A. Philip Randolph Institute - Orangeburg
1135 Glenwood Dr. Orangeburg SC 29115803-534-0837
Organization of black trade unionists fighting for racial equality and economic justice.
Contact: Contact: Curtis Randolph 1135@bellsouth.net
Aiken Peace
707 Palm Dr. Aiken SC 29803803-215-3263
This group is an anti-war organization, uniting activists of like mind to challenge U.S. foreign policy in Iraq.
Contact: Dave Matos aiken_peace@yahoo.com
Alliance for Full Acceptance
PO Box 22088 Charleston SC 29413-2088843-883-0343 Fax: 843-723-3859
www.affa-sc.org
The mission of AFFA is to eliminate prejudice and secure social justice and civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
Contact: Warren Redman-Gress wgress@affa-sc.org
Amalgamated Transit Union
POB 20711 Charleston SC 29413Contact: Virginia Lewis lewisvirginia@bellsouth.net
American Postal Workers Union Local 807
6 Thistle Ct Irmo SC 29063803-413-6510
Contact: Elijah Fraizer efrasiersr@hotmail.com
Carolina Alliance for Fair Employment
1 Chick Springs. Rd, Suite 114 Greenville SC 29609864-235-2926
www.cafesc.org
Contact: Carol Bishop msckbishop@aol.com
Carolina Peace Resource Center
P.O. Box 7933 Columbia SC 29202803-446-2772 803-261-0495 Fax: 267-295-8657
The central mission of the Center is to advance the cause of peace in the world by facilitating and encouraging the work of South Carolinians on peace and justice through research and education. The Center publishes a newsletter, maintains a calendar of events, and sponsors statewide meetings for groups to share information and plan activities.
Contact: Melanie Knight info@carolinapeace.org
CASA/Family Systems
PO Box 1568 Orangeburg SC 29116803-534-2272 Fax: 803-534-2594
CASA/Family Systems is a private nonprofit agency that provides services to victims/survivors, family, and significant others of sexual and domestic violence in Bamburg, Calhoun, and Orangeburg counties. Services available 24 hours, 7 days a week, and includes emergency shelter placement, crisis counseling, medical and criminal justice advocacy, information and referral, emergency financial assistance, emergency legal advocacy, personal advocacy, support groups, transportation, and assistance in filing compensation claims.
Contact: Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, Executive Director gch@scstatehouse.net casafamilysystems@sc.rr.com
Charleston Peace
123 Ox Trail Jamestown SC 29453843-257-2556
www.charlestonpeace.net
Lasting peace begins with the awareness that justice for all, rather than power held by a few, must be the foundation on which is grounded the social and political interaction of all people. Equal access to education and health care and economic development guided with respect for human rights and the environment are the materials which must be crafted into the new structure for international relations - replacing the nuclear, chemical, and biological arsenals and armies now in use. Those who understand this and have the most to lose have the greatest responsibility to help remove these threats to our planet and to institute a new era of world relations based on the principles of nonviolence and justice. Because we acknowledge the potentially devastating nature of our circumstances, and because we hold the power to change them, we therefore dedicate this organization and our personal talents, labors, and love for peace.
Contact: Anna Shockley
Coalition for New South Carolinians
POB 2514 Columbia SC 29224803-429-8742
www.coalitionfnsc.org/
The mission of Coalition for New South Carolinians is to assist, organize, advocate for and mobilize the diverse immigrant community in the state.
Contact: Lisa Lopez Snyder
Common Cause of South Carolina
PO Box 7021 Columbia SC 29208803-799-0706
Government reform is the main purpose of Common Cause: open meetings, minimize influence of money on politics, honest policy-making, competent and fair judges. Board meets four times a year, one annual membership meeting a year, one major conference on various topics each year including Campaign Finance Reform and Judicial Selection Reform.
Contact: John Crangle, Director
Darius Jennings Charitable Org.
PO Box 2368 Orangeburg SC 29115803-536-2464
Contact: Elaine Johnson TomeL22@aol.com
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Alumnae Chapter - Columbia (SC)
PO Box 7784 Columbia SC 29202803-735-1444
www.Columbiadeltas.org
The Columbia (SC) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is a public service organization composed of college-educated women committed to upholding the founding principles and ideals of the sisterhood with emphasis on economic and educational development, international involvement, political awareness and involvement, and physical and mental health.
Contact: Erica Carter
Environmentalists, Inc.
