| *Public Policy Tipoffs Involving South Carolina Newsletter for Friday November 01, 2024 ( 6 items ) |
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A S.C. school district allows Christian illusionist to pull trick on its students
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 31 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release:
Despite a warning from the Freedom From Religion Foundation that a Christian evangelist and illusionist was planning to proselytize students, a South Carolina school district nevertheless allowed the evangelist to target students at a recent school assembly.
FFRF learned from a concerned district employee that Socastee High School in the Horry County Schools in Conway, S.
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Benedict College Expands Academic Offerings With New Degree Programs
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Nov. 1 -- Benedict College issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024:
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Neuroscience, Digital Marketing, and Supply Chain Management
Degrees are Opening Doors to Some of the Top In-Demand Careers
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Today, Benedict College announced the launch of three new degree programs in partnership with Rize Education. The addition of these academic programs, Neuroscience, Digital Marketing, and Supply Chain Management, further strengthens Benedict College's c
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund Announces Partnership With Young Black Lawyers' Organizing Coalition for Voter Protection Work in Texas, South Carolina
NEW YORK, Nov. 1 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news on Oct. 31, 2024:
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Young Black law students and lawyers will fan out to key areas to counter voter suppression, build Black voting power
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Today, the Legal Defense Fund announced a partnership with the Young Black Lawyers' Organizing Coalition (YBLOC) that will fully fund the travel of more than two dozen law students to critical parts of Texas and South Carolina to do election protection and
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urges South Carolina Election Commission to Issue Guidance That Non-Partisan Poll Monitors Wearing Non-Partisan Apparel Are Allowed to Conduct Monitoring Activities
NEW YORK, Nov. 1 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news on Oct. 31, 2024:
Today, LDF sent a letter to the South Carolina State Election Commission to request they issue guidance to election officials across South Carolina that LDF's non-partisan "Black Voters on the Rise" volunteer apparel is not partisan and does not prohibit our staff and volunteers from conducting non-partisan poll monitoring activities.
The letter was sent after instances of poll workers
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Nonpartisan 'Defend the Black Vote' Program Launches Final Push in Campaign to Encourage 3.5 Million Black Men to Cast Ballots
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- People for the American Way issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024:
In the last days before the November 5 election, People For the American Way Foundation's nonpartisan Defend the Black Vote campaign is making its final push to reach 3.5. million Black men, via direct peer-to-peer text messages, for voter turnout in 21 states -- Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Mis
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Study Group Files 'Friend of the Court' Motion in South Carolina Plutonium 'Pit' Lawsuit
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 31 -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024:
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One pit factory instead of two would fully resolve this lawsuit while preserving strong environmental law
(For further background see the press advisory of October 22, 2024, "Darkling Plain: whither the legal fight in South Carolina over plutonium "pit" environmental analysis? What does it mean? What will happen?")
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