Event Date
Sep 29, 2025
Event Details
The Economic Progress Institute’s 14th Annual Policy & Budget Conference
📅 Monday, September 29, 2025
🕗 8:00 AM
📍 Crowne Plaza Warwick – Grand Ballroom
Join us for a morning of insightful discussion on key policy and budget issues impacting Rhode Island. A light breakfast will be provided, and complimentary parking is available for all attendees. We look forward to seeing you there!
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The Economic Progress Institute has been a trusted partner in Rhode Island for over 26 years providing research, building coalitions, and advocating for equity-driven policy change. We turn data into action and advocate for transformational change, shaping state budgets and policies so that all Rhode Islanders, especially those most excluded from economic opportunities, can thrive. Over the years, EPI has influenced major state policies, including expanding paid family leave and childcare assistance, protecting our safety net programs, increasing the minimum wage, improving healthcare access, and promoting fair tax reforms. Check out our 2025 Top Ten Policy Wins.
We warmly invite you to the 14th Annual Policy and Budget Conference, to be held on Monday, September 29, from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 800 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick, Rhode Island.
Our theme this year — "We the People: The Rhode Forward!" — centers on the collective power of communities whose lived experiences and leadership are vital to moving our nation and the state of Rhode Island toward equity, justice, and true democracy.
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