1339 Sinkler Rd. Columbia SC 29206803-782-3000
Environmentalists, Inc. helps citizens locate information regarding environmental pollution in their community, providing guidance on data collection, training lay persons in the procedures for filing FOIA requests, contacting officials, becoming a party to an adjudicatory proceeding, identifying experts and information resources and empowering people as they assume responsibility for their own well-being.
Contact: Ruth Thomas
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ
1020 Atlas Road Columbia SC 29209803-240-6873
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ is a sanctuary of love, warmth, laughter providing Spirit-filled worship, music, and an open-communion. Experience the radically inclusive love of Christ!
Contact: Andy T. Sidden pastorandys@msn.com
Greater Charleston Central Labor Council
1106 Shat River Ct. Mt. Pleasant SC 29464843-324-6384
Contact: Erin McKee emjm2@comcast.net
Greater Columbia Central Labor Council
254 LaTonea Dr. Columbia SC 29210803-798-8300
A coalition of Midlands labor unions promoting the interests of working families.
Contact: Linda Houck scaflcio@bellsouth.net
Greater Piedmont Central Labor Union
PO Box 2151 Greenville SC 29602864-905-6690
A coalition of Upstate labor unions promoting the interests of working families.
Contact: Roger Finch ubitquitus@aol.com
Grimke Sisters
P.O. Box 8325 Columbia SC 29202803-808-3384
The Grimke Sisters is a group of grassroots activists dedicated to promoting feminist ideals and nurturing a diverse community of women in the Midlands. To join our listserv, email GrimkeSisters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Contact: Becci Robbins beccirobbins@hotmail.com GrimkeSisters@yahoogroups.com
GROW Food Co-Op
1925 Smith St. Columbia SC 29209803-776-2372 803-783-0000
GROW Food Co-op provides affordable groceries to low-income families.About 200 families participate in a monthly food buy.
Contact: Glen Davis
Hilton Head for Peace
3 Gumtree Rd., #303 Hilton Head SC 29926843-681-4010
Hilton Head for Peace is an organization comprised of individuals from a variety of backgrounds drawn to a common cause: the promotion of peace as the rightful condition of all humankind, the resolution of conflict using nonviolent means, and the respect for human rights and personal freedom for all people without the threat of violence. We promote peace through information, action and education.
Contact: Finian Taylor fintaylor@hargray.com
IFF ONLYS
119 Indian Cove Rd. Chapin SC 29036803-479-4089
Inmates, Families, Friends - One Network Ladder for Your Support (IFF ONLYS) is an organization of family and friends of inmates working for equitable criminal justice and humane prison conditions.
Contact: Margaret Abbott iffonlys@aol.com
International Longshoreman's Association, Local 1422
1142 Morrison Dr. Charleston SC 29403843-720-7363 Fax: 843-881-3488
The ILA-1422 is a labor union of SC dockworkers that promotes good jobs and equal justice for working families.
Contact: Charles Brave Jr. cbravejr@hotmail.com
League of Women Voters - Georgetown
P.O. Box 18 Georgetown SC 29442-0018The mission of the League is to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation in government and to act on selected government issues. We are political but nonpartisan, and do not support or oppose any political party or candidate.
Contact: Carol Winans CarolandGarvey@aol.com
Low Country Peace Network
4463 Fringetree Dr. Murrells Inlet SC 29567843-651-0184
Our purpose is to inform citizens in the Low Country of South Carolina of opportunities for coming together to encourage and support one another in promoting nonviolence and peace in every aspect of their lives. The best place to find encouragement for peacebuilding is in small groups. Through our group you can locate a group or find out how to start one yourself. You also will learn why and how becoming an active peacebuilder will lift your spirits and improve your health. Really.
Contact: Dwight Fee dwightfee@aol.com
NAACP/Lower Richland
6820 Bluff Rd. Hopkins SC 29061803-776-2792
This local chapter advances the issues and policies of the state NAACP by educating and engaging citizens living in Lower Richland.
Contact: Hattie Fruster, President
National Association of Social Workers, SC
2711 Middleburg Dr., Suite 313-C Columbia SC 29204803-256-8406
www.scnasw.org
Contact: Terre Eichler scnasw2@scnasw.org
Natural Guard Fund
PO Box 8325 Columbia SC 29202803-808-3384
The Natural Guard Fund was founded in 1978 to promote social and environmental justice in South Carolina. From 1990-2001, it published POINT, South Carolina's only statewide alternative newspaper.. In 1995 the Natural Guard got a grant to organize a statewide multi-issue multiracial coalition that became the S.C. Progressive Network.
