Charleston Currents – Steve Skardon

BRACK: Houses of worship can lead way on racial healing

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher, part 2 of 2 | If you ignore the bloody prick of a rusty nail, the wound may become infected or lead to something much worse.

Across America, but particularly in the South, the underpinnings of our society continue to be infected by the ooze of racism. While there are laws on the books to provide equal access and treatment for the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness, there’s still a lot of unfinished business bubbling under the surface that inhibits progress.

by Andy Brack · 06/24/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

BRACK: Early books are first step to education reform success

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | If you want real education reform, give a free book a month to every child under five in South Carolina.

It’s a common-sense, quick, practical, affordable and proven investment that can make more of a difference than most of the fiddle-faddle in thick policy papers. It’s low-hanging fruit. And it’s easily achievable because there’s a delivery network already in place. It’s something Gov. Henry McMaster and legislators like GOP House Speaker Jay Lucas and Democratic Sen. Vincent Sheheen should embrace now.

by Andy Brack · 01/28/2019 · 1 comment · Andy Brack, Views

FOCUS: Visionary Whipper has made good things happen

By Steve Skardon | It is hard to imagine The Palmetto Project without Carrie Fulse Whipper.

For eighteen years, she has guided some of our most essential programs, including our signature statewide initiatives in African American health. After this month, she will be moving on to new work that also includes time for her grandson, Benjamin.

Carrie is the definition of a change agent. When she came to The Palmetto Project, she already had a vision for new ways that religious and community institutions could turn around soaring rates of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and stroke in marginalized communities.

by Charleston Currents · 07/23/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

7/23, full issue: About Carrie Whipper; Trump and Russia; more

FOCUS: Visionary Whipper has made good things happen COMMENTARY, Brack: Trump on Russia makes S.C. GOP leaders squirm IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIWAY GOOD NEWS: New Charleston Waterfront Pass debuts WHAT WE LOVE: Tell us what you love FEEDBACK: Teaching kids to swim makes a difference MYSTERY PHOTO: Extreme close-up S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sassafras Mountain CALENDAR, July 23+: Sales tax free weekend […]

by Charleston Currents · 07/23/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

12/7: Families helping families, Palmetto Priorities, “A Christmas Apron”

In the Dec. 7, 2015, issue of Charleston Currents:
https://charlestoncurrents.com/2015/12/dec7-issue/

PHOTO: Holiday cinch
FOCUS, Steve Skardon: Help for flood victims over holidays
BRACK: Legislature needs more strategic, long-term thinking
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston Green Commercial
PALMETTO POEM, Marjory Wentworth: The Christmas Apron
GOOD NEWS: Pinckney, Haley, Riley to be honored
FEEDBACK: Likes Haley on immigration
CALENDAR, Dec. 7+: A Christmas Story, holiday lights, more
MYSTERY: Maritime pastoral scene
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: The New Deal

by Charleston Currents · 12/07/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

FOCUS: Helping S.C.’s flood victims over the holidays

By Steve Skardon | The circumstances of many destitute South Carolinians this holiday season are among the most distressing since Hurricane Hugo. The aftermath of massive flooding, broken dams, and swollen rivers has left thousands in the Midlands and Lowcountry displaced and in chaos as they face the holiday season.

Assistance from both government and non-profit agencies is slow, and many of these families cannot expect to be in back in their own stable living situations for another six to eight months.

The effects of this netherworld weigh heavily on children, especially with Christmas only weeks away. Many of them have been forced to leave their friends and neighborhoods and sleep on the floors of generous family members, while their parents struggle to make ends meet.

by Charleston Currents · 12/07/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

BRACK: Fear must not win in South Carolina

By Andy Brack | In the midst of the pall cast over the state following the Charleston church massacre, you might have missed last week’s Miss South Carolina pageant.

Ten days after the shootings that left nine dead and shocked the world, the show went on in Township Auditorium in Columbia. What came out of it highlights the stuff South Carolina is really made of.

by Andy Brack · 07/06/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views