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The Office of Diversity Initiatives supports several events and programs throughout the year. Below you'll find a list of coming events, as well as a list of past lectures, law school events and community events.

2008 events

March 2008

• March 7, 2008-De Gullah Singers, 5pm, Mary Street Building, Rm. 101 (Part of Cultural Diversity Month)
  
• March 17, 2008-Alliance for Full Acceptance, 12pm, Bell South Bld., Rm. 332 (Part of Cultural Diversity Month)
  
• March 18, 2008-Ann Caldwell & the Magnolia Singers, 7:15pm, Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting Street (Part of Cultural Diversity Month)
• March 19, 2008-Road Show at C.E. Williams Middle School
• March 20, 2008-Road Show at Fort Johnson Middle School
  
• March 24, 2008-Cleo Brown presents "Witness to the Truth, My Struggle for Human Rights in Louisiana"-Book Discussion, 12pm, Bell South Bld., Rm. 332 (Part of Cultural Diversity Month)
  
• March 25, 2008-Hispanic American Culture, 5pm, Mary Street Bld., Rm. 101 (Part of Cultural Diversity Month)
  
• March 26, 2008-Abolition of Slavery Lecture and Reception, 6pm, Charleston County Library Auditorium (Part of Cultural Diversity Month)
  
• March 27, 2008-Slave Trade Conference, 9am-5pm, Avery Research Center, 125 Bull Street (Part of Cultural Diversity Month)
  
• March 28, 2008-Slave Trade Conference, 9am-5pm, The Citadel Campus, Bond Hall, Rm. 165 (Part of Cultural Diversity Month)
• March 28, 2008-Road Show at Sedgefield Intermediate School

April 2008

• Black Law Students Association 3L Send-Off
  
• Shaw University Career Fair
  
• Livingstone College Career Fair

Past Sponsored School Lectures

• "South Africa's Democratic Transition"-A lecture by Justice Richard Goldstone, Former Justice, Constitutional Court South Africa, Former Chief Prosecutor, UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Former Chief Prosecutor, UN International Criminal Tribunal Rwanda
  
  
• "Nation Building: Lessons from the South African Experience"-A lecture by Professor and Diversity Director, John Simpkins on his experiences in assisting the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
  
  
• "A New Iraqi Constitution"-Lecture by Professor and Diversity Director, John Simpkins.

Past Supported Law School Events

• Black Law Student Association (BLSA) Color of Justice Program, 2006
  
• BLSA's Annual Minority Reception, 2006
  
• BLSA in conjunction with the Office of Diversity's "What I Wish I Would Have Known" Q & A session for incoming students, 2006
  
• CLE on Legal Issues Affecting Heirs' Property, 2006
  
• BLSA's First Annual Black History Reception, 2007
  " BLSA's First Annual Black Tie Affair-"Reflecting on a Journey. Focusing on a Lifetime." Celebrating the Accomplishments of the Honorable Donald W. Beatty, Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, 2007
  
• BLSA's 3L Send-Off-A Celebration of BLSA's graduating members-2007,2008

Past Supported Community Events

• NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Banquet-2006, 2007
  
• Trident Technical College's Upward Bound Shadow Day Program-2006,2007
• Charleston Progressive Academy Lunch Buddy Program, 2007, 2008
• South Carolina State University's Constitution Day Program, 2007
• The Inter-Institutional Diversity Committee-a collaboration with the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina.