Happy 1st Birthday LSPA!!!!!

Happy 1st birthday to the Lowcountry Students for Political Action! As we celebrate the official anniversary of this organization, I want to take some time to reflect on the last twelve months and the work we’ve put in.

In the time since our press conference announcing the official founding of LSPA on June 14th, 2018, we have accomplished more than I ever would’ve thought was possible. I want to go through the last year to truly appreciate everything we’ve done.

*Please note this is only what we’ve done since officially announcing the founding of LSPA. There have been a number of other things we have participated in.

-July 31st, 2018

Townhall with the Parkland student activists and private roundtable discussion with the families of the victims of the shooting at Mother Emanuel AME in 2015.

-August 18th, 2018

Voter registration drive at the farmer’s market in downtown Charleston. We registered over 40 people!

-September-November 2018

We helped to facilitate a number of voter registration drives at local high schools in the area with the help of the League of Women’s Voters

-November 3rd, 2018

We held the “Get Out The Vote- March to the Midterm” rally in coordination with March For Our Lives.

-November 17th, 2018

We attended the breakfast celebration after Rep. J.A. Moore was elected as a State Representative.

-December 4th, 2018

Attended the “Need to Impeach” event with Tom Steyer and a number of local and federal activists.

-December 15th, 2019

Were apart of the “Mourning Mothers March” to honor the children in Charleston who had lost their lives to gun violence.

-December 29th, 2019

Attended the community meeting at Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist church in North Charleston.

-January 22nd, 2019

Was represented at the Martin Luther King Jr. Business and Professional Breakfast.

-January 31st, 2019

Held a rally on the South Carolina Statehouse steps to advocate for the S.154 bill to close the Charleston Loophole at the state level.

-February 21st, 2019

Spoke at the press conference with Majority Whip Clyburn and Representative Cunningham endorsing the HR.1112 bill to close the Charleston Loophole at the federal level.

-February 22nd, 2019

We co-hosted a townhall with March For Our Lives and Giffords Courage to Fight Gun Violence with Representative Cunningham and Dr. Joseph Sakran (Johns Hopkins Hospital).

-March 1st, 2019

Attended and spoke at the press conference to announce the passing of HR.1112 through the United States House of Representatives.

-March 2nd, 2019

Attended the Cory Booker event and was on the panel for the townhall.

-March 9th, 2019

We met Kamala Harris at the private breakfast with the Dorchester Democrats.

-March 14th, 2019

We were invited to see the Bernie Sanders rally in North Charleston.

-March 23rd, 2019

We had a private breakfast with Beto O’rourke and then attended his townhall.

-March 24th, 2019

We hosted our 2nd annual Gun Violence Prevention Rally as the 2nd annual March For Our Lives event.

-April 2nd, 2019

Met with Albanian activists to talk about youth involvement and gun violence prevention.

-May 1st, 2019

Supported South Carolina teachers at the rally and march in Columbia, SC to support livable wages.

-May 6th, 2019

Attended the Community Meeting for the Charleston Area Justice Ministry.

-June 7th-9th, 2019

Participated in the Wear Orange weekend with We Are Their Voices and Moms Demand Action.