Non Profit Minute – Brian Duffy, The Charleston Forum

November 28, 2018

The Who’s on the Move, BizSC, Non Profit Minute is a quick, one minute interview in support of the amazing impact that local non profits have on our communities.

We would like to thank our sponsors of this video series – The Sisters of Charity Foundation and NP Strategy.

Brian Duffy, The Charleston Forum

Born out of the tragedy at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church, The Charleston Forum began in 2016 as a group of local political, business, educational and religious leaders who wanted to provide an outlet to discuss race across many different topics. The Forum, now an annual event, has hosted over 40 local and national speakers and more than 1,800 participants.

Each year, the discussed topics at the Forum change to allow a deeper understanding of Charleston’s racially tangled history and provide solution-based ideas, but one thing remains the same – we will continue to have conversations that lead to a more unified tomorrow.

The goal of The Charleston Forum is to facilitate movement from the shared moment following the Mother Emanuel massacre. The Committee seeks to harness the community’s realization of the need for and power of unity and to leverage the nation’s identity with Charleston. The Committee facilitates open discussion to share what behaviors and institutions are perceived as problems by some, why they are, and how we might respond so that those social issues can be deprived of their divisiveness.

“We therefore seek to create a forum that excites national interest in open discussion, promotes understanding of different views, and shares ideas for progress. We strive for Charleston and South Carolina to be recognized as leaders in addressing racial issues and as a community that refuses to allow June 17, 2015 at Mother Emanuel to become just another historical marker.”