Moving from Symbolic Change to Systemic Change in Charleston
Another Look at the Charleston Racial Disparities Report
In 2017, the College of Charleston's Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture, published the State of Racial Disparities in Charleston County, 2000-2015 report.
As our region looks for next steps to end racial injustices in our community, the YWCA of Greater Charleston, Together SC, Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative, and E3 are partnering once again to host a virtual discussion reexamining the recommendations from this report within the context of the current racial climate.
This is Part I of a series of discussions grounded in the foundational thinking that racial disparities across sectors, and specifically in South Carolina, are firmly rooted in a system of white supremacy. This system has created the current inequities and therefore cannot be resolved until the system has been acknowledged, disrupted, and rebuilt with equity at its center.
This event is free and all are welcome.
Join us from 9 AM to noon on Thursday, August 20.
Co-Presented by Together SC and:
Attendees (226)
Jordan Amaker
Director of Marketing & Communications
Lowcountry Local First
Kim Archung
Program Officer
South Carolina First Steps
Mack Bigby
Executive director
KickingRacism
Savannah Brennan
Director of Programming
Charleston Moves
Katelyn Brewer
Darkness to Light
Benjamin Bullock
Vice President & COO
Together SC
David Burden
Director of Nonprofit Recruiting
The Newell Group
Mary Butz
Administration & Office Coordinator
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
Melissa Calcutt
Director of Finance
YWCA Greater Charleston
Jane Claiborne
Director
Circular Congregational Church
Sam Clements
Executive Director
Doors To Dream
Stephanie Cook
Program Coordinator
Berkeley County First Steps
Amanda Cote'
Director of Finance & Operations
Charleston Parks Conservancy
Beth De Santis
CEO
Fact Forward
Dale Douthat
President & CEO
United Way of the Lowcountry
Brandi Elkins
Membership Manager
Together SC
Jeffrey Fleming
Chief Operating Officer
Palmetto Project, Inc.
Paul Garbarini
Lauren Gellatly
Director of Operations
Lowcountry Local First
Kaela Hammond
Program & Compliance Manager
Coastal Community Foundation of SC
Kay Haun
Educator
NAACP
Quinn Hayes
Program & Grants Manager
Harvest Hope Food Bank
Veronica Hemmingway
Southern Lowcountry Director
Coastal Community Foundation of SC
Lauren Herterich
Executive Director
Kids On-Point
Melanie Huggins
Executive Director
Richland Library
Faye Jensen
CEO Emeritus
South Carolina Historical Society
Alvin Johnson
Civil Engineer/Project Manager
AECOM
Maggie Kalergis
Donor Relations Manager
Lowcountry Land Trust
Lana Kleiman
Executive Director
Charleston Legal Access
Alicia Kokkinis
Grants Officer
Charleston County School District
Melissa Ladd
Owner, Facilitator
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Audrey Lane
Executive Director
E3 (Educate, Empower, Elevate)
Amanda Lawrence
AVP, Community Engagement, HCA Healthcare
Trident United Way
Mattese Lecque
Retired Feddtal Government. USAR Maj 0/4
Non profit supporter
Anna Lewin
Chief Executive Officer
SC Community Loan Fund
Phyllis Martin
Executive Director
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
Sara Massey
President
Syn-Mass LLC
Madeleine McGee
President/CEO
Together SC
Sandy Morckel
President & Change Agent for Inspired Philanthropy
Solutions for the Greater Good
Dennis Muhammad
Family and Community Engagement Officer
Charleston County School District
Amanda Nadel
Prosperity Center Operations Specialist
Trident United Way
Joyce Nesmith
Executive Director
Beyond Our Walls at BOWs Meeting Place
Karyn Page-Davies
President/Executive Director
Stone Soup Storytelling Institute
Carolyn Rivers
Founder and Director
The Sophia Institute
Barbara Robinson
Executive Director
Catawba Area Agency on Aging
Jennet Robinson Alterman
President and CEO
J. Robinson Alterman LLC
Cindi Rourk
CEO
Charleston LDC
Kendra Snipe
YWCA Greater Charleston
Sherrie Snipes-Williams
CEO
Charleston Promise Neighborhood
Carole Swiecicki
Chief Program Officer
Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center, Inc.
Leigh Thomson
Executive Director
Dorchester Seniors, Inc.
Gabby Totokotsopouos
Business Manager
Charleston Wine + Food
Adrienne Troy-Frazier
Executive Director
Berkeley County First Steps
Lindsey Vance - 1
Principal and Lead Consultant
Mpowrd Analytics
Courtney Waters
Man. Dir. Education Advocacy and Systems Trans
Teach for America
Garcia Williams
Executive Director
The Medi Community Resource Center
Katie Zimmerman
Executive Director
Charleston Moves
Meet our panelists
DR. PATRICIA WILLIAMS LESSANE
Cultural anthropologist Patricia Williams Lessane, PhD, serves as associate vice president for academic affairs and associate professor in sociology at Morgan State University. Prior to this, she served as executive director of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston. She also served as co-principal investigator for the Race and Social Justice Initiative at the College of Charleston. Read more
DARON LEE CALHOUN II
Historian Daron Lee Calhoun II, coordinator of the College of Charleston Race and Social Justice Initiative at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, specializes in the history of African American higher education. He began working with the Race and Social Justice Initiative in May 2016, coordinating speaker events and programs. Read more
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