{"id":4008,"date":"2015-01-03T13:23:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T18:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2015-01-03T13:24:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T18:24:46","slug":"2014-a-look-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/03\/2014-a-look-back\/","title":{"rendered":"2014: it was a big year for the Network!"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the SC Progressive Network<\/a>, 2014 was busy and our work ambitious. We organized an Enough is Enough rally<\/a> in January to welcome legislators back on the first day of the new session. We sustained a months-long and aggressive lobbying campaign<\/a> to pressure the General Assembly to expand Medicaid. Our Truthful Tuesdays<\/a> campaign culminated in 39 arrests<\/a> of peaceful protestors who, over three days, blocked the entrance to the State House garage. Charges were later dropped. We organized a Healthy Democracy Road Show<\/a>, taking our message across the state.<\/p>\n

In 2014, we marched, we paraded, we knocked on doors, we registered voters. We helped South Carolinians navigate the ACA’s insurance marketplace<\/a>, with 10 trained navigators and dozens of volunteers in Charleston and Columbia. We held two statewide conferences (spring<\/a> and fall<\/a>). We published a booklet about human rights activist Modjeska Simkins, and we threw a party on her birthday, as we do every year. We celebrated marriage equality<\/a> in South Carolina. We grew our membership base and online visibility. All in all, it was a productive year.<\/p>\n

We are excited about 2015, when we focus on the Modjeska Simkins School for Human Rights<\/a>, the Network’s new organizing school. We hope you will join us!<\/p>\n