Columbia Community Dialogue Part 2

2300 Greene Street,Columbia SC 29205

25 July, 2022

Description

This two-part community dialogue series is connected to the Civil Rights Center’s traveling exhibit, Justice for All: South Carolina and the American Civil Rights Movement. By working with the Collaborative on Race and the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission, we aim to bring together diverse groups across Columbia and Richland County to identify places for growth and healing. We will be connecting the history and legacies of the Civil Rights Movement and the backlash against it to ongoing issues in our communities. The Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina has left many legacies—such as increased access to voting and education—and laid the foundation for future progress. Backlash and retaliation to civil rights have also left marks on communities throughout South Carolina. By drawing connections between topics like justice, education, economics, voting, retaliation, activism, and allyship in the past and in the present, the dialogues aim to encourage growth and healing within communities and to equip participants to help facilitate this. This is the second part of the dialogue series in Columbia. Before coming to this event, please complete the activity recommended during the first session. Please RSVP, as space is limited. Light refreshments will be provided. "Justice for All" is supported by Williams, South Carolina Humanities, and Central Carolina Community Foundation, curated by the University of South Carolina Center for Civil Rights History and Research, and based on a previous exhibit co-curated by the Center for Civil Rights History and Research and University of South Carolina Libraries. "Justice for All" is on display at Martin Luther King Jr Park, 2300 Greene St, through August 21. Part one of the dialogue series: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/374468123237