Events

Oct. 10, 6pm: United Campus Workers meeting at GROW (2nd Thursday). Join union organizers for a monthly meeting to talk shop and plan actions.

We invite you to join the SC Progressive Network's campaign to help protect the vote in 2024. As Election Protection volunteers, we support more secure, transparent, and accessible elections for all South Carolinians. The trainings will be led by Susan Dunn, former SC ACLU lawyer who for years has worked with the Network on election

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Join Columbia-area activists working to educate the public and advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza. They meet each third Tuesday at GROW.

Jazz Workshop, 8-10pm: (1st and 3rd Thursday) Join us at GROW for a casual gathering of friends enjoying live music by some of Columbia's finest. If you have talent, you are invited to sit in with the band for a tune or two. No cover charge. All are welcome. Need a nudge? Check out our playlist.

We invite our members and allies to ride on our float during PRIDE week's Famously Lit Parade down Main Street on Friday at 7pm. The SC Progressive Network has been an ally of the LGBTQ+ community since our founding in 1996, when taking that sort of public posture came with real risk. We are proud

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The Palmetto Journey of Hope is a collaboration between SCADP and Journey of Hope...From Violence to Healing. It is a speaking series empowering the voices of murder victim family members towards the abolition of the death penalty. Together with other anti-death penalty voices (former death row residents, death row family members, department of corrections employees,

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Oct. 24, noon–1:30: Food for Thought lunchtime discussion group meets every 4th Thursday. Join Network members and allies for a monthly gathering to talk politics and social justice in the Palmetto State. All are welcome. Bring your own lunch or order take-out from the No Name deli across the street from GROW.

Oct. 29, 7pm: Meaningful Conversations (last Tuesday of each month), a recurring program organized by the Columbia Bahai community. This month, the conversation is about gender roles. Panelists and guest performer TBA.

On Nov. 1, the state of South Carolina plans to execute Richard Moore at 6pm. South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (SCADP) is asking fellow abolitionists to gather outside Broad River Correctional Institution to protest his execution. From 5:30–10pm, GROW will be open to folks who want to process the execution in a

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Every 1st and 3rd Thursday, 8-10pm: Join friends for a casual night of live music by some of Columbia's finest. If you have talent, you are invited to sit in with the band for a tune or two. No cover charge. Free snacks; beverages available for purchase.