{"id":2259,"date":"2015-08-18T05:15:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T10:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2015-08-17T21:37:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T02:37:10","slug":"be-a-part-of-something-special-charlestons-days-of-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/be-a-part-of-something-special-charlestons-days-of-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a Part of Something Special &#8211; &#8220;Charleston&#8217;s Days of Grace&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Charleston Days of Grace: Love\u2019s Work is Justice<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Labor Day in Charleston, 2015<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Thousands of folks are expected to participate in\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysofgracecharleston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charleston\u2019s Days of Grace March, Rally &amp; Conference<\/a><\/strong>, which is set for Labor Day weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Sept 5th &amp; 6th.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time to support this historic event.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DONATE\u00a0&#8211; VOLUNTEER &#8211; ENDORSE \u00a0&#8211; ATTEND &#8211; SHARE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. FUNDS URGENTLY NEEDED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Together, we will make history in Charleston, SC on September 5 &amp; 6 &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/daysofgracecharleston.us11.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=6e79e9bb5d323c7c44fe02128&amp;id=02617301f0&amp;e=dac751e190\" target=\"_blank\">but we need your help to do it<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With just weeks until the Days of Grace mass march and conference, people from throughout the South and elsewhere around the country are busy making plans to mobilize to Charleston.<\/p>\n<p>The steering committee on the ground has had its hands full putting the nuts and bolts of the gathering together, doing outreach in neighborhoods across the city, securing conference\u00a0space, and so many other tasks. Everyday we receive calls from people across the city who want to help.<\/p>\n<p>A gathering of this scale also comes with many costs. We need to get stages for the march, a sound system, run off copies of the flier for outreach, print signs and banners for the march, purchase food for the conference, and much more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/daysofgracecharleston.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6e79e9bb5d323c7c44fe02128&amp;id=9784e2474b&amp;e=dac751e190\" target=\"_blank\">Can you or your organization make an urgently needed donation of $10, $25, $50, or $100 or more\u00a0today?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/e-98VkpbeAnUmZKht3jab3ejlA-H2f4w73Rq_ppPxkKBI6VGAsNEeumeVCjdHLGIjHXdTntBoOQInUC-Wt18U35nwzu11Lcb4WJPlXsd3RHLD8NCDT5D4sjLLm5J2lcDWwxj1eMnbG68FgZIgXXJhLT0pYTtRfxgsAdP5gQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/6e79e9bb5d323c7c44fe02128\/images\/0f4b9a43-94ce-474b-b6ad-bf5dbb8dea9c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"174\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 171px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 171\/174;\" \/><strong>Please consider making a donation to help make the Days of Grace a success.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Donate <a href=\"http:\/\/daysofgracecharleston.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6e79e9bb5d323c7c44fe02128&amp;amp;id=9784e2474b&amp;amp;e=dac751e190\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a> or to donate by check:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make check payable to &#8220;South Carolina Progressive Network&#8221; and write &#8220;Days of Grace&#8221; in the memo line<\/p>\n<p>Mail to:\u00a0SC Progressive Network,\u00a0PO Box 8325,\u00a0Columbia, SC 29202<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>2. VOLUNTEER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a number of tasks that need to be completed in preparation for the March &amp; Conference over the next 2\u00bd weeks before Labor Day weekend, as well as other tasks that<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"> must be done during the March and Conference on Sept 5th &amp; 6th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WE NEED YOU to make this event a success.<br \/>\n<\/strong>If\u00a0you are interested in volunteering, please attend our meeting:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1672214536327045\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday, August 18 @ 7-9pm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1672214536327045\/\" target=\"_blank\"> ILA HALL<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1672214536327045\/\" target=\"_blank\"> 1142 Morrison Drive, Downtown Charleston<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. ENDORSE\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nIf your organization would like to endorse the event, please fill out\u00a0the online form:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysofgracecharleston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">DaysofGraceCharleston.