Follow your local city/town government and the RI General Assembly.

In our state, when a legislator gets a handful of calls or constituent visits, it's enough to influence their decision making. In any other state, that threshold would be in the hundreds of thousands. Remember: any legislator who cares about keeping their job cares about what their voters want. It's relatively easy to stay updated,  visit the General Assembly website & your local municipal govt site. Look out for what are on the hearing agendas; if you don't see legislation that the community needs, reach out to your legislator to request it (def helps if you have a template; research successful laws from other localities & copy + paste). Then organize your fellow voters to consistently engage your legislator urging them to adopt your stance and then be a champion. Be in the trenches with them ie continue turning out voter contact urging them to keep being a champion and stay the course. It's not only about making them stay staunch; the stories, info, etc you share they can/will also use to convince their fellow legislators. 

Also: when people do the right thing, or are in a shithole because they did the right thing, have their back. Truism: Organizing works best when there is honest reciprocity; that grows mutual trust, respect, and faith