Advocacy Allies - June 25 Call
Advocacy Allies is Together SC's peer network that seeks to harness the collective power of its member organizations who are advancing the greater good through public policy and advocacy efforts.
Is your organization active in developing or affecting public policy? Then this call is for you!
Thursday, June 25th, 1:00- 2:30 - 90min Zoom Call
Grassroot Lessons in Advocacy
Grassroot organizations, and the individuals that lead them, work on the front line of the battle against inequity and have always been important. But in this current time, the real work to make our communities stronger is being done by those who understand their communities best.
Advocacy organizations working at the regional, state, or even county and city levels, can sometimes overlook the vital role these groups have on how equity and justice are achieved.
This virtual forum will lift up the voices of three grassroots organizations and individuals who are putting their words into action when it comes to racial equity and support for those unjustly impacted by today’s “normal”.
Guest Speakers
Marilyn L Hemingway
President/CEO, Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce
Co-Chair, Environmental & Climate Justice Committee, SC Conference of NAACP
Councilwoman Shaterica Neal
Town of Gray Court, SC
SC Lead Organizer, Working Families Party
Art Pot Multicultural Center (Hanahan, SC)
Attendees (71)
Sara Barber
Executive Director
South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Kendall Biga
Program & Operations Manager
Charleston Hope
Chris Bishop
Executive Director of Regional Expansion
Nurse-Family Partnership
Djuanna Brockington
Executive Director
People Against Rape
David Burden
Director of Nonprofit Recruiting
The Newell Group
Chelsi Conaway
Marketing and Communications Manager
The Human Services Alliance of Greater Prince William
Ashley Crary Lidow
Associate Director of Policy and Government Rel.
Women's Rights and Empowerment Network
Hiller Davenport
Sisters of Charity Foundation of SC
Nora Farrell
Community Impact
American Heart Association
Jeffrey Fleming
Chief Operating Officer
Palmetto Project, Inc.
Betty Gardiner
Director of Grantmaking and Development
South Carolina First Steps
Lauren Gellatly
Director of Operations
Lowcountry Local First
Darrin Goss
President & CEO
Coastal Community Foundation of SC
David Green
CIO
Osprey Village Inc.
A'Netra Hardy
Regional Outreach Paralegal
SC Legal Services
Larry Hembree Hembree
Executive DIrector
Columbia Children's Theatre
Amber Hewitt
Manager of Community Impact
United Way of the Lowcountry
Sandee Jackson
Communications Director
Joseph H Neal Health Collaborative
Joe Kunkel
Executive Director
Neighbor to Neighbor of South Carolina
Leslie Lee
Executive Director
Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County
Sally McClellan
SC Association for the Education of Young Children
Tish McCutchen
Director
Jolley Foundation
Madeleine McGee
Former President/CEO, Together SC
Together SC
GP McLeer
Executive Director
South Carolina Arts Alliance
Jamie Moon
President
Institute for Child Success
Cheryl O'Donnell
Executive Director
Florence Crittenton Programs of SC
Chynna A. Phillips
Senior Director of Policy and Research
Sisters of Charity Foundation of SC
Rosland Powell
Impact Services Manager
United Way Association of SC
Catherine Puckett
Program Director
Nonprofit Alliance
Barbara Rackes
CEO
SC Women in Leadership
Angela Rodriguez
Executive Director
Business Card
Katy Smith
Executive Director
Piedmont Health Foundation
Amy Splittgerber
Executive Director
Healthy Learners
Paige Stephenson
President & CEO
United Way of the Piedmont
Amber Stewart
Program Associate
SC Association for Community Economic Development
Justin Stokes
Deputy Chief Conservation Officer - Nat'l Office
Audubon South Carolina
Courtney Thomas
Director of Communications
Women's Rights and Empowerment Network
Ann Timberlake
Timberlake Communications Inc
Ann Warner
Interim CEO, International Center for Research on Women
Women's Rights and Empowerment Network
Megan Wildebour
Managing Director
PURE Theatre
Amber Williamson
Program Officer
Coastal Community Foundation
Heather Witt
Executive Director
United Way of the Piedmont
Co-Presented by our Session Leaders:
Chynna A. Phillips, Research & Policy Director
Mayor of Fountain Inn, SC
and Executive Director,
