TJ Wallace

Claflin University will present a series of community writing workshop programs from November 2022 – September 2023. The first program, ” An Introduction to Writing Memoir,” will take place on Thursday, November 3, 2022. The programs are designed to serve the communities of Orangeburg, Bamberg, and Calhoun counties. SC Humanities supported this program with a … Read more

The 2022 Charleston Literary Festival will take place November 4 – 13, 2022. There will be a special, free, community-wide program featuring author Imani Perry on November 6, 2022 that will also be livestreamed to HBCUs in South Carolina and Huntsville, AL. SC Humanities supported this program with a Major Grant. Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg … Read more

Penn Center has partnered with composer Kevin Simmonds to create a literary performance titled “You’ve Gotta Run,” based on the book The Many Lives of Andrew Young about the eponymous Civil Rights hero, congressman, mayor, and ambassador. The program will take place on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at Penn Center. SC Humanties supported this … Read more

“Picturing Democracy” is a series of programs designed to encourage critical thinking about American democracy. SC Humanities partnered with the College of Charleston in 2021 to offer three programs about the role of imagery in American democracy and how both information and misinformation can be spread through images. In 2022, SC Humanities is partnering with … Read more

The Arts in Healing Program at the Medical University of South Carolina in partnership with the Waring Historical Library will present a special event on Thursday, November 3, 2022. “Unpacking Heirlooms: The Black South Carolina Collection” will include an artist talk, a history harvest, and a live painting demonstration. SC Humanities supported this programming with … Read more

Saint Teresa Community Outreach and Empowerment (STCOE) has developed a Lake City African American History Trail Virtual Tour, the first one ever implemented in Lake City. A kick-off event will take place on Saturday, October 22, 2022 from 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. SC Humanities supported this program with a Growth Grant. Funding for the Growth … Read more

The Edisto Island Open Land Trust (EIOLT) has created a traveling exhibit titled “The Hutchinson Family Story: From Enslavement to Emancipation to Entrepreneur on Edisto” that can easily be displayed in venues like libraries, museums, schools, and at local festivals and events. The exhibit is currently on display at the Hollywood/St.Paul’s Library Branch for the … Read more

Newberry College will present their 2022 Dufford Diversity and Inclusion Week (DDIW) on the theme of “You don’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been” on October 17 – 24. The series is designed to inspire appreciation for the multiplicities of humanity and bring people together on common ground. SC Humanities supported … Read more