by Carrie Adams | Dec 12, 2023 | Blog
For the last ten years, Brenda Anderson has been a community health worker at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, but she has not forgotten what it was like to be facing an uncertain future. “I had been laid off from the plant I was working at. I was unemployed and...
by Carrie Adams | Dec 1, 2023 | Blog
In 2010, Michelle Obama launched the “Let’s Move!” campaign, saying, “The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake. This isn’t the kind of problem that can be solved overnight, but...
by Jenesha Nance | Nov 20, 2023 | Blog
Dedicated to Shaquilla “Quilla” Sherelle June 8.13.1991- 5.16.2021 Content Warning: Maternal Death, Racism The eve of this disaster was the happiest of occasions. I had just celebrated my greatest accomplishment thus far: graduation with my master’s degree in public...
by Carrie Adams | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog
As previously mentioned on the SC Roadmap blog, Illinois has become the first state to eliminate cash bail. This was one month ago, and the ripple effect is already being felt. The population of the Cook County Jail has dropped below 5,000 inmates for the second time...
by Holly Pope | Oct 26, 2023 | Blog
Hello, I’m Holly Pope, and I am very honored to share my story with you. I want to tell you some of the things the Lord has revealed to me along the way, and how He is speaking to me more recently. So, there is this subconscious belief most of us have which is...
by Carrie Adams | Sep 13, 2023 | Blog
The U.S. Census Bureau has released its latest report on poverty and the news isn’t good—with one exception. Most dramatically, the child poverty rate leapt to 12.4% in 2022, after falling to 5.2% in 2021. (In 2020 the rate was at 9.0%.) This significant shift is...
