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Immigrants Are Welcome Here Week (Feb. 23-27)
As South Carolinians, we pride ourselves on hospitality. Especially at a time when some politicians want to harm, demonize, and exclude immigrants, it is important to show our hospitality and solidarity with immigrant communities.
During the week of Feb. 23-27, we will join local activists, communities of faith, and ordinary people expressing a common theme: Immigrants Are Welcome Here. Please join us at an event.
Monday, Feb. 23, Aiken - Building Peace: A Panel on Grassroots Immigration Advocacy in South Carolina
6:30 - 8 p.m.
Aiken Unitarian Universalist Church (115 Gregg Ave., Aiken, SC 29801)
Tuesday, Feb. 24, Sumter - Know Your Rights: Immigration
Time TBD
Aldersgate United Methodist Church (211 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150)
Wednesday, Feb. 25, Greer - ICE Verifier Training
2 p.m.
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Wednesday, Feb. 25, Charleston - Know Your Rights: Immigration
6 p.m.
Bees Ferry Road Library (3035 Sanders Road, Charleston, SC 29414)
Thursday, Feb. 26, Columbia - A Night of Advocacy and Support for Immigrants
Any time 6 - 8 p.m.
Shandon Presbyterian Church (607 Woodrow St., Columbia, SC 29205)
Thursday, Feb. 26, Charleston - Immigrants Are Welcome Here: Interfaith Prayer Vigil
6 p.m.
Unitarian Church in Charleston (4 Archdale Street, Charleston, SC 29401)
Feb 23, 2026 | 12:00 AM
Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson
The Rev. Jesse Jackson (1941-2026) was a South Carolina icon and a champion of civil rights for all people. He believed in the power of a rainbow coalition, a patchwork quilt of Americans from all backgrounds, cultures, faiths, and identities laboring for a better tomorrow. May we all carry on that work together.
287(g) Agreements in South Carolina
287(g) agreements authorize local police to do the work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). They are a threat to public safety, a disaster for civil liberties, and a financial burden on local governments.
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