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The Social Justice Racial Equity Collaborative would not be possible without our many volunteers, sponsors, and partnering organizations.

Join us by investing in a socially just and racially equitable Charleston. A commitment on your behalf – both emotionally and financially- at $1 a day will ensure that we have the resources to take the next steps in our Truth Racial Healing and Transformation process that we feel is the missing piece. With your support we will be able to advance our work, engage the community, and move the needed forward toward a just, sustainable, and thriving community where all people of all races are empowered to fulfill their human potential.

For more Information on how you can engage in this movement, please contact Demetria Casale, Coordinator of Programs and Communications, Social Justice Racial Equity Collaborative by email or phone. 843-720-8258.

Your pledge of $1 a day, $365 per year, over the next three years will benefit the lives now and for future generations to come. Donate now and become a member!

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SJREC Collaborative Council and Engagement Partners

SPONSORS:

Leadership Team:

Herbert L. Drayton III

Managing partner of HI Mark Capital
Chair of the Coastal Community Foundation
Board of Directors for the Association of Black Foundation Executives

John B. Hagerty

Partner at Nelson Mullins
Serves as counsel; Member, Board of Directors, Spoleto Festival, USA

Audrey Lane

Executive Director, E3
(Educate, Empower, Elevate)
Co-Founder, E3 Management

Amanda Lawrence

Vice President of Community Impact at Trident United Way
Riley Fellow and alumni of Furman University’s, The Riley Institute, Diversity Leaders Initiative

Sandy Morckel

President, Solutions for the Greater Good
Past President, Rotary Club of Charleston

Carolyn Rivers, Co-chair of SJREC

Founder and Director of The Sophia Institute
Co-chair of Social Justice Racial Equity Collaborative

Reverend Nelson B. Rivers III

Pastor of Charity Missionary Baptist Church in the Liberty Hill Community of North Charleston, SC
Vice President of Religious Affairs and External Relations of the National Action Network
Founding member of the Charleston Area Justice Ministry (CAJM)

Steering Committee Members:

Nella Gray Barkley

President and CEO Crystal-Barkley Corporation, Chairman BestWork, Inc.
Endowment for the Humanities,
S.C. Committee, Vice Chair
Consulting Committee, National Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

LaVanda Brown

Executive Director, YWCA Greater Charleston
Board of Directors, Enough Pie
Global Advisory Board Community Solutions

Rhoda Green

Founder and CEO of Barbados and the Carolinas Legacy Foundation
Barbados’ Honorary Consul to South Carolina

Phyllis Martin

Chief Executive Officer Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative (TCCC)

Andrea Schenck

Co-founded Pacifica Human Communications, LLC
Fellow of the Diversity Leaders Initiative of The Riley Institute
Founding board member of both Enough Pie and Lowcountry Local First

Jaye Goosby Smith

Vice President for Community Belonging and Chief Diversity Officer, Pepperdine University
Member of Mensa America and Jack and Jill of America

Not Pictured:

Craig Ascue
Ascue’s Auto Body & Paint Shop

Julie Hussey
Civic Communications LLC

Amber Johnson
City of Charleston Commission on Equity, Inclusion and Racial Conciliation

Don Kennedy,
Charleston County School District

Honorary Co-Chairs:

Hon. Alex Sanders
Hon. John Tecklenburg

Social Justice Racial Equity Council:

Jessica Boylston, Solutions for the Greater Good
Cam Busch, The Sophia Institute
Sandra Campbell, Civic Activist
Lydia Cotton, Art Pot
Kerri Forrest, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelly Foundation
Quinetha Frasier, Social Missions Architects
Paul Garbarini, Uniquely Charleston Tours
Shirene Hansotia Esq, ACLU of South Carolina
Wilbur Johnson, Clement Rivers, LLC
Barbara Kelley-Davis, Fashion with Confidence
Linda Ketner, KSI Leadership and Management Development
Marina Lopez, The Citadel – Oral History Program
Brittany Mathis Siewe, Nonprofit Professional
Caroline Mauldin, Happy & Bennett
Bernie Mazyck, SC Association of Community Development Corporations
Madeleine McGee, Together SC
Rev. Kylon Middleton, Mt. Zion AME
Rodly Millett, East Cooper Medical Center Governing Board
Lee Moultrie, Lee H. Moultrie & Associates, LLC
Elizabeth Nicholson, Rosen Hagood
Ben Pogue, Ben Pogue Law Offices
Denise Relyea, Womble Bond Dickinson (US), LLC
Thetyka Robinson, The Asiko Group
Minister Vertelle Seabrook, Charity Missionary Baptist Church
Geona Shaw-Johnson, City of Charleston
Gregg Smythe
Rev. Bill Stanfield, Metanoia
Paul Stoney, YMCA of Greater Charleston
Kenda Sweet, Community Volunteer
Erica Taylor, Charleston County School District
Sandy Tecklenburg, First Lady, City of Charleston
Brenda Tindal, International African American Museum (IAAM)
Eric Watson, Charleston County Sheriff’s Office
Mike Whack, City of Charleston
Magistrate J. Seth Whipper, Charleston County Magistrate
Garcia Williams, The MEDI Community Resource Center

Special Advisors:

Melissa Maddox-Evans, Annapolis Housing Authority
Brenda Lauderback, Denny’s Corporation
Henry Smythe, Womble Bond Dickinson (US), LLP
Carolyn Sawyer, The Tom Sawyer Company