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Category: Peace and Social Concerns, Columbia

SC Environmental Justice Advocation

Check out a lower Richland resident and National Sierra Club employee -as she advocates for SC rural residents -Virginia Sanders. A South Carolina climate and environmental justice group is urging…

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Published February 26, 2022
Categorized as Columbia, Community News, Peace and Social Concerns, Columbia

AUMF: Another Way

The South Carolina Advocacy Team requests the following actions.  Senator Tim Scott’s birthday is  September 19th. That is on a Sunday, so please call his office on Friday 9/17. Tell the staff…

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Published September 13, 2021
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Environmental Justice Program, Part II

Real EJ Work: CASE STUDIES– Pathways, Not Projects” Monday, September 13, 2021from 6:45 till 8:00 PM on ZOOM! Join us for enlightening presentations of what EJ work looks like with…

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Published September 12, 2021
Categorized as blog, Community News, Peace and Social Concerns, Columbia

Westinghouse Draft Environmental Impact Statement

https://www.thestate.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article253253203.html A 10-year license for the South Carolina atomic factory near Columbia would bedangerous. A 40-year license renewal as described in The State’s Sunday front-page story would be senseless. (“Federal…

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Published August 18, 2021
Categorized as Peace and Social Concerns, Columbia, We Are But Witnesses

Rooftop Solar

Rooftop Solar Saved from the Brink in South Carolina We WON a good-old-fashioned organizing victory against Dominion Energy South Carolina, a powerful investor owned utility (IOU) serving 750,000 electric customers…

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Published May 6, 2021
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SCELP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 21, 2021 Contact information for impacted organizations listed belowGroups Notify Biden Admin of Impending Lawsuit Over Nuclear Bomb Core PlansMulti-state coalition says DOE’s plans to massively expand…

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Published April 21, 2021
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Eliminate Nuclear Weapons!

Please consider adding your name to the letter to President Biden from the Sierra Club Nuclear Weapons Grassroots Team.   When you click on the link, you will see an opportunity…

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Published March 25, 2021
Categorized as blog, Community News, Past Programs, Peace and Justice, Peace and Social Concerns, Columbia, War and Peace

Allyship and Environmental Justice

This is the December meeting of theMidlands Group of the South Carolina Sierra Club Monday, December 28, 20207:00 – 8:30 PM via Zoom The Past Calendar Year has challenged our communities,…

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Published December 22, 2020
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Westinghouse Decision

The Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) owned and operated by Westinghouse is located off Bluff Road in Hopkins, Lower Richland County, South Carolina. It manufactures nuclear fuel assemblies used in power plants. Leaks at the…

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Published December 17, 2020
Categorized as Peace and Social Concerns, Columbia, War and Peace

Sounds of Silence

Brad Stocker, Quaker Earthcare Witness Steering Committee Please join Columbia Friends and Brad Stocker for a Second Hour Program on December 20th at 11:30 to become more mindful of the…

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Published December 14, 2020
Categorized as Past Programs, Peace and Social Concerns, Columbia, War and Peace, We Are But Witnesses

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120 Pisgah Church Road,
Columbia, SC 29203

Phone: 803 780-4197
Email: 120pisgah@gmail.com

Mailing Address: PO Box 1832,
Columbia, SC 29202

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