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Grass Roots Organizing Workshop
Home of the SC Progressive Network and the Modjeska Simkins School
1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, SC
803-808-3384
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Mondays 6:30–8:30pm through the end of June: The Modjeska Simkins School spring session meets online and in-person at GROW in Columbia and the Charleston Worker Center. For registered students and alumni only.
April 4 and 18, 8–10pm: Jazz Workshop (1st and 3rd Thursdays). Join friends for a casual evening of live music. All are welcome. Got talent? Bring your instrument and sit in for a song or two. No cover charge.
April 7, 4–5:30pm: History of Afrikan People, Lecture 3. The Afrikan Origin of Medical Science with Dr. Burnett Galllman, who serves on the National Board of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations and who has been teaching classical Afrikan history for 40 years. Open to the public. On Zoom only; register HERE.
April 7, 6:30–8pm: Deep Dive into the destruction of Reconstruction in South Carolina with nationally acclaimed historian and author Dr. Vernon Burton. The SC native has studied and written extensively about Lincoln’s Unfinished Work to establish an equitable democracy. He will be interviewed by Dr. Robert Greene II, lead instructor of the Modjeska Simkins School. Dr. Burton recently filed an amicus brief in support of the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that disgraced former President Donald Trump violated the section of the 14th Amendment that has only been used once since it became law, when Martial Law was declared and federal troops arrested hundreds Ku Klux Klan members in upstate South Carolina. To join on Zoom, register HERE. Deep Dives are public programs that are part of the Modjeska Simkins School.
April 8, 4pm: Campus Workers United monthly meeting. Organizing for fairness at the University of South Carolina, one of the state’s largest employers.
April 13, 9am–3pm: South Carolina chapter of the American Association of University Women annual statewide meeting. Open to those interested in educational equity and opportunities, especially for women. For more information, contact mclallen0649@outlook.
April 14, 7pm: The UFO at GROW featuring musicians Cassidy Spencer, Matthew Rolin, Josh Dunn, and Lori McKinnon. This is the first of a new music format at GROW. All are welcome. $10 cover.
April 19, 7:30pm: Roy Book Binder, master storyteller and blues master, and opening artist Will Pittman will perform intimate show. See more on Book Binder’s web site. Share/RSVP on Facebook.
Roy Book Binder
April 21, 4-6pm, Deep Dive into SC Labor history with Dr. Kerry Taylor and screening of the Uprising of 34, a 1995 documentary about the national 1934 general strike of textile mills that ended in bloodshed in Honea Path. Dr. Taylor, a labor historian at The Citadel, will discuss the historic and often violent repression of labor unions in South Carolina, and take questions after the film. In-person and online. To join on Zoom, register HERE. Deep Dives are public programs that are part of the Modjeska Simkins School.
April 24, 7pm: The SC Progressive Network resumes monthly meetings! Find out what we’ve been up to and how you can get involved. To join the meeting online, register HERE.
April 25 (last Thursday) noon–1:30pm: Food for Thought. Join the lead instructors of the Modjeska Simkins School for a new lunchtime discussion series for Network members and allies to explore topics of historical or current interest. Bring your lunch or order take-out in advance from No Name Deli across the street. Our doors open at 11:30am.
April 25, 6pm: Interfaith meeting.
April 28, 4–5:30pm: Deep Dive with UNC history professor Dr. Erik Gellman, author of the 2014 Death Blow to Jim Crow, the first book to track the amazing rise and fall of the Southern Negro Youth Congress, a radical, multiracial youth movement that peaked in Columbia in 1946. To join on Zoom, register HERE. Deep Dives are public programs that are part of the Modjeska Simkins School.
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Please remember that GROW strongly advocates vegetarian/vegan fare, as it aligns with our core values of respecting the planet and its inhabitants, and resisting corporate control of our food. Even if you do not practice a plant-based diet, we ask that you respect our attendees who do.