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Family Day fest set in Marion Square
The second annual Family Day Festival will be held in Marion Square Park on Saturday from 2-6 p.m.
The event will include dance routines, hip-hop music and gospel choirs, as well as information from local nonprofits and organizations. The festival is free for the public and free for those who want to participate.
For more information, contact Alfrieda Deas-Mikell at 767-0326.
Amnesty "games" target China
The Charleston chapter of Amnesty International will stage games at the 2008 Human Rights Olympics on Folly Beach on Saturday, Aug. 9, to protest human rights abuses in China.
Events such as running a 100-yard dash shackled, racing against competitors as they drag protesters across the finish line and the representation of a "cultural" genocide through a yogurt-eating race are just a few events people can participate in. The events are meant to parallel China's human abuses on the eve of the Beijing Olympics.
Event winners will receive Olympic "medals" and prizes like restaurant gift certificates and merchandise. Participants can enjoy free food and support Amnesty International's campaign. The Human Rights Olympics will last from 1-3 p.m. and will be free and open to everyone. It will be held at fifth block of East Arctic Avenue on the beach. If it rains, the event will be held Aug. 10.
Edisto educator named to council
Ellen M. Still of Edisto Island has been appointed to the S.C. School Improvement Council's Board of Trustees.
The School Improvement Council's board has 21 members from across the state. Located at USC, the council provides training, resources and technical assistance to the 15,000 parents, students, educators and community residents who belong to individual improvement councils in each of the state's 1,100-plus public schools.
Still owns Education Builders LLC, a consulting firm specializing in educational data services, on-line learning and specialized teacher training.
Still held positions with the state Department of Education including deputy superintendent for policy, research and technology; special assistant to the superintendent; and coordinator of research and assessment.
She served as director of research with the state senate Education Committee and as principal auditor with the state Legislative Audit Council.
She is a former graduate instructor and research assistant with the University of South Carolina. She began her career as a junior high school teacher in Chattanooga (Tenn.) public schools. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Chattanooga, a Master of Arts in government and international studies from USC and has completed doctoral course work in government and international studies at USC.
African exhibit opens Aug. 29
The traveling exhibit "Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art" will be open from Aug. 29-Nov. 30 at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston. Grass Roots features more than 200 objects, including baskets made in Africa and the American South, African sculptures, and paintings from the Charleston Renaissance period. The Museum of African Art in New York organized the exhibit in cooperation with the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston and the McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina. Grass Roots will be an inaugural exhibition at the Museum for African Art's new building in New York City when the museum opens in 2010. For more information about the museum and its exhibits, see www.africanart.org or call (718) 784-7700.
Creative writing lecture Oct. 15 - Nov. 19
Award-winning Charleston author Josephine Humphreys will be among authors participating in a fall series of lectures and readings at the University of South Carolina called "Caught in the Creative Act."
The lectures will be held Oct. 15-Nov. 19, Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:45 to 7 p.m. at the University of South Carolina's Gambrell Hall auditorium.
Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford will also participate.
The series is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
To register, send name and address to Janette Turner Hospital at Caught in the Creative Act, Department of English, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208; fax (803) 777-9064; or e-mail jthospital@sc.edu.
For more information, visit www.cas.sc.edu/cica.
Civitans collect school supplies
West Ashley Civitans will collect school supplies at all Tidelands Bank branches Aug. 1-15 to benefit Low Country Orphan Relief.
Chartered in 1954, West Ashley Civitan Club assists numerous organizations in giving back to the community.
The club places an emphasis on developmental disabilities, but sponsors other projects as well.
For more information visit www.civitan.net/westashley.
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