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Mission statement:
The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island creates opportunities designed to cultivate creativity and innovation in communities of color through philanthropic investment.

11/05/2026

Spotlight time. 🏆 .vazquez.795826 Veronica Vazquez Rodriguez is receiving the Roshni Darnal "Unsung Hero" award, and unsung is exactly right. At CAPP, the Community Action Partnership of Providence County, Veronica serves as Director of Family Development & Basic Needs: the front-line work of keeping Providence neighbors fed, housed, and warm. CAPP's food pantry alone serves hundreds of residents every week, and the agency reaches 33,000+ people a year across 12,000+ Providence households. No spotlight sought, just the essential work, done daily. That's what this award exists to honor.

📅 Sat Dec 12 · 6–11 PM · The Barn @ The Guild Pawtucket
🎟 Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-best-in-black-community-awards/
Presented by The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island

11/05/2026

Club Ambition has teamed up with YESPVD to donate 1,000 toys for the kids here in Providence.

Victor Baez, aka Itsavibe, is asking you to help us get there.

Donate a toy, or give online at toys.yespvd.com.

Drop off a toy at The UPS Store, 11 South Angell St, Providence.

Presented by The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island.

Help us reach 1,000 toys by Dec 12.

11/04/2026

Spotlight time. 🏆 Dr. Sokeo Ros is receiving the Rose Albert "Pay It Forward" award. Born in a Cambodian refugee camp and raised in Providence, Sokeo turned his own journey into a mission: as Executive Director of Inspiring Minds, he leads an organization that recruits community volunteers to tutor and mentor Providence students, runs summer learning programs, and builds a pipeline of teachers who reflect the culture and languages of RI's students of color. Providence College urban-teaching faculty. Professional dancer. Paying it forward, every single day.

📅 Sat Dec 12 · 6–11 PM · The Barn @ The Guild Pawtucket
🎟 Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-best-in-black-community-awards/
Presented by The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island

11/03/2026

Spotlight time. 🏆 Tatiana Baena is receiving the Reuben "Chip Douglas" Tillman III "Inspire A Generation" award, fitting, because inspiring the next generation is her life's work. A Colombian-born immigrant and first-gen college grad, Tatiana serves her third term as Central Falls City Councilor and now leads the Providence After School Alliance as Executive Director. In 2015 she founded Mundialito, the Central Falls youth soccer league that's grown to 450 kids across 45 teams, awarding over $20,000 in scholarships to RI student athletes. That's inspiration you can measure.

📅 Sat Dec 12 · 6–11 PM · The Barn @ The Guild Pawtucket
🎟 Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-best-in-black-community-awards/
Presented by The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island

11/02/2026

Spotlight time. 🏆 Tim "Buck" Collins is receiving the Raymond "Two Hawks" Watson "Leave A Legacy" award at the 2026 BEST In BLACK CommUNITY Awards, and the legacy is real. Providence-born DJ Buck helped put hip-hop on the air here first, bringing the sound to Rhode Island College's WXIN and programming Hot 106 Providence, before 22+ years leading Hartford's Hot 93.7 (and now PD at KDGS WIchita) as a morning voice and talent developer. NAACP-honored. And he is still building: Buck launched his own nonprofit, Unity 4 the Community. Generations of New England artists came up through doors he opened. That's what leaving a legacy looks like.

📅 Sat Dec 12 · 6–11 PM · The Barn @ The Guild Pawtucket
🎟 Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-best-in-black-community-awards/
Presented by The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island

11/01/2026

Today is the day. The 27th Annual Toy Drive is live, running through Dec 11 for 1,000 toys for all ages. Presented by The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island with co-sponsor and presenter . The UPS Store drop-off is closed Sundays, so today give online: toys.yespvd.com

10/31/2026

Tomorrow it starts. The 27th Annual Toy Drive kicks off Sunday, Nov 1. 1,000 toys. One community. Presented by The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island with co-sponsor and presenter Club Ambition . Donate online Sunday: https://toys.yespvd.com, or drop off in person from Monday at The UPS Store 3114, 11 South Angell St, Providence.

10/30/2026

2 days out. The 27th Annual Toy Drive opens Sunday, Nov 1. 1,000 toys. One community. Presented by The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island with co-sponsor and presenter Club Ambition . Drop off at The UPS Store 3114, 11 South Angell St, Providence, or online: toys.yespvd.com

10/29/2026

3 days to go. Sunday, Nov 1, the 27th Annual Toy Drive kicks off for 1,000 toys for all ages. Presented by The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island with co-sponsor and presenter Club Ambition. Drop off at The UPS Store 3114, 11 South Angell St, Providence. Details: toys.yespvd.com

10/28/2026

The countdown is ON. 🏆

Starting Monday, November 2, we begin 10 days of Honoree Highlights for the 2026 BEST In BLACK CommUNITY Awards, celebrating the people and organizations moving our community forward.

Meet the honorees. Hear their stories. Then join us Saturday, December 12 at The Barn @ The Guild Pawtucket.

Two things to do today:
🗳️ Vote for the Community Choice Award (voting closes Nov 12, one vote per device): my.linkpod.site/bib26commchoice
🎟️ Grab Early Bird tickets for $50 before Nov 12: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-best-in-black-community-awards/

Presented by The MUSE Foundation of Rhode Island.

Address

11 S. Angell Street, STE 223
Providence, RI
02906

Telephone

+14012881662

Website

https://musefoundation.org/

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