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JULY CALENDAR
This calendar is for Network member groups. If you have something to share, send item to becci@scpronet.com.
• STATEWIDE •
The public is invited to attend national health care debate forums in South Carolina. With more than 700,000 uninsured South Carolinians including 100,000 children, it is time to fix our country’s health care system.While meetings of business, provider and consumer groups are taking place in Washington D.C., these forums are meant to provide an opportunity for South Carolinians who face the realities of being either uninsured or underinsured to learn about the opportunities that these efforts will have on securing them safe, quality, and affordable health care. With participation and information provided by our Congressional delegation we will learn what the efforts in Washington will mean to everyday South Carolinians. The forums will also give South Carolina’s citizens the opportunity to share their experiences and provide input on what health care reform will mean to them. The forums are sponsored by South Carolina Appleseed, AARP South Carolina, The S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce and South Carolina Fair Share.
July 2, 4-6pm: Rock Hill, Baxter Hood Center
July 6, 5-7pm, Columbia, Drew Wellness Center
July 11, 2-4pm: Charleston, ILA Hall
South Carolina Fair Share Seeks to Hire Executive Director. SCFS, a statewide membership nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the health, safety and well-being of everyday people in South Carolina is seeking candidates for consideration as Executive Director to provide overall leadership and management for the organization. The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to lead and to manage a nonprofit organization that seeks to change public policy through education, organizing and lobbying. Travel is required. Must be located in Columbia, SC. Send cover letter with resume and salary requirements by July 13, 2009 to: CBozard@scfairshare.org or SCFS ED Search Committee, PO Box 8888, Columbia, SC 29202. For details, e-mail: info@scfairshare.org.
The Grimke Sisters, an online community of South Carolina feminists, is now on Facebook! To join, click here. To subscribe to the Grimke Sisters’ listserv, email GrimkeSisters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Check out the Tell Them blog to learn about reproductive health in South Carolina.
• AIKEN •
First and Third Mondays, 5-6:30pm: Women in Black Vigil for Peace, Hitchcock Dr. and Whiskey Road. Vigil calls for an end to war in Iraq, handing over Iraq to Iraqis and bring our troops home. Call 803-215-3263 for details. Sponsored by Aiken Peace.
Second Mondays, 6:30pm: Aiken Peace meets, Aiken Unitarian Universalist Church, 115 Gregg Ave. Call 803-215-3263 for details.
• CHARLESTON •
Fourth Saturday, 10am-noon: Genetic Literacy, Charleston County Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. For information, email jamesecj@aol.com or call 843-762-7139.
• COLUMBIA •
July 2, 5:30-8pm: SC Progressive Network’s First Thursday Drop-In, Modjeska Simkins Historic House, 2025 Marion St. Free and open to all. Stop by and meet with allies, make new friends and find out what the Network and its members are up to. Good company, good tunes, good vibes. Free snacks; cash bar.
July 5, 6pm: Join former Carolina Peace Director Amanda Martin, now of the Guatemala Human Rights Commission, who will be guest of honor at a dinner/celebration and presentation on migration from Guatemala to the US. The party and program will be at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, corner of Woodrow and Heyward. There will be music, Guatemalan-style food and an evening of community with old and new friends. For information or to RSVP, email director@carolinapeace.org.
July 14, 7pm: Columbia Progressive Network meeting, 2025 Marion St. Several groups will be joining us this month to discuss an organizing campaign around workers’ rights, and unemployment benefits. SC’s cruel “fire at will” and anti-union laws, as well as the millions in federal unemployment funding SC refuses to collect will be considered. Come meet area progressives and get involved. For details, email network@scpronet.com or call 803-808-3384.
July 28, 7pm: Progressive Network Study Group, SC Progressive Network office, 2025 Marion St. Free and open to the public. For more information on the study group or to download this month’s suggested reading, click here.
Party with a purpose! SC Equality volunteer hosts are sponsoring House Parties around the state to raise awareness and funds for the organization. This month the group has held parties in Charleston, Greenwood and Columbia. If you would like to attend or host a party, contact Ray Drew at craydrew@scequality.org for details and the party kit with guidelines.
To see the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s programs and activities, see chaliceweb.org.
To see Garden of Grace United Church of Christ’s activities, go to gogucc.com.
Fourth Wednesday, 11:45-1pm, The Coalition for New South Carolinians Brown Bag Lunch Meeting. Find out what’s happening in SC’s immigrant communities. For details, email stanek@coalitionfnsc.org or call 803-429-8742.
First Sundays, 3pm: Regular working meetings at the Rosewood Community Garden, an organic vegetable garden at 1100 S. Holly St., behind Ben Arnold Center. All who live near the garden are welcome to become growers. Reap the benefits of fresh food and community! For more information on this and other Carolina Peace Common Ground projects, click here. Call 803-446-2772 or write to info@carolinapeace.org to join the community gardening listserv.
Sundays: West African Drum and Dance Classes, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, corner of Heyward and Woodward. Master drummer Amara Camara teaches drum lessons 2:30-3:30pm. West African dance classes 4-5:30pm. For details, call 803-260-6486 or email tonijones@sc.rr.com. The money is used to buy rice for the Ratoma neighborhood in Conakry, Guinea, West Africa.
Sundays, 3pm: The public is invited to a weekly discussion group on the environment, led by Ruth Thomas of Environmentalist, Inc., at the USC Green Quad (West Quad). Discussions include local environmental and energy issues. For details, call 803-782-3000.
Every Wednesday, 5pm: Women in Black, State House. For details, call 803-446-2772.
Every Wednesday, 6:15-8pm: Progressive Social Hour, Tio’s, 921 Sumter St. Sponsored by Carolina Peace Resource Center.
Third Thursday, 6pm: PFLAG Columbia meets at St. Martin’s in the Fields Episcopal Church in the Community House, next to the parking lot behind the church, 5220 Clemson Ave. For information, call 803-781-0515.
• GEORGETOWN •
Check out LowCountry Peace Network’s Web site! LowCountryPeace.net.
• GREENVILLE •
July 6, 2-4pm: Sean’s Last Wish volunteer meeting, 7 Brandywine Ct. For information, call 864-884-5003.
July 6, 5:30-9pm: Sean’s Last Wish Drive fundraiser, Drive Stadium, downtown Greenville. Volunteers needed. If you can help, email elke@seanslastwish.org or call 864-884-2125.
Upstate Progressive Network For information on Network activities, projects and meetings in the Upstate, contact Roger Finch at Ubitquitus@aol.com or 864-905-6690.
Every Wednesday, 5:30-6:30pm: Protest the Iraq War, Greenville Federal Building at the corner of Washington and Church. For information, email admin@greenvilleantiwarsociety.com.
• HILTON HEAD •
Every Saturday, 10-10:30am: Women in Black Silent Vigil, Hilton Head Public Library, Hwy. 278 and Beach City Road. Email marysull@hargray.com.
Second Wednesday, 7pm: Hilton Head for Peace programs. For details, call 843-681-4010 or email fintaylor@hargray.com.
• MYRTLE BEACH •
Third Saturday, 2-3pm: Peace vigil at Chapin Park, Business 17, Myrtle Beach, next to the library. Sponsored in part by Low Country Peace Network. For information, email DwightFee@aol.com.
