IN THIS EDITION
PHOTO FOCUS: “Lights of Magnolia” explodes with color, thrills, sounds
COMMENTARY: Free press needed now more than ever
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIWAY
GOOD NEWS: 33 schools take part in Giant Greeting Card Competition
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lowcountry dawn
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
CALENDAR: Homegrown Holiday Bazaar set for Dec. 7 on Johns Island
Staff reports | After the frenetic shopping and pace of Black Friday and CyberMonday, you might want to set aside a little something to give back to others on GivingTuesday, which is marked around the world as a day for generosity.
“GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good,” according to the organization’s website. “Over the past seven years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
“Whether it’s making someone smile, helping a neighbor or stranger out, showing up for an issue or people we care about, or giving some of what we have to those who need our help, every act of generosity counts and everyone has something to give.”
In Charleston County, more than 200 organizations are taking part in the global giving effort.
Staff reports | Two Charleston County lawmakers are among a bipartisan group working to get a clear definition in state law of what it means to say “yes” to a sexual act? State Reps. Lin Bennett, a Republican, and Marvin Pendarvis, a Democrat, are co-sponsors of a House effort to establish a definition of consent in a bill sponsored by Lancaster Democratic Rep, Mandy Powers Norrell. Such a definition is in law in half of the nation’s states.
Here’s an interesting brick building in Charleston County. What and where is it? Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Nov. 18 mystery, “Not a house in a subdivision,” was of Oakland plantation house, which is about seven miles east of Mount Pleasant. Congratulations to three readers who correctly identified i
IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: #GivingTuesday is just around the corner
COMMENTARY: First Carolina Thanksgiving quite different from this year’s
GOOD NEWS: Two Lowcountry lawmakers working on getting “consent” defined
FEEDBACK: Be smarter about traffic
MYSTERY PHOTO: Interesting brick building
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Newberry, S.C.
CALENDAR: Homegrown Holiday Bazaar set for Dec. 7 on Johns Island
NOV. 18, 2019 | Two historic Charleston County parks are now internationally-recognized “Sites of Conscience” by a worldwide network of 230 sites in 55 countries.
According to a press release from the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission, Caw Caw Interpretive Center in Ravenel and McLeod Plantation Historic Site on James Island are now part of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience — places that confront the history of what happened at the site and lasting impacts.
“You have done great work already reimagining the historic plantation experience and we are eager to be a part of your continued journey,” International Coalition of Sites of Conscience Executive Director Elizabeth Silkes wrote in a letter to the parks commission.
According to release, “Sites of Conscience ‘face all aspects of history and also activate the historical perspective with dynamic public dialogue on related issues we face today and what we can do about them.’
Special to Charleston Currents | Reading Partners South Carolina provides supplemental literacy instruction for students struggling to read in 17 under-resourced, Lowcountry elementary schools by recruiting hundreds of community volunteers. Pairing each volunteer with a student and providing a research-based curriculum, Reading Partners enables each volunteer to produce measurable gains in their students’ reading test scores.
“Our volunteers are the heart of our work with our students, and our volunteers will tell you that it’s the highlight of their week,” says Kecia Greenho, executive director of Reading Partners South Carolina. “This is the best way to actively engage the community in helping to solve the education crisis we have in South Carolina.”
Staff reports | Putting a jingle on your stocking is just around the corner with three special holiday markets.
From noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24, the West Ashley Farmers Market will return for a special Thanksgiving Market in Ackerman Park, 55 Sycamore Ave. It will feature fresh local produce, prepared and packaged food products, food trucks, free kids activities, live music by the Bluestone Ramblers, free parking and a blood drive with The Blood Connection. The Thanksgiving market will be the site’s last for the season.
Here’s what this week’s mystery is not: A standard South Carolina subdivision house. But what and where is it? Send your guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Nov. 11 mystery, “This puzzler might be impossible,” wasn’t impossible for one guy: Super sleuth George Graf of Palmyra, Va. Learn more.
IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: McLeod Plantation, Caw Caw park win international honor
COMMENTARY: Investing in prevention is investing in S.C.’s future
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control
GOOD NEWS: Nonprofit engages community to improve literacy
FEEDBACK: Get it off your chest — send us a letter!
MYSTERY PHOTO: Not a house in a subdivision
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Promised Land
CALENDAR: Special markets set for downtown, West Ashley, Mount Pleasant
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