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. ATTEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>National March and Rally <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-term=\"goog_1237548694\">Sept 5 at 9am @ Wragg Square (342 Meeting St)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-term=\"goog_1237548695\">Sept 5:\u00a02-6pm @ ILA Local 1422 Hall (1142 Morrison Dr)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-term=\"goog_1237548695\">Sept 6:\u00a07:30am \u2013\u00a0Interdenominational service<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-term=\"goog_1237548695\">Sept 6: 10a \u2013 3p: Conference @ ILA Local 1422 Hall (1142 Morrison Dr)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1617594065184469\/\" target=\"_blank\">RSVP for the Days of Grace on Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please share this info with your friends, family, colleagues, and social networks!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Charleston Days of Grace: Love\u2019s Work is Justice<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Why We March &#8211; The Legacy of Struggle We Carry Forward<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T lazyload\" tabindex=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/RQ_53mpDyrYSwkz0oiIFHly7KZvywWKR-1J9U8FpcTOmRcgoqxf89uquAPjSVOljCa8nBchGeFnRilcEVnQNsEJhoCmIMLGocZ-vqsxqjqPmxg641MjYAdNa2OZa2nH8eYtDhVXBb7X_rSvrIKydfyTpyx13wcNkcp5eZEA=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/6e79e9bb5d323c7c44fe02128\/images\/5c6df51b-9089-491e-83ff-986c6b6a2745.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denmark Vesey (statue in Hampton Park pictured), a founder of the AME church that later became Mother Emanuel, who used the church as a meeting place to organize the Black freedom struggle and planned a major slave revolt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" tabindex=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mywbhV5e_qn_dsPn8WMlRvuHNfoY1bVOGNR-F_UM0mvdGB7AlsF6SUqHk6U5sg6AYjweGyymU9LBh-ylJQMEgO2c-j2CSK7QH5COVhYKLRoupa19zHs5GTaydapkEEXk7IqTFAFBSQSQ07-hlwYBSAn4H9XdTnBA-YrAe6o=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/6e79e9bb5d323c7c44fe02128\/images\/af3e5645-af6b-44ef-8456-55cdd2cc1591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Septima Clark, a Charleston public school teacher and civil rights freedom fighter who fought for mass public education of Black people and led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference&#8217;s popular education efforts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" tabindex=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/j0kIuchP3aVp6Z5TLKlrbrNpxgk-hRku7pmfHlCLq22APt93WABXubLnJdOUF4YJo7OPOXSDYSqnwIdwH7w1DhYeqKbOR9ycyK4U1HBCfv6CZG8AGimqLI7YrQ9rxZSBwctzZh4z_cqTxk5tctICC2OD2J3M3o5oZ-V3fBk=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/6e79e9bb5d323c7c44fe02128\/images\/8bd05af2-ee34-4ad4-8618-23ad067e7aed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Charleston hospital workers struggle of 1968-69 \/ Coretta Scott King pictured here marching with hospital workers &#8212; mostly Black women &#8212; who went on strike to demand recognition of their union, Local 1199B of the Retail Drug and Hospital Employees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" tabindex=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/8x5MIbr5ZjMlzAmwLx74iyKBADme5xdUisNHmWYhn1_VoFrdSs0DlnOCgeptt8sepwisnip2PtbqSv_wQtumc7g0k2wXWFw4ocWebPhSVO7FnagG_N_6NKcWtvKjqqtqkv38h78Oibf2MZ1PtPgoTBLQfDijAHWd5sKb-_c=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/6e79e9bb5d323c7c44fe02128\/images\/345002b1-94b9-4fa6-877a-9bf24015ae9b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Charleston 5 \/\/ ILA Local 1422 picketed a company that attempted to use nonunion labor to unload its cargo, which was subsequently attacked by police and resulted in 5 union members receiving charges; an international movement to free the Charleston 5 and highlight the unjust treatment of Black workers in the South led to victory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[GOOD CREDIT]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charleston Days of Grace: Love\u2019s Work is Justice Labor Day in Charleston, 2015 Thousands of folks are expected to participate in\u00a0Charleston\u2019s Days<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/be-a-part-of-something-special-charlestons-days-of-grace\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1600,"featured_media":2263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,3,34,55,2,19,42,8,11,18,10,53,70],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1600"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}