WARWICK, RI (February 17, 2022) – Lieutenant Commander Kasim Yarn, Rhode Island Director of Veterans Affairs, first visited Bishop Hendricken in 2019 with a simple message: “It’s okay not to be okay.” As he stepped into McNally Gymnasium on Thursday, he reiterated: “It’s still okay not to be okay. That message has never changed.” But,...Read More

Originally published in The Hawk Insider’s Fall 2021 edition. Written by Christian Kabbas ’14. On a crisp fall morning at the beginning of the school year, there was a special recruitment process taking place on RIPTA bus #3 departing Providence for Oakland Beach. Isaac Reyes ‘06 remembers it well.  On board, a handful of Bishop...Read More

WARWICK, RI (February 11, 2022) — In honor of Black History Month, Lieutenant Commander Kasim Yarn, Rhode Island Director of Veterans Affairs, will lead a speaking presentation and discussion on race with the Bishop Hendricken community on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 9:30am in McNally Gym. Following his presentation, Director Yarn will open up for...Read More