Past Events For South Carolina + Columbia Area

Public Policuy Luncheon

Importance of Local Journalism

Submitted by Columbia Area in March 2025.

Event Date: 
03/20/2025 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Event location: 

Lourie Center

Jimmy Nesbitt, Columbia Editor for The Post and Courier, will lead an interactive discussion on the importance of local journalism. We’ll also learn about what reporters are seeing on the ground in Columbia and the Midlands.

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Democracy at Risk: Reactions to Voter Decline Globally

UN building and QR code for background

Submitted by South Carolina in March 2025.

Event Date: 
03/12/2025 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Please register in advance to join our Zoom Webinar

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Statewide Black History Month Parade

Pster for the Black History Parade & Festival in Columbia, SC, on February 22, 2025, from 1-6 PM. The festival is at MLK Park and the parade starts at Hampton and Harden streets. . Includes sponsor logos and contact information.

Submitted by Columbia Area in February 2025.

Event Date: 
02/22/2025 - 1:00pm to 6:00pm
Event location: 

MLK Park

Saturday, February 22nd is the annual Black History Month Parade & Festival. The Columbia Area League will have a vendor table at the festival located at MLK Park (2300 Greene St.) from 1-6 PM.

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2025 LEAD (League Education & Advocacy Day)

LWVSC LEAD (League Education & Advocacy Day), February 1, 2025

Submitted by South Carolina in November 2024.

Event Date: 
02/01/2025 - 9:30am to 3:00pm
Event location: 

Midlands Technical College Beltline Campus

Get ready for LWVSC’s February 1 League Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD) in Columbia. Experience an exciting agenda of panelists and speakers, including current and former state legislators such as Heather Bauer, Penry Gustafson, and Katrina Shealy, and political science professor and director of the Winthrop Poll Initiative at Winthrop University, Dr. Scott Huffmon. (Registration now closed.)

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LWVCA Members Book Club

Submitted by Columbia Area in May 2022.

Event Date: 
11/20/2024 - 2:00pm

November's book club pick is Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine by Olivia Campbell.  Members are welcome to participate whether you've read the book or not.  Members s

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Candidate Forum / Lexington One School Board

Submitted by Columbia Area in October 2024.

Event Date: 
10/21/2024 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Event location: 

White Knoll High School Performing Arts Center

Sponsored by LWVCA, Lexington Chamber & Visitors Center, and the Lexington Chronicle.  If you cannot attend in person, a recording will be available for viewing on the Lex 1 school district website after the event.

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Banned Book Round Table

Submitted by Columbia Area in October 2024.

Event Date: 
10/19/2024 - 6:30pm
Event location: 

All Good Books

All Good Books will be hosting a round table discussion on local book bans featuring librarians, educators, and members of 

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October Public Policy Luncheon: Environmental Issues and Available State Services to Address Them

Submitted by Columbia Area in October 2024.

Event Date: 
10/17/2024 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Event location: 

Lourie Center in Maxcy Gregg Park

Environmental Team co-chairs, Lady June Cole and Frances Eargle, discuss their work in Hopkins and Lower Richland County, and Bill McClowsky, formerly of the Richland County Council and members of the SC Office of Resilience discuss state resource

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Voter Participation Team Meeting

Submitted by Columbia Area in October 2024.

Event Date: 
10/15/2024 - 10:00am to 11:00am

Monthly meeting of the voter participation team.  Contact Aisha Jones for details.

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LWVCA Board Meeting

Submitted by Columbia Area in October 2024.

Event Date: 
10/14/2024 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

LWVCA board meeting via Zoom.  All LWVCA members are invited to attend.  Contact Christine Hait for details.

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