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An educational-outreach initiative of Family Service of RI and RWU, leaders from both institutions shared the honor at the 12th Annual Justice Awards

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The leaders of the Rhode Island State Victim Assistance Academy, an educational-outreach initiative of Family Service of Rhode Island and Roger Williams University, were honored Wednesday for their dedication and excellence in educating victim-service providers by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin in the 12th annual Justice Awards.

Attorney General Kilmartin joined past attorneys general at the annual ceremony to honor a number of individuals and organizations. Justice Awards are given in recognition of individual and organizational excellence and commitment to justice and the community. Each Justice Award is presented in honor of one of eight previous Attorneys General: Arlene Violet, Richard Israel, Herbert DeSimone, Dennis Roberts, James O’Neil, Jeffrey Pine, Sheldon Whitehouse and Patrick Lynch.

The Rhode Island State Victim Assistance Academy received the Attorney General Arlene Violet Justice Award for Domestic Violence Prevention.

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10/6/16 | Dunkin’ Brands Chairman and CEO Nigel Travis opened his hour-long talk at JWU’s Providence Campus with an unusual request. “Call me Nigel,” he told the crowd of roughly 400 School of Business students. “Let’s keep this informal.”

Over the course of his briskly conversational but focused presentation, he touched on topics both big (Dunkin’ Brands’ 5-year plan; the impact of technology and globalization on growth) and small (why his background as a DJ proved useful in business).

Joining him on stage was Jeff Miller ’98, executive chef and vice president of product innovation for Dunkin’ Brands, who explained that there are 10-15 JWU alumni working at the global brand’s Canton headquarters at any given time. “I actually work with my college roommate!”

The two had an easy rapport as they laid out their vision for Dunkin’ Donuts and its sister company, Baskin Robbins.

“The world is growing at such a rapid pace,” noted Travis. “You have to put strategies in place to handle the speed of change.”

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At the 12 th Annual YWCA Rhode Island Women of Achievement Awards, Bryant University and Amica Mutual Insurance Company were honored for their joint program, the Fantastic Girltastic Code Company’s App Challenge. The Fantastic Girltastic Code Company is a YWCA program that encourages middle school girls to develop a passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Bryant Women’s Summit Executive Director Kati Machtley partnered with Amica’s Internet and Mobile Experience Marketing Officer Jill Rasmussen to build a multidisciplinary team of women from both organizations to develop the App Challenge program, which took place at Bryant on April 2.

Twenty-seven girls from the YWCA, ranging in age from 9 to 12, participated in the challenge. They worked in teams to identify a challenge in their community and propose a creative technology solution to address it. Mentors helped the teams develop their ideas and create storyboards to present to a panel of judges.

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Jewelry + Metalsmithing major Anthony Anderson 18 JM discovered his talent for the medium by happy accident during his first year at RISD. | photo by Jo Sittenfeld MFA 08 PH

When verbal communication eluded him as a young child, Anthony Anderson 18 JM focused on making art instead. “When I was four I used to fill little Monopoly houses with different colored crayon shavings and press them against a space heater to make my own crayon colors,” he says. “Art was something I could control, [so] my lack of control in other areas made me want to hone my artistic side.”

Today Anderson is thriving as a Jewelry + Metalsmithing major, learning new ways to use art to champion social justice. “RISD has instilled in me the belief that you can say things with artwork that matter,” says the junior, who came to the US from the Philippines as a baby and grew up in southern Rhode Island with his adoptive parents.

Beaming at how much their son loved drawing – and how seriously he took it – Anderson’s parents arranged for him to take painting lessons with Solace Loven, a local artist who taught him that “art could be something I do for the rest of my life.” For years, her studio provided the perfect place for exploring his creative talents and passions, which he continued to do in high school at Providence’s LaSalle Academy.

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