Heather Hole Strout, Executive Director of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center (MLK Center), joined What’s Up Newp at noon on Tuesday, March 30.

We chatted about all that’s happening, new, and to do at the MLK Center, as well as previewed 401Gives, Rhode Island’s state-wide giving day that’s coming up on Thursday, April 1. Visit www.401gives.org to support the MLK Center and/or your favorite nonprofit on April 1.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...