GROW

Blues Workshop Jam
2025-10-23 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
Every 2nd and 4th Thursday, Columbia’s party people are invited to GROW for a rousing night of blues with legendary Cesar and friends. Folks with talent are invited to join the band for a song or two. Free and open to all. Doors open at 7:30pm; music starts at 8 and runs until 10.
Note: this month, there will be no 4th Thursday blues because of Thanksgiving.

Jobs with Justice Candidate Forum
2025-10-25 10:00 - 11:30 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202

United Campus Workers
2025-11-03 18:00 - 19:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
United Campus Workers will meet to network and discuss their ongoing organizing work. This is a closed event, for members and those interested in joining. This semester’s schedule:
Monday, November 3, 6pm-7pm
Monday, November 17, 6pm-7pm
Monday, December 1, 6pm-7pm

Jazz Workshop
2025-11-06 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-11-20 20:00 - 22:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
Every 1st and 3rd Thursday, GROW offers live jazz by some of Columbia’s finest musicians. Doors open at 7:30pm; music starts at 8 and runs until 10. No cover. All are welcome. Folks with talent are invited to sit in with the band for a tune or two.

Blues Workshop
2025-11-13 20:00 - 22:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
Every 2nd and 4th Thursday, Columbia’s party people are invited to GROW for a rousing night of blues with legendary Cesar and friends. Folks with talent are invited to join the band for a song or two. Free and open to all. Doors open at 7:30pm; music starts at 8 and runs until 10.

United Campus Workers
2025-11-15 11:00 - 14:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
United Campus Workers will meet to network and socialize.

Adopt-A-Street Cleanup
2025-11-15 15:00 - 16:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
The SC Progressive Network takes part in the city’s Adopt-A-Street program, committing to a quarterly sweep of Marion Street. We are dedicated to helping keep our neighborhood safe and clean. We provide our volunteers gloves, pickers, bags, and beverages.
To volunteer, call 803-808-3384 or email network@scpronet.com.

United Campus Workers Meeting
2025-11-17 18:00 - 19:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
United Campus Workers will meet to network and discuss their ongoing organizing work. This is a closed event, for members and those interested in joining.
This semester’s schedule:
Monday, November 17, 6pm-7pm
Monday, December 1, 6pm-7pm

Peace for Palestine
2025-11-18 18:30 - 20:30 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
Join us for Grow Night De-Googling Workshop at 6:30pm, a hybrid event via Zoom and in-person at GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave. Columbia.

Are you interested in taking more control over your data? If so, join us on November 18 at GROW to discuss how you can begin your journey in stepping away from Big Tech through De-Googling. In this workshop, we will cover tools and strategies to not only decrease your reliance on Big Tech, but also improve Digital Security for you and your community.

Light refreshments provided. Free/Donations Accepted.

RSVP/Request Zoom link: Email us at info@carolinapeace.org SUBJECT GROW Night

Sponsored by the Carolina Peace Resource Center

The Carolina Peace Resource Center meets every 3rd Tuesday evening at GROW.

Friendsgiving
2025-11-26 18:00 - 20:30 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
Join us for a casual vegetarian potluck on the eve of one of America’s most complicated but delicious holidays.
Questions? Call the SC Progressive Network office at 803-808-3384.

Blues Workshop gives thanks
2025-11-27 20:00 - 22:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
This month, there will be no 4th Thursday blues because of Thanksgiving. See you in December!

United Campus Workers
2025-12-01 18:00 - 19:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
United Campus Workers will meet to network and discuss their ongoing organizing work. This is a closed event, for members and those interested in joining.

SouthernGauge
2025-12-03 19:00 - 21:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
Join SouthernGauge, an experimental film series based out of Columbia, operating through the University of SC Humanities Collaborative. This winter, they will be offering at GROW a series of experimental films/media art that explore transcendentalism and international films from locations that have/had travel bans. First up:
Movement (paused)
Please join SouthernGauge (@southernguage on instagram) for Movement (paused). This program brings together works that investigate movement, space, and the human relationship to those boundaries in between. Featuring work connected to countries affected by the U.S. travel ban, the work in this program meditates on traveling, or not traveling through these boundaries.
How does creative work move when people cannot? Across borders, through bodies, within politics, or between earth, sea, and sky? What does it mean when creative work can cross borders its makers can’t?
We invite you to consider your own relationship to this movement: how you engage with the works through viewing, playing, and interacting.
Free and open to the public.

Jazz Workshop
2025-12-04 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-18 20:00 - 22:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
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 band for a tune or two.
Also, we have copies of the newly released Jasper magazine that includes an essay about GROW. Word is spreading about our little corner of Columbia!
No cover charge. Free nibbles. Best deal in town.

