{"id":346077,"date":"2025-12-15T23:32:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/remembering-modjeska-simkins-on-her-birthday\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T23:32:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:32:38","slug":"remembering-modjeska-simkins-on-her-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=346077","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Modjeska Simkins on her birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"


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After moving our offices into Modjeska Simkins\u2019 historic home in 2009, the SC Progressive Network began throwing a party on her birthday, a tradition we\u2019ve maintained every year since.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So we regret that this year we will not be toasting her memory with a glass of her favorite port \u2014 at least not as a group. We encourage you to do so on your own.<\/p>\n

Pour yourself a glass of port, or your favorite beverage, and take a little time to remember her remarkable life and legacy. <\/p>\n

We\u2019ve put together some links for you to enjoy and share.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a clip<\/a> <\/strong>of last year\u2019s party at GROW, our HQ in Columbia.<\/p>\n

Video<\/a> <\/strong>of last year\u2019s Modjeska Simkins School class, which includes comments by Dr. Robert Greene II and the SC ETV documentary Making a Way Out of No Way<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Oral History Interview<\/a> <\/strong>of Modjeska Simkins by Jacquelyn Hall, July 28, 1976. You can read a transcript or hear an audio recording. If you\u2019ve never heard Ms. Simkins\u2019 voice, you owe it to yourself to take a listen.<\/p>\n

Network Executive Director Brett Bursey talks about his mentor in this video<\/a>, <\/strong>recorded 11 years ago. <\/p>\n

Modjeska Monteith Simkins, a South Carolina Revolutionary<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>download pdf of the booklet or pick up a copy at GROW.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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