The Womxn Project &
The Womxn Project Education Fund
The larger Womxn Project team and their families meeting at the Rhode Island State House campus.
The Womxn Project (c4)
ABOUT THE TWP (c4) BOARD
Board President & Director, Jocelyn Foye
Secretary, Jennifer Rourke
Treasurer, Caroline Morgan
Barbara Colt
Barbara is a longtime advocate and activist promoting true equality for women including comprehensive reproductive health care. Former Board chair of the R.I. Women’s Political Caucus and Planned Parenthood of R.I. Board member, Women’s Development Corp. and former Executive Director of the R.I. Community Health Center Association.
Jocelyn Foye
Jocelyn is a Connecticut native who brings her artistic training and experience as a contemporary feminist sculptor and design professor to the movement. Jocelyn is presently the Marketing and Design Lead for the Oakland-based software company, Crow Canyon Software, working out of the Wakefield office. She is a recipient of the 2014 NEA and City of Long Beach, CA Arts Grant and the prestigious Emerging Visual Artist fellow with the California Community Foundation having lived there for thirteen years before coming back to New England. Jocelyn is on the board of the Providence Biennial, a not-for-profit designed to create unique curatorial projects throughout the state of Rhode Island.
Liz Homsy
Liz is a Syrian-American civil rights, criminal defense, and election law attorney in Chicago. A lifelong activist, Liz attended the UIC-John Marshall Law School in her home town and quickly found her way into the advocacy work she has always wanted to do. Liz currently manages a case load that includes representation in all manner of legal issues, including protester defense work, representation in ballot challenges for progressive candidates, asylum work, and more. Liz is currently one of the Plaintiffs attorneys in Chicagoans v. City of Chicago (1:18-cv-04242), a lawsuit that seeks to end the Chicago Police Department’s unconstitutional policies and practices related to their Gang Database. She is thrilled to continue her work with the incredible and talented womxn that make up the Womxn Project!
Caroline Jackson Morgan
Caroline is a social worker from Arkansas. She and her family moved to Rhode Island in the summer of 2017. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, 5 o’clock wine, naps, and cats. She enjoys helping people understand the policy process and getting shit done at the State House (RPA 2019!). Caroline recently received a citation award from US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) for her volunteer, political and social justice advocacy work.
Stephanie Olarte
Stephanie is a first-generation American and proud daughter of a Colombian Immigrant. Stephanie was born and raised in Rhode Island where she acts as the RI State Program Coordinator for the Hispanic Federation where she develops programs to uplift and empower the Latinx community. Stephanie is the Founder and Executive Director of Caneiwalk, an organization that seeks to empower youth with disabilities and provide opportunities for leadership development.
Janie Seguí Rodriguez
Janie holds a master’s degree in community development from Roger Williams University. She manages the operations of a tri-state middle school career exploration program; co-founded Parents Leading for Educational Equity (PLEE), a parent-led, grassroots organization with a mission to fight for the voice of parents in education decision-making.She is an educator, community organizer, and political candidate.
Jennifer Rourke
Jennifer is an activist and leader who calls Warwick home. A mother to four children, she has been fighting to give a voice to the most marginalized communities for many years. Growing up in low-income housing and to teenage parents, she was taught to always fight for those that are often ignored. She received her degree in Healthcare Management.
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The Womxn Project Education Fund (c3)
ABOUT THE TWPEF (c3) BOARD | Check out the TWPEF website
Board President & Director, Jocelyn Foye
Secretary, Emily Boucher
Treasurer, Deb Kopech
Beth Braganca Bell
Beth is an illustrator and graphic designer born and raised in Rhode Island. She came back after training at Mass Art. She is living, working and raising twin daughters with her husband in Providence as the co-owner and art director of Embee Studio, a multimedia production house. Beth was drawn to the mission and methods of The Womxn Project using art as a universal language to inspire dialogue and as a tool for social justice. She helped to create much of the imagery for the campaign to pass the RPA and continues to work alongside other artists at TWP to magnify and strengthen the message of health, justice and liberation through art.
Emily Mae Boucher
Emily is an artist and an educator. She keeps Womxn Project activists inspired and ready for action with her optimism, energy and sense of humor. Emily is motivated by learning, imaginative problem solving, and human interaction. As the “attention fairy” during the 2019 session, Emily helped to produce educational videos at the State House to help keep people updated and encourage them to get engaged to help pass the RPA. She is excited to keep up that infectious spirit as we continue to move a bold agenda for change.
Tammy Brown
Tammy is a life-long Rhode Islander dedicated to making the state a better and more just place to live. She is a theatre-maker whose work runs the gamut from activist social justice-oriented art pieces to Shakespeare productions and human statues. Tammy helps to lead The Womxn Project’s ARTivist efforts to utilize the power of art to shift conversations.
Jocelyn Foye
Jocelyn is a Connecticut native who brings her artistic training and experience as a contemporary feminist sculptor and design professor to the movement. Jocelyn is presently the Marketing and Design Lead for the Oakland-based software company, Crow Canyon Software, working out of the Wakefield office. She is a recipient of the 2014 NEA and City of Long Beach, CA Arts Grant and the prestigious Emerging Visual Artist fellow with the California Community Foundation having lived there for thirteen years before coming back to New England. Jocelyn is on the board of the Providence Biennial, a not-for-profit designed to create unique curatorial projects throughout the state of Rhode Island.
Deb Kopech
Deb started her career as an assistant to an executive in New York City. She eventually worked her way to becoming a management executive and later serving as a Human Resources Director for a Rhode Island school district. She and her husband of more than 40 years raised their three children with the value of social justice and the importance of gender and racial equality, the need to be compassionate for those with less than they need and to always donate to causes and organizations that supported issues they care about. Deb is an active member of the South County Huddle. Deb was named Narragansett City Counselor on November 2020.
Daria-Lyric Montaquila
Daria was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island where she still is an avid activist and community organizer. Her chief responsibility is coordinating community outreach for the Rhode Island People’s History Museum and The Collective, based in Peacedale, RI. She first began engagement with The Womxn Project during her senior year at the University Rhode Island and has since been an active supporter. Graduating in 2018 with a BFA in acting, when she is not advocating for policy change, she spends her time performing with local theater companies and her goal is to combine community outreach with the arts.
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Additional Team Members:
Gabrielle Beargeon, Development Assistance
Cori Garland, Strategy & Development
Morgan Meneses-Sheets, Strategy & Communications
Alicia Monnes, Accountant