{"id":4418,"date":"2016-08-03T16:18:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T21:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2016-08-05T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T18:33:50","slug":"network-project-profiles-three-extraordinary-sc-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/03\/network-project-profiles-three-extraordinary-sc-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Network profiles three extraordinary SC women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4418 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/03\/network-project-profiles-three-extraordinary-sc-women\/mms-cover-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mms-cover-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/03\/network-project-profiles-three-extraordinary-sc-women\/hancock_covershot\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/hancock_covershot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/03\/network-project-profiles-three-extraordinary-sc-women\/sarah_leverette_cvovershot\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sarah_leverette_cvovershot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In 2014, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\">SC Progressive Network<\/a> was awarded a grant from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcgov.us\/Government\/Commissions\/ConservationCommission.aspx\">Richland County Conservation Commission<\/a> to produce a booklet about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/modjeskaschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FOR-WEB.pdf\">Modjeska Monteith Simkins<\/a>. It was distributed free to readers in the Midlands, and was so well received that the Network ordered a second printing.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Network received another grant from the Commission for two additional booklets, on gay rights activist Harriet Hancock and legal pioneer Sarah Leverette. The Hancock booklet came out in May; the Leverette booklet will be released in mid-August.<\/p>\n<p>Becci Robbins, the Network&#8217;s communications director and author of the booklets, said of the project, <span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8220;While I didn\u2019t set out to write a trilogy, the booklets evolved into a package that now seems perfectly timed. Besides telling the stories of three phenomenal South Carolina women, they offer a chance to explore racism, sexism, and homophobia\u2014problems continuing to fester in the nation\u2019s addled psyche. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">The booklet about Modjeska, whose grandparents were enslaved, reminds us of South Carolina\u2019s grim past &#8211; and how it haunts us still. The booklet about Harriet went to press just days before the massacre in Orlando that left 49 people dead and 53 maimed in a gay nightclub. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">And the last booklet about Sarah, who was born on the eve of women\u2019s suffrage in America, comes out as the nation deliberates whether to vote for its first woman president. This historic election has come with the sad reminder in certain news outlets and on social media that misogyny is alive and well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">While the booklets provide no easy answers to the vexing problems we face, they give some historical context to help understand the current social and political climate in America and here at home. And they show the power a single citizen can have, given enough passion and commitment.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">My hope is that these booklets will make their way into the hands of girls and young women who will be as moved and impressed as I have been by Modjeska, Harriet, and Sarah. It has been a great privilege to share their stories.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Questions? Call the Network at 803-808-3384.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/modjeskaschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FOR-WEB.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/modjeskaschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bookcover.jpg\" alt=\"bookcover\" width=\"800\" height=\"657\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/modjeskaschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FOR-WEB.pdf\">this booklet<\/a> to read about Modjeska&#8217;s extraordinary life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/modjeskaschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/hancock_covershot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/modjeskaschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/hancock_covershot.jpg\" alt=\"hancock_covershot\" width=\"2550\" height=\"2100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/modjeskaschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/hancock_booklet_web_small.pdf\">here<\/a> to download Harriet Hancock booklet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sarah_leverette_cvovershot.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4420\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4420 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sarah_leverette_cvovershot.jpg\" alt=\"sarah_leverette_cvovershot\" width=\"463\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sarah Leverett booklet is at the printer, and will be available in mid-August.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, the SC Progressive Network was awarded a grant from the Richland County Conservation Commission to produce a booklet about Modjeska Monteith Simkins. 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