According to the announcement, “Students across Rhode Island are organizing walkouts to join the protest at the State House, including high school students from across the Providence Public Schools as well as the Wheeler School,

Protesters gathered at the State House to speak out against the shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis last week.

Several people and businesses with local ties say they are answering the call put out by activists for a nationwide shutdown on Friday in protest of ICE actions in U.S.