• Report Back from Palestine

    GROW 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia

    GROW NIGHT with Delaney Wilder Hybrid Event via Zoom & In Person During the first two weeks of December 2025, Delaney Wilder joined a Catholic Workers delegation in travel though cities, towns and villages of the West Bank in Palestine. Against the backdrop of pervasive military oppression from Israel, he was blessed with countless warm

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  • GROW jazz workshop

    Join us for a night out at at the SC Progressive Network's HQ, 1340 Elmwood Ave. Doors open at 7:30; music runs from 8 until 10pm. As with all our workshops -- jazz every 1st and 3rd Thursday; blues every 2nd and 4th Thursday — folks with talent are invited to sit in with the

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  • Adopt-a-Street sweep

    GROW 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia

    The Modjeska Simkins School, a project of the SC Progressive Network, takes part in a quarterly clean-up through the City of Columbia's Adopt-A-Street program. We need volunteers who will spend an hour picking up trash along Marion Street between Elmwood Avenue and Taylor Street. Volunteers are issued gloves, bags, and pickers. Snacks and beverages provided.

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  • Degenerate Activist Fair

    The SC Progressive Network and the Modjeska Simkins School will be tabling at the Activist Fair at Stormwater Studios in Columbia. Stop by and see us! If you want to volunteer to staff the table, call 803-808-3384 or email network@scpronet.com.

  • GROW blues workshop

    GROW 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia

    Join us for a night out at at the SC Progressive Network's HQ, 1340 Elmwood Ave. Doors open at 7:30; music runs from 8 until 10pm. As with all our workshops -- jazz every 1st and 3rd Thursday; blues every 2nd and 4th Thursday — folks with talent are invited to sit in with the

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  • Kat Fest

    GROW 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia

    Kathy McCaston was beloved by a wide circle of friends in Columbia and beyond. Friends will gather at GROW to remember her.

  • Modjeska Simkins School Orientation

    GROW 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia

    Before the spring session of the Modjeska Simkins School begins, students are invited to Columbia for an orientation. It is a chance for students to meet each other, review the class schedule and protocols, and ask any questions they have about the coming semester.

  • Modjeska Simkins School Class

    GROW 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia

    The spring 2026 session of the Modjeska Simkins School runs from March 2 through June 22. Classes meet Monday evenings in-person at GROW in Columbia, on Zoom, and broadcast live to satellite sites in Charleston, Lancaster, Orangeburg, Pendleton, Penn Center, and Sumter. For details, see modjeskaschool.com.

  • GROW Jazz Workshop

    GROW 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia

    Join us for a night out at at the SC Progressive Network's HQ, 1340 Elmwood Ave. Doors open at 7:30; music runs from 8 until 10pm. As with all our workshops -- jazz every 1st and 3rd Thursday; blues every 2nd and 4th Thursday — folks with talent are invited to sit in with the

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  • Deep Dive: First Nations

    GROW 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia

    Guests Chris Judge, Assistant Director at University of South Carolina Lancaster Beckee Garris, Program Assistant at University of South Carolina Lancaster Jay Bender, former attorney for the Catawba Indian Nation Chris Judge is a prominent archaeologist with more than 40 years of experience studying pre-contact Native American cultures in our state. He is a Senior Instructor of Anthropology and

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