Jimmy Pimentel

🏡 What makes housing truly "affordable"? Join us for the next EPiC Education Series: Housing 101 this Monday! Annette Bourne will break down housing policy, recent law changes, and the data behind it all. 🗓️ Oct 19 @ 6:30 PM 📍33 Veterans Memorial Pkwy Free RSVP 👇 actionnetwork.org/events/housi...

13 Oct 2026

Took the Downeaster up to Freeport, Maine this weekend for an autumn adventure w/@jimpimentel.bsky.social. #Amtrak #trains #newengland #Photography #LUMIX

Excited for this!

Got my COVID booster last week. I would like to encourage all of my friends and neighbors to do their part in keeping preventable sickness and disease at bay as we enter the cooler months. If you won't do it for me, do it for him.

Special thanks to everyone for making this event possible: RI Bike, the City of East Providence, the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, and the Rhode Island Department of Health. 2/2

Join us tomorrow, Saturday, September 12, from 12 PM – 3 PM at Grassy Plains Park for a bike safety demonstration and local food vendors! The City of East Providence will be hosting a free helmet giveaway for both kids and adults. 1/2

This workshop was invaluable. I enjoyed attending and meeting all of the fine folks here.

And that's a lot of what organizing is about: listening to folks and empowering them to take action to build a better tomorrow. Want to help build towards better housing availability and affordability here in Rhode Island? Send me a message — I'd love to connect!

After all, our home — the First Place — is the center of our lives. Having a place to call home, a place where you can pursue your ambitions, career, & hobbies, or start a family — is crucial. I did a lot of listening and reflecting during my time at this gathering hosted by @welcomingneighbors.us.

Last week, I was in Maryland, along with @neighborswelcomeri.bsky.social, where I got to be in a space with folks from all across the country, from all walks of life & political affiliations, who are working to improve housing affordability & availability in their communities.

Knocked doors for Merrill for East Providence School Committee Ward 3 this evening. Had several fantastic conversations with neighbors about @libbymerrill.bsky.social, in particular about who she is and what she stands for.

We're glad that many of our members and neighbors from East Providence were able to attend this informative and engaging workshop!

This past Monday, I voted early at East Providence City Hall in the upcoming primary election here in Rhode Island. I encourage all of my friends and neighbors to get out and vote. It's only a little bit of time out of your day, and it makes all the difference in the future of our state.

Thank you to everyone who joined tonight's Community Education Series, "Vote Your Values: A Guide to Informed Voting." We appreciate the great discussion from residents, and a special thanks to Christine Stenning from the League of Women Voters of Newport County for sharing her expertise.

This is also what density makes possible. More people in a city means more of this, more life, more connection, more spontaneity. Economically thriving cities are alive, and this is what we get when we say yes to welcoming folks into our neighborhoods and our communities. (2/2)

Today, I'm working from Central Park. People are reading, working, picnicking, and singing together. Strangers sharing the same space and actually enjoying it. Third Places like this bring people together. (1/2)

Our next Community Education Series event, Vote Your Values: A Guide to Informed Voting, is coming up NEXT WEEK on Monday, August 10 from 6:30 - 7:30pm at east 33 (33 Veterans Memorial Parkway). RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/23005... See you there!

Yesterday, I attended @pvdstreets.org's Summer Boost Fundraiser. It was great running into many friends and advocates who have been on the front lines of fighting for transit and walkable infrastructure in our state.

Tonight we joined @pvdstreets.org for their Summer Boost Fundraiser! We're also proud to have signed onto their 2026 blueprint, "Small State, Big Headaches", a roadmap for safer streets & better transit in RI.

Join us Wednesday, July 8th at 7pm for a virtual Friends of NWRI meeting. We'll wrap up where our housing bills ended up, talk upcoming elections, and share how to join our members' Discord server. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/frien...

Fantastic progress at the State House! 🙌 We are thrilled to see the Faith-Based Affordable Housing bill clear the Senate committee and move forward. Let’s keep this momentum going. Next stop: the Rhode Island House of Representatives!

This legislation would help open the door for faith communities to create much-needed affordable homes across Rhode Island by allowing residential development on underused religious property. A small zoning change with the potential for a big community impact.

