The the Hispanic Political Action Committee (HPAC) was a nonpartisan organization that advocated for Latino rights in Rhode Island by connecting the community to the political sphere. It moved Hispanic politics from civic organizing to electoral mobilization, and focused on candidate recruitment.
Angel Taveras was the first Hispanic/Latino (Dominican) who ran for for the US Congress Rhode Island in the Citizens Party (1986). Affigne also ran for City Council Ward 3 (1982).
Anthony Affigne - Independent City Council, Third Ward. Experience, knowledgeable, outspoken. Athony Affigne has the courage and integrity to fight for you in City Hall.
Tony Affigne was the first Hispanic/Latino (Puerto Rican) who ran for Governor of Rhode Island in the Citizens Party (1986). Affigne also ran for City Council Ward 3 (1982).
Anastasia Williams has been an integral community member of Providence, fighting for equity in healthcare, civic action, and education as a city official.
Ed Lopez was born in Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican mother and Guatemalan father. He was first Republican candidate for Rhode Island Secretary of State and ran against incumbent Secretary of State James Langevin in 1998
James Diossa ran and won the Rhode Island General Treasurer in 2022. He served as a member of the city council and as mayor of Central Falls, Rhode Island (2013-2021). He was born in the U.S. to Colombian immigrants.
Anastasia Williams ran for re-election as State Representative in 2021 and has been representing the 9th District since 1993. She immigrated to the U.S. from Panama.
Nellie M. Gorbea ran for governor in 2021 and has served as the Secretary of State of Rhode Island since January 2015. Gorbea is the first Puerto Rican Latina to win statewide office in New England.
Sabina Matos ran for and won, Lt. Governer as the first Afro-Latina to serve in statewide public office in Rhode Island in 2022, and the first Dominican-American to hold state-wide office in the United States.
These are photos of Sabina Matos, City Councilwoman of Ward 15 in 2010, first Latina City Council Chair in Providence, RI in 2015, and first Dominican American and Latina appointed as Rhode Island Lt. Governor in 2021.
Sandra Cano served on the the City of Pawtucket school committee in 2012 and was the first Latina ever elected in the whole city; she was then elected as the first Latina Pawtucket City Councilor in November of 2014 and reelected in 2016. Sandra won a special election for Senate District 8 in April of 2017.
Senator Juan Manuel Pichardo was the first Dominican American and Latino elected to the Rhode Island Senate, in 2002. He represented the people of Providence, Rhode Island's Senate District 2.
Rep. Grace Diaz (D) is the first elected Dominican-American woman to a state legislature seat in the U.S. She has represented the people of District 11 in Providence since November 2004.
Representative Anastasia Williams (D) is the first Hispanic elected to the Rhode Island the state legislature. She was elected to represent House District 9 in November 1991.
Angel Taveras was elected 2011 as the first Latino and Dominican American mayor in the City of Providence, RI and in the U.S. In 2000 he was unsuccessful candidate for the 2nd Congressional District.
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