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What is E-Rate with Andrew Epting – Episode 31

Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the importance of E-Rate service to schools and libraries in South Carolina with Andrew Epting, Program Manager and E-Rate Coordinator for South Carolina. The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) is an independent, not-for-profit corporation created in 1997 to collect universal service contributions from telecommunications carriers and administer universal support mechanisms (programs) designed to help communities across the country secure access to affordable telecommunications services. USAC carries out its functions as the administrator of the federal universal service programs and Universal Service Fund (USF) under the oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). USAC administers universal service programs for high cost companies in rural areas, low-income consumers, rural health care providers, and schools and libraries. The universal service Schools and Libraries Program, commonly known as “E-rate,” provides discounts of up to 90 percent to help eligible schools and libraries in the United States obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access. The program is intended to ensure that schools and libraries have access to affordable telecommunications and information services.

Links:

• South Carolina K-12 School Technology Initiative http://sck12techinit.sc.gov
• E-Rate for South Carolina Public Libraries http://guides.statelibrary.sc.gov/e-rate
• South Carolina EdTech Conference October 25-27 2017 http://edtech.scaet.org/
• South Carolina Library Association Conference October 11-13 2017 http://www.scla.org/conference
• USAC Training Opportunity https://www.usac.org/sl/about/outreach/training/2017/fall/charlotte.aspx
• SC E-Rate Consortium Applicant Training: Columbia https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sc-e-rate-consortium-applicant-training-columbia-tickets-38125411131?aff=es2

The Watering Hole, Poetry, and Banned Books with Monifa Lemons – Episode 30

Dr. Curtis Rogers talks to poet, writer, and co-founder/director of The Watering Hole (TWH) about poetry and this year’s upcoming banned books week. TWH is a safe space for writers of color without regard for origin, age, gender, sexuality, varied abilities, or religion. In addition, TWH is equally a home for both written and spoken word artists–anyone who wants to grow in the craft.

TWH unapologetically invests in pursuing the craft of poetry, learning about southern poets of color and poets who write about the South, providing affordable classes and retreats, swinging open the door for diverse forms of poetry, and pushing the bounds of a contemporary writing community.

Links:

• The Watering Hole - https://www.twhpoetry.org/
• The Watering Hole Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/cavecanemsouth/
• Banned Books Week - http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks
• Email contact: twhtribe@twhpoetry.org 

Columbia World Affairs Council with Dickson Monk – Episode 29

Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the many programs and projects of the Columbia World Affairs Council with Dickson Monk, Executive Director of the Council.

Founded in 1993, the Columbia World Affairs Council is a private, non-profit 501(c) 3 non-partisan organization in the Midlands region of South Carolina, located in the state capital. The Council serves as the bridge between the local community and its global counterparts. In recent years, South Carolina has experienced rapid growth in international business, politics and culture. Devoted to promoting intercontinental awareness in South Carolina, the Columbia World Affairs Council exists not only for the state’s benefit, but also for its citizens by enhancing their opportunities to engage in projects that are beneficial to the international community.

Links:

• Columbia World Affairs Council - http://www.columbiaworldaffairs.org
• Academic World Quest - http://www.columbiaworldaffairs.org/awq2017.html
• Sister Cities Program - http://www.columbiaworldaffairs.org/sister-cities.html
• ALA Sister Libraries Program - https://sites.google.com/site/sisterlibraries/

Marvin Lare and Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina – Episode 28

Marvin Lare and Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina – Episode 28

Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses Volume 1, “Dawn of the Movement Era, 1955-1967” of Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina with editor, Marvin Lare. Rev. Lare is a retired minister of the United Methodist Church and a veteran administrator of public service projects for the South Carolina Department of Social Services and Community Care, Inc., an interfaith community service organization. His early ministry in the inner city of Los Angeles led him to champion equity and justice issues. He specialized in community, human, and economic development, and participated in many civil rights demonstrations, including the Selma to Montgomery march, and he attended the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr., in Atlanta.

Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina is a five-volume anthology spanning the decades from 1930 to 1980 with oral history interviews of key activists and leaders of the civil rights movement in South Carolina. Editor Marvin Ira Lare introduces more than one hundred civil rights leaders from South Carolina who tell their own stories in their own words to reveal and chronicle a massive revolution in American society in a deeply personal and gripping way. This ambitious project of the University of South Carolina's Institute for Public Service and Policy Research was funded in part by the South Carolina Bar Foundation, the Southern Bell Corporation, and South Carolina Humanities.

Link: USC Press https://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2016/7724.html

Let’s Talk About South Carolina Humanities - Conversation with TJ Wallace - Episode 27

Dr. Curtis Rogers talks with TJ Wallace, Assistant Director of South Carolina Humanities, about the Let’s Talk About It book discussion series and many of the other programs and events of the South Carolina Humanities. SC Humanities’ mission is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. Established in 1973, this 501(c) 3 organization is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community leaders from throughout the state. It presents and/or supports literary initiatives, lectures, exhibits, festivals, publications, oral history projects, videos and other humanities-based experiences that directly or indirectly reach more than 250,000 citizens annually.

Links:

• SC Humanities http://schumanities.org
• SC Humanities on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/humanitiessc
• SC Humanities on Twitter https://twitter.com/humanitiessc
• Let’s Talk About It Book Discussion Program http://schumanities.org/projects/ltai
• SC Encyclopedia http://schumanities.org/projects/encyclopedia
• 2017 South Carolina Humanities Festival, October 5 – 8, 2017, Gaffney, SC http://schumanities.org/annualevents/humanitiesfestival