“My biggest takeaway was the absolute necessity of building diverse, intersectional coalitions,” says Mélodie. (1/3)

Another excellent Lobby Day on the books! Thanks for turning out to support public transportation and Standing Up for New Homes. Great to collaborate with AARP RI, The Save RIPTA Coalition, @pvdstreets.org @growsmartri.bsky.social

I joined @neighborswelcomeri.bsky.social for their Lobby Day to advocate for more housing options in our state, specifically urging legislators to support Faith-Based Affordable Housing and Conversion Incentives.

Tonight, we showed up in support of the resolution adopting the East Providence Safe Streets and Roads for All Safety Action Plan. 🛡️ The plan proposes clear strategies, projects, and policy recommendations to improve roadway safety for all users. #EastProvidence #SafeStreets (1/4)

• When forced to choose, 69% of respondents believe building more homes is more important than preserving "neighborhood character." 🏗️ • There is overwhelming support for solutions, ranging from 90% approval for building conversions to broad majority support for parking reforms. 🚗 (4/5)

Poll Toplines: Rhode Islanders Demand Action 📈 • 91% of residents agree that housing is a significant problem across Rhode Island. 🚨 • 61% strongly agree that the state legislature must take decisive action on housing. ⚖ (3/5)

Today, @neighborswelcomeri.bsky.social held a press conference at East Providence City Hall releasing the results of their housing poll. We thank @bobdasilva.bsky.social, State Rep. June Speakman, & State Sen. @meghankallman.bsky.social for being there for the release of this important poll. (1/5)

It was fun exploring this walkable town. Grabbed a great meal at Brunswick Diner, visited the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, and explored local parks. (2/2)

Took a day trip to Brunswick, Maine yesterday via Amtrak's Downeaster from North Station in Boston. Enjoyed exploring the town, including Bowdoin's art museum, along with local parks. Pictures below 👇 (1/2)

Yesterday, I took a trip with my wife on Amtrak's Downeaster to the end of the line in Brunswick, Maine. We explored the walkable downtown, visited the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, & crossed the Swinging Bridge. #lomoinstantsquare #lomography #instax #amtrak #instaxmini #photography

The ever growing party on wheels, @pvdstreets.bsky.social’s Fam Jam, makes its way to Riverside for the first ever East Providence Fam Jam…LOOP DE LOOFF! 🚲🎠🩵 Join us on Saturday, May 2nd at 1pm in Riverside Square. 🎨Artwork by Riverside’s own Talia Clark. 1/6

Thursday, April 2nd, the Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government will hear two of our bills: Technical Fixes (S2907) and Small-lot Size Reform (S2265). Read more and submit written testimony here: www.neighborswelcomeri.org/resources/bi...

We made it easy to submit written testimony if you can’t attend the hearing! Details and guides here: www.neighborswelcomeri.org/resources/bi...

Big Week at the State House! Today, Tuesday, March 31st, the House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing will hear three of our bills: Our Technical Fixes bill (H8039), Faith-based Affordable Housing (H7445) and Conversion Incentive (H8142).

Mélodie Pimentel: A report from the East Providence No Kings event "The people are standing up,” said organizer Libby Merrill. “We do not want oligarchs running the country.” steveahlquist.substack.com/p/melodie-pi...

East Providence showed up today! Over 100 residents turned up and united to say that the power belongs with the people, not the elite. Thank you to all of the EPiC members who came out and the new faces. Thank you also to @bobdasilva.bsky.social for joining us. 🚫👑

Today's No Kings protest in East Providence was a powerful demonstration of courage and leadership from folks in our community. I'm proud to have attended this demonstration alongside them. Pictures taken on a Lomo’ Instant Square Glass Camera.

Hope this vaccine makes it to market. www.cidrap.umn.edu/lyme-disease...

My kingdom for a Lyme vaccine 🧪 www.cidrap.umn.edu/lyme-disease...

Kudos to RI's @melodiepimen.tel for this excellent piece.

In this piece, I dive into why these barriers are a step backward for Portugal. I believe that self-determination is a human right that should not be limited by geography, bureaucracy, or pathologization. (2/2) www.publico.pt/2026/03/17/p...

My op-ed was published in Público today, one of Portugal’s prominent newspapers of record. This story is deeply personal. Under Portugal's current self-determination law, I was able to change my legal name and gender through a simple, dignified process. But now that process is under threat. (1/2)