**SCBP BALL HAS BEEN
RELOCATED
TO THE COLUMBIA MARRIOTT**
2009 Pride Events
**All events
held in Columbia, SC
Thursday, June 18
Welcome Reception
HUSH Restaurant &
Tappas Bar
1004 Gervais Street
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
FREE admission --
Cashbar
Friday, June 19
MSM (Men who have Sex with Men)
HIV Prevention Institute
"Evidence That Demands Action"
Saluda Shoals Park
5605 Old Bush
River Road
8:30 a.m. - 5 pm
$25 Registration fee
includes meals and materials
sponsored by AID Upstate, Greenville, SC with
support from the AAMSM Workgroup
For more information
contact: 1-888-232-2310
Juneteenth Black LGBT Film Fest & Talk
Back
Film: "Noah's Ark -- Jumpin' the Broom" [Rated R]
Discussion on "Same Sex Marriage Rights and the African American Community"
USC Law School Auditorium
701 Main Street
7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
FREE admission & Reception to follow
Saturday, June 20
COMMUNITY EXPO & WORKSHOPS
Vendors, Entertainment, Door Prizes
Courtyard by Marriott
630 Assembly St.
Presidential Ballroom
12 noon – 6 p.m.
FREE admission
Free Salsa
& Meringue Lessons start at 1 p.m.
Hot Live Entertainment Including:
Tarsha Fields
Street Poet
Young Doe
& MORE
Women's Party "Soft & Sensual"
Sponsored by SC
Black Pride
10 p.m. – 2 a.m
$10 admission
Clarion Hotel, Magnolia Room
1615 Gervais Street, Columbia SC
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SCBP Ball hosted by
Econ Blahnik
"OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM"
**RELOCATED**
Columbia Marriott
1200 Hampton Street
12 midnight – 5 a.m.
$30 Admission
Sunday, June 21
Community Worship Service
Courtyard by Marriott
630 Assembly St.
Jackson Theatre
12 noon – 2 p.m.
FREE admission
Co-presided by Pastor Rashawn Flournoy, Freedom Worship Church, Greenville, SC and Bishop Tonyia Rawls and Rev. Marage Romeo of Unity Fellowship Church, Charlotte
Have an event in mind?
Interested in Volunteering?
Email us @
info@southcarolinablackpride.com
2008
Pride Events
Welcome Reception:
Wednesday, June 25th, 6-9pm, Hush Restaurant & Tappas Bar, 1004 Gervais
Street. Greetings & Proclamation by Columbia Mayor Bob Coble FREE
admission, Cash Bar.
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Town Hall Debate, "Because the Bible Told Me So: Is Homosexuality a
Sin?": Thursday, June 26th, 7-8:30 pm, Univ. of SC Law School
Auditorium, 701 Main Street. FREE
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National HIV Testing Awareness: Friday, June 27th, all day --
city-wide. Free and confidential HIV testing. FREE. Click here for
featured events.
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"A Night Out With the Arts" Friday, June 27th, 6-9pm: Columbia Music
Festival Association's ArtSpace, 914 Pulaski St. which featured
"Readings by Writers including Laurinda Brown, author of "The Highest
Price for Passion" etc. and Terrance Dean author of "Hiding in Hip Hop".
Performance of "For the Love of Harlem Musical" excerpt. Set during the
1920s Harlem Renaissance it showcases the lives of great SGL artists
like Langston Hughes, Bessie Smith & Richard Bruce Nugent; written/
directed by Jermaine N. Lee of the Carolinas Black Pride Movement, $12 &
cashbar
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Community Expo: Saturday, June 28th, 11am-6pm --- food, vendors,
entertainment and featuring a Mini-Ball with the Carolina Ballroom
Council, Margarette Miller Center, 1509 Fontaine Rd., FREE.
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Community Awards & Jazz
Brunch, Sunday, June 29th, 3-5 pm, including Gospel music and
inspirational words, Eau Claire Print Building, 3909 Ensor Avenue. FREE
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