FEATURED ACTION ALERTS
- Tell SC legislators to put land and water protection on the agenda!
- Restore the 1st Amendment in CHS
- FEATURED NATIONAL BOYCOTTS:
LOWCOUNTRY ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS
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- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) South Carolina “works tirelessly in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend the Constitution.“
- Alliance for Full Acceptance – AFFA “Advancing equality and acceptance in South Carolina since 1998.”
- BEE Collective supports “birthing and healing justice in South Carolina”
- Black Liberation Fund “operating under an abolitionist theory of change,” BLF supports “those harmed by the prison industrial complex through our community bail fund and aftercare services.”
- Black Lives Matter Charleston “advocating for programs & policy that empower Charleston’s Black community”
- CHS Immigrant Community Hotline “Lowcountry Immigrant Community Hotline – Operado por la comunidad para confirmar rumores de la migra en condados Charleston, Berkeley, y Dorchester“
- Charleston Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) “a growing network of faith-based congregations who are culturally, economically, geographically and religiously diverse. We come together to make the Charleston area a more just place to live.”
- Charleston Climate Coalition “working creatively and compassionately to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis.”
- Charleston Community Research to Action Board (CCRAB) promotes “safe, healthy, and just neighborhoods in the Charleston region through citizen science”
- Charleston DSA | Food Not Bombs “a ragtag leftist collective combatting hunger & food waste in North Charleston! “
- Charleston Moves “encourages mobility by bicycle, foot and public transit for the improved health and well-being of greater Charleston — our people, neighborhoods, business districts and overall economic competitiveness.”
- Charleston Worker Center & Charleston Alliance for Fair Employment (CWC|CAFE) supports “workers’ organizations that fight for fairness, equality, and democracy in the workplaces and communities of the South Carolina Lowcountry.”
- ConNECKted Too | Tiny is Powerful an “arts organization still rejecting traditional, extractive, exclusionary, racist, hierarchal systems and operations while pushing for expansive definitions of art, artists and their functions.”
- Elbit Out of SC! “a coalition of local groups and neighbors united against Elbit Systems manufacturing deadly weapons in our backyard.”
- Everyday People Fast “We aim to build solidarity and real community through collective action against the scourge of consumerism and the exploitation of workers, the poor, and the environment.”
- Friends of Gadsden Creek “a grassroots, community-led campaign opposing the destruction of Gadsden Creek, and the continued patterns of injustice inflicted upon the Gadsden Green community.”
- Gullah Geechee Angel Network works “to preserve, protect and promote the cultural heritage of the Gullah Geechee People who have lived in the southeastern portion of the United States of America from North Carolina to Jacksonville Florida 30 miles inland (known as the “Low Country”) for over 300 years”
- Housing for All Mount Pleasant “creating affordable housing in the Town of Mount Pleasant, settlement communities, sweetgrass basket communities, & surrounding Charleston County“
- Lowcountry Action Committee a Black led grassroots organization dedicated to Black liberation through service, political education, and collective action in the Lowcountry.
- Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities – LAMC “working to protect and transform the communities we serve to become self-sustaining communities that honor the living culture and our residence while creating better environments for the future.”
- Lowcountry Black Parents Association works to “inform, educate, and empower black parents and guardians to successfully advocate for black student’s academic achievement.”
- Poor People’s Campaign – SC The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting people across South Carolina to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality of religious nationalism.
- SC Tenant Union a statewide tenant union led by poor, working-class tenants across South Carolina
- Silence is Not an Option (SINO CHS) “a non-partisan grassroots community created to unite, engage, inform & empower women & all allies to take action in defense of our democracy.
- We Are Family “provides life-affirming and life-saving programs for LGBTQ+ young people that have a lasting and measurable impact, with a focus on those who are BIPOC and/or low-income.”
- Women’s Rights & Empowerment Network (WREN) “We advocate, educate, research, and convene community in service to women and girls for a more equitable South Carolina.”
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