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)
Benjamin Bullock
Director of Operations
Together SC
Lauren Herterich
Executive Director
Kids On-Point
Lana Kleiman
Executive Director
Charleston Legal Access
Katie Zimmerman
Executive Director
Charleston Moves
Savannah Brennan
Director of Programming
Charleston Moves
Kendra Snipe
YWCA Greater Charleston
Jennet Robinson Alterman
President and CEO
J. Robinson Alterman LLC
Melissa Calcutt
Office Manager/Bookkeper
YWCA Greater Charleston
Mack Bigby
Executive director
KickingRacism
Amanda Cote
Director of Operations
Charleston Parks Conservancy
Lindsey Vance - 1
Principal
Mpowrd Analytics
Joyce Nesmith
Executive Director
Beyond Our Walls at BOWs Meeting Place
Madeleine McGee
President/CEO
Together SC
Jeffrey Fleming
Chief Operating Officer
Palmetto Project, Inc.
Kay Haun
Educator
NAACP
Alicia Kokkinis
Grants Officer
Charleston County School District
Gabby Totokotsopouos
Business Manager
Charleston Wine + Food
Anna Lewin
Chief Executive Officer
SC Community Loan Fund
Mary Butz
Administration & Office Coordinator
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
Dale Douthat
President & CEO
United Way of the Lowcountry
Beth De Santis
CEO
Fact Forward
Melissa Ladd
Owner, Facilitator
issaFacilitation
Dennis Muhammad
Family and Community Engagement Officer
Charleston County School District
Lauren Gellatly
Interim Executive Director
Lowcountry Local First
Stephanie Cook
Program Coordinator
Berkeley County First Steps
Carolyn Rivers
The Sophia Institute
Courtney Waters
Man. Dir. Education Advocacy and Systems Trans
Teach for America
Amanda Nadel
Prosperity Center Operations Specialist
Trident United Way
Sam Clements
Doors To Dream
Quinn Hayes
Midlands Branch Development Specialist
Harvest Hope Food Bank
Barbara Robinson
Executive Director
Catawba Area Agency on Aging
David Burden
Director of Nonprofit Recruiting
The Newell Group
Carole Swiecicki
Executive Director
Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center, Inc.
Sara Massey
President
Syn-Mass LLC
Melanie Huggins
Executive Director
Richland Library
Cindi Rourk
Director of Business Development
Charleston LDC
Maggie Kalergis
Donor Relations Manager
Lowcountry Land Trust
Jane Claiborne
Director
Circular Congregational Church
Karyn Page-Davies
Chair
Stone Soup Storytelling Institute
Sandy Morckel
President & Change Agent for Inspired Philanthropy
Solutions for the Greater Good
Kim Archung
Program Officer
South Carolina First Steps
Alvin Johnson
Civil Engineer/Project Manager
AECOM
Leigh Thomson
Deputy Director
Dorchester Seniors, Inc.
Paul Garbarini
Garcia Williams
Executive Director
The Medi Community Resource Center
Sherrie Snipes-Williams
CEO
Charleston Promise Neighborhood
Mattese Lecque
Retired Feddtal Government. USAR Maj 0/4
Non profit supporter
Veronica Hemmingway
Southern Lowcountry Director
Coastal Community Foundation of SC
Katelyn Brewer
President and CEO
Darkness to Light
Jordan Amaker
Director of Marketing & Communications
Lowcountry Local First
Brandi Elkins
Membership Manager
Together SC
Faye Jensen
Executive Director
South Carolina Historical Society
Phyllis Martin
Executive Director
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
Audrey Lane
Executive Director
E3 (Educate, Empower, Elevate)
Kaela Hammond
Program & Compliance Manager
Coastal Community Foundation of SC
Amanda Lawrence
Trident United Way
Adrienne Troy-Frazier
Executive Director
Berkeley County First Steps
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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