Rhode Island Latino Arts and three other arts organizations won a ruling against the Trump Administration on Friday when a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that a policy from the National Endowment for the Arts violates the First Amendment and other federal laws. Rhode Island Latino Arts was one of four organizations from across the country that were part of the lawsuit brought by the ACLU. Speak up, fight.”Martinez added that many members of the arts and theater communities have reached out to her since the ruling was announced on Friday. At least in the past week, there’s been so much going on and then this,” Martinez said. “And so, it brought a smile and it made people realize that there is good out there.”Martinez says that Rhode Island Latino Arts will now be able to apply for funding for its Teatro En El Verano bilingual theater programming.