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SUMMARY:Modjeska Simkins School celebrates 10 years of teaching truth
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, Jan. 25\, friends\, allies\, and alumni of the Modjeska Simkins School will gather at the historic Big Apple in the heart of Columbia to celebrate 10 years of teaching truth in South Carolina. We hope you will join us!\nThe SC Progressive Network started the school in 2015 to teach civics\, organizing skills and strategies\, and a true people’s history of the Palmetto State. Since then\, some 400 students of all ages\, backgrounds\, and experience have graduated from the intensive four-month program. Hundreds more have attended the school’s free public programs\, deeper dives with experts on topics of current and historical significance. \nThe school also offers online courses\, including Dr. Burnett Gallman’s Afrikan history series and untold stories of South Carolina’s First Nations\, with USC Native American Studies Center Director Chris Judge. Plans are in the works to increase public programs and create material for younger students. \nThe gala will be a chance to celebrate the school and the people who have made it a first-class\, graduate-level experience that is unlike anything else in South Carolina. In fact\, other states are looking to the school as a model to help address the education crisis in this country. \nNetwork Executive Director Brett Bursey said\, “Of all the work we’ve done\, the school is the most rewarding and necessary. It is exceeding our expectations\, and we are gratified by the buy-in we are getting from those who understand the value of education and speaking truth to power.” (You can watch him doing the latter in this clip from a 2022 education subcommittee hearing on Critical Race Theory.) \n“The Modjeska Simkins School has worked hard for 10 years to teach the true history of our state\,” said Dr. Robert Greene II\, who has served as lead instructor of the Modjeska Simkins School since 2019. “Our upcoming gala will showcase the best of our state\, through our students and guest faculty. South Carolina’s history provides a template to fight against oppression and for freedom. Let’s continue this great work together!” \nThe gala will feature renowned poet Nikky Finney\, a longtime supporter of the school and the Network. She spoke at the rally the Network organized in 2017\, and she addressed the Modjeska School graduates in 2021. She is a powerful speaker and writer. \nThe evening will include live jazz and a dance demonstration by Richard Durlach\, who owns the Big Apple where the dance craze was born in 1937. We encourage attendees to wear 1930s-era dance attire. \nWe are very proud of the school\, and are excited about our longterm plans. This event will help boost our visibility ahead of the spring session\, which runs March 1 through June 28 online and in-person at GROW in Columbia. \nProceeds will help us continue to teach South Carolina’s real history in a time of book bans and shrinking history programs across the state. \nTo support the school beyond the gala\, you can make a tax-deductible donation HERE. Every dollar is appreciated\, and allows us to offer student scholarships and to cover travel costs of our esteemed guests speakers. \nFind out more about the Big Apple in this 2019 piece in Oxford American by Dr. Robert Greene II \nSee our photo album HERE \nQuestions? Call 803-808-3384 or email network@scpronet.com \n• • • \nReserve tickets here
URL:https://columbiagrow.com/event/modjeska-simkins-school-10-year-reunion-party/
LOCATION:The Big Apple\, 1000 Hampton St.\, Columbia\, SC\, United States
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