Contact: Bob Guild bguild@mindspring.com
New Morning Foundation
807 Gervais St. Columbia SC 29201803-929-0088
www.newmorningfoundation.org
Contact: Brandi Parrish bparrish@newmorningfoundation.org
Parents, Friends & Families of Lesbians and Gays - Columbia
PO Box 1838 Columbia SC 29202803-772-7396
PFFLAG offers support, education and advocacy for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, and their parents, family and friends. We educate our members and the general public about the truths of homosexuality, bisexuality and transgender issues in an effort to dispel the many myths which exist.
Contact: Harriet Hancock pridemom@aol.com
Planned Parenthood Health Systems
2712 Middleburg Dr., Ste. 107 Columbia SC 29204803-256-2600 Fax: 803-256-4905
Planned Parenthood of South Carolina promotes and ensures access to comprehensive reproductive health, education and counseling services for the men and women of our state.
Contact: Vicki Cannon vicki.cannon@pphsinc.org
RHFACTOR
5 Turtle Lane Lake Wylie SC 29701803-675-6002
Contact: Mary Keenan mkeenan@emporium.net
Riverside Community Development Corporation
P.O. Box 496 Saluda SC 29138864-445-3310
Our mission is to save the children, uplift fallen and at-risk humanity by providing educational programs, information and creating an environment for community empowerment.
Contact: James Holloway jholloway12@earthlink.net
SC Campaign to End AIDS
Columbia SC http://www.c2ea.org/sc/
Contact: Karen Bates
SC Gay and Lesbian Business Guild
PO Box 7913 Columbia SC 29202-0655803-771-0411
www.scglbg.net
The South Carolina Gay + Lesbian Business Guild is a not-for-profit organization supporting the needs of South Carolina's gay and lesbian members of the business community and our allies.
Contact: scglbg1@aol.com
SC Hispanic Outreach
PO Box 25277 Columbia SC 29224803-419-5112
This organization advocates for the growing Hispanic community and offers a support system to meet these families' needs.
Contact: Carmen Enid Santiago
SC Professional Firefighters Association, Local A-0039
POB 3536 Myrtle Beach SC 29578803-222-0003
Contact: Mike Parrotta scpres39@bellsouth.net
SC4ERA
40 Little St. Lyman SC 29635864-949-8161
4ERA is a national, single issue,non-partisan organization working to complete the ratification of the federal Equal Rights Amendment. Our mission is to increase solidarity of the American public for ratifying the federal ERA. Our goals are to educate the American public about why this amendment is still needed, to dispel the myths surrounding the ERA, to promote the ERA as a positive step forward for our democracy and to conduct our campaign in a way that attracts the majority of Americans to our campaign.
Contact: Kate Landishaw Peabodyrus@aol.com
Sean's Last Wish Foundation
PO Box 5697 Greenville SC 29606864-884-5003
www.seanslastwish.com
Sean's Last Wish serves the state of South Carolina and Western North Carolina. By the end of 2008 we hope to have extended our reach throught NC and Georgia. Volunteer Meetings are held the 1st Saturday of every month. To be added to our mailing list or to receive our newsletter please send an email to seanslastwish@yahoo.com.
Contact: Elke Kennedy Seanslastwish@gmail.com
Secular Humanists of the Low Country
PO Box 42256 Charleston SC 29407843-926-1750
www.atheistalliance.org/lowcountry
Our members are free thinkers: agnostics, skeptics, secular humanists, rationalists and scientific naturalists. The purpose of our nonprofit organization is to promote the non-theistic, human-centered viewpoint as a valid contribution to public discourse; to work to maintain the First Amendment guarantee of separation of state and church; and to join in coalition with like-minded organizations where joint action is needed to achieve these goals.
Contact: Larry Carter Center larry_carter_center@yahoo.com
South Carolina AFL-CIO
254 LaTonea Rd. Columbia SC 29210803-798-8300 Fax: 803-798-2231
The SC AFL-CIO is a statewide organization of unions promoting the interests of working families.
Contact: Donna Dewitt, President scaflcio@bellsouth.net
South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations
658 Rutledge Ave. Charleston SC 29403843-579-9855 Fax: 843-579-0232
www.communitydevelopmentsc.org
A statewide network of Community Development Corporations. Our mission is to promote community economic development in our most rural and distressed communities.
