Jacqueline Esther Goldman
Democratic · RI
Jackie Goldman is a public health worker focused on overdose prevention, a community activist, and an AmeriCorps alum. They want more affordable housing, repaired streets and sidewalks, and better-funded public schools, including support for students with disabilities.
Where Jacqueline Esther Goldman stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Civil Rights (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Co-wrote an opinion piece in The Appeal arguing that the COVID-19 response should not pull money or focus away from overdose prevention.
April 14, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: theappeal.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support
Wrote an essay in The Providence Eye about being LGBTQ+ in 2026 and urged readers to press lawmakers to pass the Health Insurance Nondiscrimination Act.
June 17, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: pvdeye.org
Wrote an opinion piece in The Providence Eye opposing more surveillance cameras and license plate readers after the Brown University shooting, citing risks to immigrants and people seeking abortions.
December 24, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: pvdeye.org
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Was endorsed by the Providence Teachers Union for City Council Ward 5 in 2026.
August 21, 2026
Source: yahoo.com
Was endorsed by the Rhode Island Working Families Party for Providence City Council Ward 5 in 2026.
July 1, 2026
Source: workingfamilies.org
Was profiled by Hamden Hall as program director at Brown University's People, Place and Health Collective, after two AmeriCorps terms that included HIV testing and overdose outreach in rural New Mexico.
May 13, 2026
Source: hamdenhall.org
Published a study as lead author on which people stayed in a year-long Rhode Island trial of 505 people testing whether fentanyl test strips reduce overdoses.
October 22, 2025
Source: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Co-wrote a study that surveyed 125 people living or working near Rhode Island's first state-approved overdose prevention center; 74% supported it opening in their neighborhood.
April 10, 2025
Source: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Published a national study as lead author on what factors were linked to death among people in outpatient treatment for opioid addiction.
January 15, 2020
Source: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Published a study as lead author on how young adults in Rhode Island who use drugs viewed fentanyl test strips, which check drugs for fentanyl before use.
January 8, 2019
Source: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Past race Jacqueline Esther Goldman ran in:
- City Council Member Ward 5 · November 3, 2026 · Providence city, Rhode Island