Author name: Amy Horwitz

Council members back plan to boost affordable options: Charleston ministries push elected officials to forge new affordable housing plans

With housing prices in the Charleston area still hovering well above the national average, a coalition of local ministries has convinced elected officials in the Lowcountry’s largest cities and towns to team up and do something about it. The Charleston Area Justice Ministry on Monday held its sixth annual Nehemiah Action Assembly, an event designed to […]

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Congregations join Charleston County Schools to address behavior with “restorative practices”

When LuAnn Rosenzweig’s son got in a fight 14 years ago at Wando High, the administration punished him with a three-day suspension. What bothered Rosenzweig is that the school didn’t address the underlying conflict: Her son and the other students returned to school three days later and were expected to act as if nothing had

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Two community leaders and a Charleston organization to receive 2018 MLK Celebration awards

Two community leaders and a Charleston organization will be honored with awards at the upcoming 46th annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Joan Robinson-Berry, vice president and general manager of Boeing South Carolina and Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and the Rev. Nelson B. Rivers III, pastor of Charity Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston,

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