Advocacy Allies Issues Forum
Connect with advocacy-minded leaders and review nonprofit issues.
Cathy Novinger Girl Scouts Leadership Center
1107 Williams Street Columbia, SC 29201-3035 United States

Join the Advocacy Allies Peer Network for the inaugural Advocacy Allies Issues Forum and hear from policy experts on some of our sector's most timely issues at the SC State House. This event features presentations and panels on some of the critical issues your peers are working on at the State House, as well as a happy hour to wrap things up.
Open to all Together SC members, particularly those well-versed in policy and advocacy or looking for connections to peers in these spaces.
Topics covered will include: Housing, Threats to DEI, Health Equity, and Voting.
Agenda
Learn more about our speakers, Together SC Member profiles are linked in the Agenda below. Each session will last 45 mins and include Q&A.
Welcome: Chynna Phillips
Advocacy Allies Leadership Team Member, Sisters of Charity Foundation of SC
Session 1: Equity in SC's Healthcare Quality & Access
Moderated by Ann Warner, International Center for Research on Women
Keith Smalls, My Community’s Keeper Mentor Group
Session 2: The Power of Your Vote
Moderated by John Tynan, CVSC
Dr. Todd Shaw, USC Political Science and African American Studies
Katy Smith, Greater Good Greenville
April Richardson, Black Voters Matter
Break
Session 3: Affordable Housing Across SC
Moderated by Bernie Maczyk, SCACED
Tina Belge, Greenville Housing Fund
Superintendent JR Green, Fairfield County Schools
Dr. Lila Anna Sauls, Homeless No More
Session 4: Threats to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Moderated by Quinn Hayes Together Women Rise, Together SC Equity Peer Network
Audrey Lane, E3 Foundation
Courtney Thomas, Pride Link
Nina Richards, Spanglish Consulting
Happy Half Hour
The Advocacy Issue Forum is sponsored by the Institute for Child Success

The Advocacy Aliies Peer Network is sponsored by Blackbaud

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