On Friday July 12th, 2019, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention camps,will bring thousands of Americans to detention camps across the country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees. Outraged people from around the country, and the world, will shine a light on the horrific abuses of the Trump administration in human detention camps.
In Beaufort, The League of Women Voters is organizing a march that will go from Lady's Island across the Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge to Waterfront Park. Marchers are asked to meet at the old theater site (the entrance to Beaufort High School at 84 Sea Island Parkway) at 8:00 p.m. There will be a couple of speakers there, then the group will march to the Bridge with their lights on and hold up the lights for a 2-5 minute period of silence at 9:00 p.m. on the Bridge. Then the march will continue to Waterfront Park where there may be another speaker and a discussion of plans for the next action.
***IMPORTANT NOTE: No live candles with open flames; flashlights and phones only!
In Charleston, Indivisible Charleston is hosting Lights for Liberty: Charleston SC at Riverfront Park, 1001 Everglades Drive, North Charleston, at 8:30 p.m. Flashlights and phones recommended only. For more info, check their Facebook page.
"Paris to Pittsburgh" Film Pre-Screening
Highlights Severe Threats of Climate Change
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Lowcountry is excited to announce it is hosting a pre-screening of an important film from National Geographic and Bloomberg Philanthropies, "Paris to Pittsburgh". The film highlights efforts in America and around the world battling the most severe threats of climate change. Set against the national debate over the United States' energy future - and the administration's decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement - the film captures what's at stake for communities around the country and the inspiring ways Americans are responding. There will be a panel discussion after the film.
The free screening is on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. (doors open at 2:00) and Sunday, July 14 at 6:30 (doors open at 6:00) at UUCL, 110 Malphrus Road, Bluffton. Donations will be accepted. For further information, call 843-837-3330.
INDIVISIBLE BEAUFORT MONTHLY MEETING
August 3, 2019, 11:30 AM
Saint Helena Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Rd
Saint Helena Island
“Heading into 2020: What is at Stake for Women?”
Ashley Crary Lidow, MPH
with WREN (Women’s Rights & Empowerment Network), Columbia, SC
Ashley is Associate Director of Policy and Government Relations at WREN. She is the driving force behind the SC Coalition for Healthy Families. She earned her MA in Public Health at USC and was the 2014 Master’s Student of the Year for Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior.
And
Richard Hricik, South Carolina Democratic Party
“Messaging and Framing of Issues”
Richard is a lawyer in Charleston and surrounding counties practicing in the areas of personal injury, and wrongful death. He is a life-long Democrat, and he taught Criminal Justice and Constitutional Law at Charleston Southern University.
