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Summary of Micah Action, 10/12/2021

First, thanksgiving to Susan Joy for her persistence to participate in the walk with everyone else as well as her serving as transportation for Bishop Woodliff-Stanley to assure her timely attendance at a subsequent meeting.

General discussion of reactions to completion of Peace Walk. Items mentioned:

• At last

• Moved by speakers

• Conversations that followed the walk

• Eyes opened by going to East Side

• Want more of a relationship with East Side

• Notice the dramatic differences in income from the start of the walk to its conclusion

• Perhaps a “Welcome to the neighborhood” event

• Engagement with neighborhood group

• Difficulty of getting persons to attend the neighborhood association meeting

• Not sure of the work of the Board of Architectural Review and its approvals as they relate to neighborhood standards

Conclusion is that the East Side will be our mission field—to nurture the community, serve as educational resource to develop neighborhood leaders. We have the attention of Charleston leadership.

Pastor Kylon and Fr Adam to meet with LaTonya to discuss opportunity.

All begin thinking about Action Planning for 2022.

Let me know if corrections need to be made.

Sandi

Post & Courier article, 9/25/2021

Ricky Dennis, writer for the Post & Courier, wrote an article about The Micah Project and the Peace Walk. Read it here.

Peace Walk Update, 9/14/2021

Here's a summary of what we discussed.

The attached map captures most of what was discussed at the meeting. In addition,

• The time to begin was settled as 10 am.

• Barbara Pace is in charge of signage

• Rain date October 23

• Sierra Club is interested in joining, especially at the environment step

Discussed but no assignment (that I could discern):

• Meeting Street - a national park at Old Hampton Inn

• Pause along route at Second Presbyterian

Suggested speakers but I didn't know where to put (nor do I have confidence that I have put the other speakers at the right Steps along the way):

• LaTonya . . . - I could not grasp the last name

• Eric Jackson, Laundry Matters

Peace Walk Update, 9/7/2021

Here's a summary of what we discussed.

The Peace Walk is scheduled for October 9; its route is shown in the attached. There will be 5 stations. Along the route, Pastor Kylon and Fr. Adam will send us along our way with prayers and presentations and maybe even song. Invitations are being sent to representative groups who may address the Peace Walkers at selected stations, to coincide with the historical significance of each station. Stations are:

1. Historic Mt Zion—Getting started;

2. St. Stephen's—Gathering together (is this where environmental issues will be addressed?);

3. 75 Calhoun—Education & inequities;

4. Fetter Health Care—Access to health care;

5. St. Julian Divine Community Center—Housing/Gentrification and Labor (across from Cigar Factory)

   • Julie Hussey will address housing/gentrification & labor;

   • Carolyn Wright-Porcher will address voting rights & privileges).

Yet to be determined are:

• Gathering time (10 a.m. under consideration)

• Group partners

• Station concepts

Partner groups under consideration are:

• The Green Heart Project https://greenheartsc.org/; 759 King St suite a, Charleston, SC 29403

• League of Women Voters https://www.lwv.org/; Carolyn Wright-Porcher contact

• Charleston Area Justice Ministry https://charlestonareajusticeministry.org/; Amber address

• Metanoia https://www.metanoiasc.org/; no contact name

• Coastal Conservation League https://www.coastalconservationleague.org/ (URL for national organization); Barbara Pace contact

• Heirs Property Preservation https://www.heirsproperty.org/; no contact

• Arm in Arm, SC https://arminarmsc.org/; no contact

• Sierra Club https://www.sierraclub.org/south-carolina; Greg & Lyn Smith contact

• Laundry Matters https://www.ther3inc.org/laundry-matters; no contact

Topics mentioned but not placed:

• Fresh food deserts

• Gun violence

• Domestic Violence (Butch Kennedy?)

Peace Walk Update, 8/31/2021

Here's a summary of what we discussed.

Steps on the route (see attached image):

1. Mount Zion AME

2. St Stephens Episcopal

3. 75 Calhoun

4. Fetter Health Care

5. St Julian Devine Community Center

Items

• Walk to begin 10 a.m., 2.1 miles

• Other groups invited to join

• Process with local police to begin

• Prayers at each stop

• Focal topics: labor, education, health, leadership, free speech

• Potential "points of interest" stops along the route TBD

• Signage

Maybe: some to join at stops; honoring lessor-known leaders

Bus return to home bases

Planning, 8/24/2021

Summary from Pastor Kylon

Good Evening, Thursday Bible Study Scholars:

I pray that ALL of you and your families are well. We had a wonderful Micah Project strategy session today. We are committed to action and wanted to extend our best wishes to everyone in this climate. Due to the rising numbers of persons being infected and dying from the coronavirus and the breakthrough variants, we are pausing our planned in-person press conference and gathering on Thursday. We will continue our study of Micah 4.

We will prayerfully have a peace walk on Saturday, October 9, 2021, as a way to call for unity in our community and to demonstrate love in action as we name the ills that plague us in our modern times.

Please spread the word about Thursday's Bible Study and invite a friend.

Grace and Peace,
Kylon--