Contact: Bernie Mazyck, President and CEO bmscacdc@bellsouth.net
South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
PO Box 7776 Columbia SC 29202803-256-2900 Fax: 803-256-1030
www.sccadvasa.org
SCCADVASA is a statewide membership coalition committed to ending domestic violence and sexual assault through advocacy, education and social change.
Contact: Vicki Bourus, Director vkbourus@sccadvasa.org
South Carolina Equality Coalition
PO Box 544 Columbia SC 29202803-256-6500
www.scequality.org
The South Carolina Equality Coalition is a statewide coalition of fair-minded individuals, religious groups, and social justice organizations working to secure civil and human rights for all citizens of South Carolina, particularly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Contact: Ray Drew craydrew@scequality.org
South Carolina Fair Share
PO Box 8888 Columbia SC 29202803-252-9813 Fax: 803-799-5816
South Carolina Fair Share, along with its associated 501(c)(3) South Carolina Fair Share Education Fund, works to help build the infrastructure for a social change movement. Our vision is to be a catalyst, bringing about changes so that historically oppressed people are able to enjoy full participation in the economic, educational, political, and social facets of our state. Our goal is to spark hope and facilitate the ability of disenfranchised people to imagine new possibilities for themselves and their communities, and to enable them to participate in the shaping of the public policies that impact them. Fair Share publishes a weekly Legislative Update during the legislative session, Policy Perspectives (in-depth analysis of public policy issues), Margins of Health and a member newsletter. Training programs are offered covering topics such as lobbying rules and regulations, voter participation, leadership training, fundraising, and financial management.
Contact: Anton J. Gunn, M.S.W., Executive Director scfsgunn@bellsouth.net
South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Pride Movement
PO Box 12648 Columbia SC 29211803-771-7713
www.scglpm.org
Working through the Harriet Hancock Community Center (1108 Woodrow St.), GLPM provides programs and services devoted to education and advocacy on behalf of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered citizens of South Carolina. Our mission: to educate the public about our issues and concerns, to support the gay and lesbian community, to celebrate the richness and diversity of gay and lesbian lives, and to advocate for visibility, equality, and inclusiveness. Services provided include a speakers bureau, educational and social programming, and support groups.
Contact: Ryan Wilson prideinsc@yahoo. com
South Carolina Independent Living Council
810 Dutch Sq. Blvd. Columbia SC 29210803-731-1607
The South Carolina Independent Living Council seeks to provide leadership to a statewide movement to empower people with disabilities. The SCILC conducts a variety of activities and provides support and assistance to centers for independent living in developing the advocacy skills and interests of South Carolinians with disabilities.
Contact: Maris Burton Scilcdir@aol.com
South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus
PO Box 495 Columbia SC 29202803-734-2804 Fax: 803-734-8711
www.sclbc.org
The Legislative Black Caucus is composed of members of the state legislature, organizations and individuals. The nonprofit group is nonpartisan and works to strengthen citizens involvement in the political process.
Contact: Rep. David Mack djm@scstatehouse.net
South Carolina Voter Education Project
PO Box 7846 Columbia SC 29202803-799-7700
The Voter Education Project seeks to register, educate and mobilize South Carolina voters.
Contact: Liz Deas lizzdeas@bellsouth.net
South Carolinians for Drug Law Reform
P.O. Box 1236 Charleston SC 29402843-723-0382
South Carolians for Drug Law Reform seeks to educate the public and our political representatives about the true results of the U.S. war on drugs and about alternative drug policies, and to stumulate discussion and legislation to address drug problems through treatment and education.
Contact: Todd Chas Todd@scdruglawreform.org info@scdruglawreform.org
Sustainable Foundation Project
PO Box 211761 Columbia SC 29221803-409-9572
Contact: Rodney Lenz rodlenz@nuvox.net
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Columbia
2701 Heyward St. Columbia SC 29205803-799-0845 Fax: 815-799-4740
www.chaliceweb.org/uufc
The mission of our fellowship is to nurture and respect each other in our spiritual growth and pursuit of meaning, to create a welcoming and engaging environment through which we work for positive change in our community and the world.
Contact: Rev. Dr. Neal Jones nealjones@sc.rr.com
Upstate SC Secular Humanists
P.O. Box 1744 Greenville SC 29602864-419-3802
www.uscsh.org
Contact: M. Lee Deitz, President leeingvl@aol.com
York County Progressive Network
1950 Greystone Circle Catawba SC 29704803-324-3398
Contact: Cherie Mabry democrat@comporium.net