Blues Workshop
2025-12-11 20:00 - 2025-12-23 22:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202

Carolina Peace Holiday Party
2025-12-16 18:30 - 20:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
Join Carolina Peace as we celebrate our work and our people at our year end gathering, on Tuesday, Dec 16, 6:30pm-8pm at GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave. Columbia, SC 29201. Food and festivities provided. Free. Donations supporting Carolina Peace encouraged.

Wear a Christmas sweater! Christmas sweaters will be available for purchase as a part of a holiday market benefiting families in Gaza.

RSVP info@carolinapeace.org SUBJECT: RSVP Dec 16th

No Blues on Christmas
2025-12-25 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
Our regular 4th-Thursday blues workshop falls on Christmas this year, so we will not be gathering at GROW. Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season. We’ll see you next year!

Happy New Year
2025-12-29 08:00 - 17:00
We won’t be holding our regular jazz workshop on the 1st. We’ll resume our regular schedule on Jan. 8.

Modjeska Simkins School Opens Enrollment
2026-01-01 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
The Modjeska Simkins School will open its application process on January 1 for its spring session, which runs from March 2 through the end of June. Classes meet online and in-person every Monday evening 6:30–8:30. Class schedule and application will be posted as details become available.

Blues Workshop
2026-01-08 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-22 20:00 - 22:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
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 band for a tune or two.
No cover charge. Free nibbles. All are welcome.

Columbia College Community Fair
2026-01-15 12:00 - 14:00
We are seeking volunteers from the SC Progressive Network and Modjeska Simkins School to table at Columbia College’s Spring 2026 Involvement Fair. We will provide materials; they are providing lunch. Call our office at 803-808-3384 or email network@scpronet.com to sign up.

Jazz Workshop
2026-01-15 20:00 - 22:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202

Sudan in the spotlight
2026-01-20 18:30 - 20:30 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
GROW NIGHT:
Learn About Sudan
TUESDAY Jan 20th 6:30PM
Hybrid Event via Zoom and In-Person at
GROW (Grass Roots Organizing Workshop)
1340 Elmwood Ave. Columbia, SC
Join us Tuesday Jan 20th for GROW Night: Learn About Sudan with Selma Hamed at 6:30pm, a hybrid event via Zoom and in person at GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave. Columbia, SC 29201. Light refreshments provided. Contact info@carolinapeace.org for Zoom link.
Free and open to the public.

Born and raised in Sudan, Selma Hamed has worked for more than 18 years with humanitarian, community, and advocacy organizations both in Sudan and in the United States. She is founder of the Hamed Foundation, an organization rooted in gratitude and a deep desire to pay it forward by addressing humanitarian challenges.

Following the Learn about Sudan talk, Bob Chapman fron the SC Cannabis Coalition will speak briefly about the upcoming Cannabis Rally at the State House on Friday Jan 30th.

Sponsored by the Carolina Peace Resource Center

Activism Resource Fair RESCHEDULED
2026-01-24 13:00 - 17:00 | gemini art studio
NOTE: This event has been rescheduled and moved to Stormwater Studios on Feb. 21.

The Activism Resource Fair is part of the Jasper Project’s three-week long exhibition, Degenerate Art Project II, a juried exhibition at Gemini Arts from Jan. 20, 2026 through Feb. 10. We participated in their last activism fair, and we had a great time meeting new folks and spreading the word about our programs.

Stop by and see us! If you want to help us table during the event, call our office at 803-808-3384 or email network@scpronet.com.

Screening of The People's Way documentary
2026-01-31 14:00 - 16:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
Documentary | A DELU Productions FILM
The People’s Way by Ashley Tyner and William Tyner
(USA, 2025, 75 minutes)
Join us for the kickstart to Black History Month for a special screening of the Delu Production, THE PEOPLE’S WAY. Watch how the city was transformed in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis, where our filmmakers follow the stories of three community organizers — Jeanelle Austin, Toshira Garraway, and Robin Wonsley — as they walk the incredible odyssey of Black Liberation, healing, civic engagement, and personal transformation to seek justice, accountability, and community-centered approaches to public safety.
Ashley Tyner is a writer, filmmaker, and Special Projects Editor at i-D Magazine, where she works to create space to amplify marginalized voices in the worlds of art and culture. She writes and produces across print, audio, and video formats, with a focus on designing editorial experiences that translate into community events and service-driven initiatives.
William Tyner is an anthropologist, filmmaker, and UX Researcher at Google. He is also the recipient of the 2018-2019 Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship, where he studied the intersection of civil society and technology in post-communist Romania.
CLICK to watch film trailer.

GROW jazz workshop
2026-02-05 20:00 - 22:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
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 band for a tune or two.
No cover charge. Free snacks. All are welcome.

GROW blues workshop
2026-02-12 20:00 - 22:00 | GROW, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, 29202
