Columbia, SC

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January 15, 2018, 7:00 am

Columbia, SC

Ride with us to NAACP King Day at the Dome

The annual NAACP King Day at the Dome is sponsored by the South Carolina State Conference NAACP to campaign for dignity in South Carolina. This year's campaign will focus on educational and economic inequality. Ride with us to Columbia, SC on...

January 23, 2018, 7:00 pm

Columbia, SC

Coming Out Under Fire / OUT Here

This event is co-presented by the South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Business Guild

Director: Arthur Dong

In this award winning documentary, Arthur Dong combines archival footage with declassified documents and extensive interviews...

January 31, 2018, 6:15 pm

Columbia, SC

2018 Action Forum: Columbia, SC

Planned Parenthood is hosting a 2018 action forum. We want your help to plan our actions for the 2018 year and legislative session. There will also be a "state of the state" overview on what's happening now, federally and statewide, as well as...

February 2, 2018, 5:00 pm

Columbia, SC

Palmetto State Progressive Summit

The folks who make up today’s progressive movement share a set of fundamentally American values: equal opportunity and mutual responsibility, effective government, and hope for a better, more prosperous future for all Americans. At the Summit,...

February 6, 2018, 7:00 pm

Columbia, SC

Money & Politics - Fixing SC's Broken System

As South Carolina reels from the growing corruption scandal in the State House, the public is invited to a timely round-table discussion about how we can reduce the influence of money in state politics and policy-making. Legislators and good-...

February 17, 2018, 9:00 am

Columbia, SC

Mapping Your Future

Able SC’s 5th Annual Transition Conference for Young Adults with Disabilities in Transition and their Parents Saturday, February 17, 2018 – River Center at Saluda Shoals - Columbia, SC 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM - Youth in Middle or High School and...

February 19, 2018, 6:30 pm

Columbia, SC

I am Somebody / Brick by Brick - Black Stories

This program is part of our Black Stories: Two Cities series.

I AM SOMEBODY

Director: Madeline Anderson

A groundbreaking documentary about a successful 1969 union strike led by Black hospital workers that Civil Rights...

February 20, 2018, 7:00 pm

Columbia, SC

BPM (Beats Per Minute) / OUT Here

This films is a part of our OUT Here series.

Director: Robin Campillo

Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. A powerful, perceptive depiction of the daily labor and tender love shared by members of ACT UP in...

February 26, 2018, 6:30 pm

Columbia, SC

Flag Wars - Black Stories

A post-screening conversation with USC Professor of Political ScienceTodd C. Shaw and Ed Madden about race, gender, and gentrification accompanies the program.

Prompted by filmmaker Goode Bryant’s inquiry: “Does it look...

February 27, 2018, 9:00 am

Columbia, SC

South Carolina Advocacy Day

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America is hosting a day of advocacy in Columbia to meet with state legislators to discuss common sense gun legislation. 

We’ll meet at 9am to receive packets of information to help prepare for...

March 6, 2018, 6:30 pm

Columbia, SC

L.A. 92 / For the Record

This film is a part of our For the Record series.

A conversation with Dr. Kenneth Campbell about representations of race in the media accompanies the program.

In 1992 the acquittal of white LAPD officers for the brutal beating...

March 20, 2018, 7:00 pm

Columbia, SC

Saturday Church / OUT Here

This film is a part of our OUT Here series

An introduction by Audria Byrd and Nathaniel Simmons-Thorneaccompanies the program. Audria Byrd is a Columbia-based filmmaker and activist and Nathaniel Simmons-Thorne is an academic and...

March 24, 2018, 10:00 am

Columbia, SC

March For Our Lives - Columbia, SC

March lineup @9AM  Calhoun St & Sumter St March starts @10AM

Not one more. We cannot allow one more child to be shot at school. We cannot allow one more teacher to make a choice to jump in front of a firing assault rifle to...

April 9, 2018, 8:00 am

Columbia, SC

Women's Rights and Empowerment Network (WREN) Summit 2018

Save the date for April 9th-10th for the annual WREN Summit. Our focus this year is the economic empowerment of women, which appropriately falls on Equal Pay Day.

Be on the lookout for additional information and ticket sales to start...