Operating with a Swing Blade

by: wjhamilton 29464

Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 12:51:16 PM EDT

Updated, June 17- On Saturday, June 27th, President Obama is inviting you to use a swing blade to suture up some of the divisions which make South Carolina sicker and weaker than it should be.

Image, Left, Google Earch View of Phillips Community.Image, Right, Creek along W. Side of Phillips.

Phillips is one of Mt. Pleasant's oldest African American settlement communities, with beginnings predating the American Civil War. 

Like many communities in South Carolina, it's grappling with modern problems today where neighborhood struggles to endure the challenges of an increasingly atomized social structure and preditory economy.  That Saturday, those who are "the change we have been waiting for" will join members of the Phillips Community in an effort to advance two established community projects to promote better health and a stronger community.

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