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
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,
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
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.
Nov. 10, 5pm: United Campus Workers, the SC Progressive Network, and the LGBTQ+ advocacy organization IRIS are co-hosting this month's labor-themed movie, the 2014 film Pride. The comedy is about the solidarity between UK gay activists and British miners during the long strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984. Our
Nov. 14, 6pm: United Campus Workers meeting at GROW (2nd Thursday). Join union organizers for a monthly meeting to talk shop and plan actions.
Nov. 19: Carolina Peace's monthly meeting will feature Tom Clements, Director of Savannah River Site Watch. You may join in person at GROW or on Zoom. (Register below.) Few in the public are now aware that a key facility to nuclear war preparation is right here in South Carolina - the high-security Savannah River Site (SRS)
The SC Progressive Network has been getting messages from members and allies across the state who are alarmed by the election outcome and its implications. We want to provide a space to check in with each other and unpack the new reality. On Wednesday evening we will gather in-person at GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave. in
