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The Collaborative for Community Trust
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The Collaborative for Community Trust (CCT) values participation in policymaking by diverse and marginalized groups. It values empowering individuals and organizations from every community to better understand and support global, civil and human rights. Its public programs examined the relationships of politics, economics, society and culture, by action and service. CLICK 'RESOURCES' FOR THE LATEST VIDEOS, BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON MODJESKA SIMKINS AND SOUTH CAROLINA CIVIL RIGHTSThe Modjeska Monteith Simkins Center for Justice, Ethics and Human Rights created by the Collaborative, was located in the Modjeska Simkins House in Columbia, South Carolina until 2007. Simkins was known as the "Matriarch of the South Carolina Civil Rights Movement" for her role in local and national civil and human rights cases. The Collaborative for Community Trust created this institution so that the ideals of justice, human rights and ethical principles can be fully examined by the public in a context of particular social actions in South Carolina, other parts of the United States, and other countries. In the current international climate, connections must be made between our efforts at democracy here and those efforts in other nations. In 2007, to fulfill the goal of perpetually preserving the legacy of Modjeska Simkins, and ensuring the permanent stewardship of this historic site, the Collaborative elected to transfer the Simkins House to the City of Columbia and the Historic Columbia Foundation. The Collaborative is proud of this transition, having boldly initiated the mammoth project of purchasing, stabilizing and restoring the Modjeska Simkins House. Its decade long-effort to restore this historic jewel to the public is a testament to the critical role that South Carolina played in the American Civil Rights movement. |