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Monday, March 04, 2024

ABLE SC, Celebrates 30 Years of Service

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Today, you're invited to Celebrate with us as we honor 30 years of service to our disability community. Keep reading for details:

Able South Carolina Celebrates 30 Years of Service

Proclamation and Key to the City to be presented by Columbia, SC Mayor, reveal of Bull Street history digital exhibit

Able South Carolina (Able SC) will celebrate its 30 years of service to the state of South Carolina at a public press conference event on Monday, March 4, 2024, at 3 pm at their Columbia, SC office found on 720 Gracern Road, Suite 106. The event will feature a proclamation and presentation of the key to the City of Columbia from Mayor Rickenmann, the reveal of a digital history exhibit, and a presentation of the Caravan for Disability Justice and Freedom.

Caravan Van with images of disability rights history and large American Flag.

Caravan for Disability Justice and Freedom:

The Caravan for Disability Justice and Freedom, a collective of people with disabilities and allies traveling across America to commemorate cities significant to disability history, will also be present at the event. Their participation aims to shed light on both historical injustices, such as institutionalization, and ongoing advocacy efforts, including Able SC’s support for legislative measures like S.915, the “Public Health/Agency Restructuring Bill,” which contains an amendment to prioritize community integration for people with disabilities.

Bull Street Digital History Exhibit:

As part of the celebration, Able SC will unveil a digital exhibit project titled "People, Not Patients," in collaboration with Historic Columbia, highlighting the lives of some of those first institutionalized in the South Carolina State Hospital on Bull Street. Kimberly Tissot, Able SC’s president and CEO, expressed the vision behind this initiative: "Our vision is to create a South Carolina that is a national model of equity and inclusion for all people with disabilities. This includes illuminating the truth of our painful past to develop a brighter future."

Bull Street historical image of cupola

Join us today:

"After 30 years of service to the community, we invite the public to join us in imagining what our next 30 years could bring," shared Tissot. The press conference event will take place on Monday, March 4, at 3 pm at Able South Carolina, 720 Gracern Road, suite 106, Columbia, SC.