April Breakfast Meeting: Shantate Morton, Carolina Health Systems

Shantate Morton, Community Outreach Coordinator for Carolina Health Systems, spoke to us about a grant received from New Morning to provide family planning services for the uninsured and underinsured.

https://newmorning.org/

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April 2023 Breakfast Meeting: Floyd’s Fish Fry & Sen Nicholson Recognition Event

We talk about the upcoming Floyd’s Fish Fry on May 13 ( you can buy tickets online here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fff23).

We also share a montage of speakers at the Appreciation & Recognition event for Sen Floyd Nicholson in March. You can see the full speeches on our YouTube channel.

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April 2023 Breakfast Meeting: Upcoming Events

The following events were reviewed:

  • SCDP Black Caucus Sunday Dinner
  • Easter Egg Hunt on Apr 8
  • Cokesbury St. Cleanup on Apr 22
  • The 1619 Project Watch & View on Apr 27
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April 2023 Breakfast Meeting: SCDP Convention

GWCDP Chair Bill Kimler talks about the SCDP Convention (Apr 28-29), the Blue Palmetto Dinner, being a Delegate and electing new SCDP leadership.

Visit SCDP’s website to learn more about the Convention and to see all of the candidates who have filed to run for leadership positions.

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April 2023 Breakfast Meeting: Agenda & Special Announcement

GWCDP Chair Bill Kimler reviews the agenda for the day. He then gives a special announcement exclusive for the members in attendance!

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April 2023 Breakfast Meeting: Introductions and Obama/Childs reunion

We kicked off our April Breakfast meeting with some introductions.

We also played the video of President Obama reaching out to Edith Childs to congratulate her on her retirement on Greenwood County Council.

See the WH Fact Sheet about investments in South Carolina here.

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Mar 22, 2023 Newsletter

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Issue Info Sheets 2023

At our 2023 GWCDP Convention in March, we featured 10 critical issues that we, as Democrats, are concerned about. By no means is this an exhaustive list, but few would argue that these below aren’t important in our lives.

The members who attended had a chance to “rank” their top 5. We’re still in the process of tallying the results. This will guide us in messaging for the upcoming election as well as prioritizing speakers to do a deeper dive into the topics that matter to us.

Please do read, download, and share the information sheets below. It’s important that we be well-informed as we consider and vote on officials who are tasked with addressing these issues!

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SCDP Featured Candidate : Mayra Rivera Vazquez

I am excited to announce my candidacy for SCDP First and Second Vice-chair.

Since my family and I moved to South Carolina in 2013, I have been working for positive change in my County and across the State. I am and have been a community activist and volunteer in several non-profit organizations such as Hopeful Horizons, Habitat for Humanity, and Lowcountry Immigration Coalition, among others. In 2017, I graduated from the James Clyburn Political Fellowship. In 2020, I was honored with the SCDP 2020 Diversity Change Makers Award, elected DNC National Delegate, served as Latino Outreach Co-coordinator for Harrison All In campaign and Regional Coordinator for the SCDP Voter Protection Unit. Currently, I am the SCDP Hispanic Caucus Chair.

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Feb 26, 2023 Newsletter

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