United Campus Workers meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at GROW.  Join union organizers for a monthly meeting to talk shop and plan actions.

Every 1st and 3rd Thursday, GROW holds a free jazz workshop that is open to all. Join friends for a casual night of live music by some of Columbia’s finest. Got talent? Sit in with the band for a tune or two or take the mic at intermission to share a story or poem.

Carpool to Orangeburg leaves from GROW at 9:30am. (NOTE: space is now full)

Looking for a few volunteers! The Modjeka Simkins School participates in the City of Columbia’s Adopt-A-Street program by conducting a quarterly sweep of our neighborhood. We need help picking up trash on Marion Street between Elmwood and Taylor. We provide trash bags, gloves, pickers, and beverages. The sweep lasts about an hour. This month, folks

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Peace for Palestine monthly meeting (3rd Tuesdays), 6-8pm: Join Midlands peace activists working to educate the public and end the bloodshed in Gaza. Sponsored by Carolina Peace.

United Campus Workers meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at GROW.  Join union organizers for a monthly meeting to talk shop and plan actions.

We are suspending our regular public Network meetings to focus on our internal work for the coming months. We are working on some exciting projects, including GROW building expansion plans. We are also organizing our fall retreat at Penn Center. Stay tuned!

Every 1st and 3rd Thursday between 8 and 10pm, GROW holds a free jazz workshop to showcase local talent. It's Columbia's best-kept secret. All are welcome.

We will mark the Zinn Education Project's national Teach Truth Day on June 7 by gathering Modjeska Simkins School students and allies on the SC State House steps for a short speak-out. Come show your support for teaching a true people's history in the Palmetto State. Join us at 2pm for a brief program with the school's lead instructor,

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As part of its Deep Dive series, the Modjeska Simkins School will screen the 2014 film Scarred Justice, a 60-min. documentary about the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre. The Orangeburg Massacre brings to light one of the bloodiest tragedies of the Civil Rights era after decades of deliberate denial. The killing of four white students at Kent

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