. Apologies in advance; a more accurate record in the form of a video will be posted soon.

Mayoral candidates in attendance included John Lombardi, Steven Constantino, Daniel Harrop, Carrie Marsh, Joe Paolino, Chris Young, and Angel Tavares. Read more »