“#CHSResist at Pink”
Community Organizing Event Set for Thur. April 17 in CHS
From Pink House & Lowcountry Up Is Good, PAC, Inc.
To Press and Media, #CHSResists Community
Status For Immediate Release
Charleston, SC, USA- Progressive bbnd Social Justice Organizations in the SC Lowcountry will come together to refine and focus their efforts nnnj NJ I’m on Thursday, April 17 at Pink House Community Resource Center, West of the Ashley, at 1551 Mulberry St, Charleston, SC 29407 from 5-8 pm in an event being called #CHSResist in Pink.
Pink House is located within Walking Distance of stops along the Savannah Highway and St. Andrews CARTA bus lines. An effort will be made to carpool return trips for those who wish to stay at the event until after bus service ends. Participants in the event are asked to carpool to reduce traffic, parking and carbon impact.
Rev. Christian King, Director of Pink House, and Louise Brown of Lowcountry Up is Good, PAC, Inc. will convene the event.
Evening of Community Organizing Planned
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Progressive organizations will be invited to table and share information about their activities starting at 5 pm. Each organization should bring a folding table and two chairs. A potluck dinner and social will begin at 6 pm. At 7 pm, there will be training sessions on next-generation activism, communications, legacy media and tactics, and fundraising by local progressive leaders. A session on using the internet while avoiding the algorithm-driven dead ends on Facebook, integrating with national efforts, legal issues involving local governments and event permits and fundraising are planned. The event will close with topical breakout sessions. Parts of the program will be live-streamed.
Every organization participating is being asked to bring a leaflet or card describing their organization with full contact information. This may also promote other events or activities they have planned for the future.
Planning for Louise Brown’s 90th. Birthday Will Advance
Plans for the Upcoming 90th. Birthday Celebration for Louise Brown, SC’s senior Social Justice leader, planned for the first weekend in May, will be refined at the event. Opportunities to share and become involved will be coordinated. Updates will be distributed with #louisebrown90 hashtag.
Individuals participating should bring a chair, a plate, silverware, a drinking cup and a dish to share. The event organizers will provide lemon-aid and tea. Everyone is asked to bring a dish of food to share. There will be a desert competition.
Organizations will be required to qualify to participate in advance. Qualifications to participate will be evaluated before and during the event by the Lowcountry Up is Good legal committee under the leadership of William Hamilton. Pink House is on private property. Any individual attempting to disrupt the event will be required to leave. Diversity of tactics, culture and belief within the progressive community of Charleston will be respected. Any disturbance in the neighborhood will be reported to the City of Charleston Police Department.
An on site food pantry will be operating to assist any participants working with food insecurity. No one at this event will be hungry or go home empty handed. When we share, there is enough for all.
Pink House opened its doors in 1997 and organized officially in January 1999. It is a learning and community resource center addressing the needs of children, the disabled, and others in need specifically in the Ardmore-Sherwood Forest Neighborhood West Ashley The program has proven itself by an overwhelming success record. Popular with its students and volunteers which include a well-trained cadre of teenage volunteers – standardized school tests are measurably higher among the Pink House students.
Lowcountry Up is Good, PAC, Inc. is a political action committee devoted to pursuing better public transit, affordable housing and a living wage for the people of the SC Lowcountry. Organized in 2016, it conducts organizing effectiveness training for both political and non-political groups. It is currently the sponsor of Plaintiff’s Litigation in Brown v. Charleston, a case seeking to restore freedom of speech currently pending in SC Federal District Court.
More Information and Updates
You can obtain more information by calling Lowcountry Up is Good, PAC, Inc. at (843) 870-5299 or emailing wjhamilton29464@gmail.com. Updates will be posted on the Lowcountry Up is Good Facebook page and Blu Sky at https://bsky.app/profile/wjhamilton29464.bsky.social online. This event will be hashtagged #chsresists online.
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