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A community conversation with local law enforcement in effort to improve community and police relations will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Greenville County Square. Watch here or on The Greenville News Facebook page for a livestream broadcast of the event. In an effort to be proactive, we have decided to meet and engage the community and local law enforcement in a town hall format conversation to create more interaction between the community, especially the black and brown community in the Upstate, a news release from Rev. U.A. Thompson reads. The event comes days after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota. ....
Updated: 7:08 PM EST Mar 5, 2021 Jane Robelot Soapstone Church on Liberia Road in Pickens County has a long and rich history, and thanks to its matriarch, Mable Owens Clarke, its future is brilliant, as well.Clarke is a descendant of a freed slave and one of the men who founded the church in the late 1800s. He and other former slaves now rest in the historic cemetery. Recently, Clarke welcomed two groups of young men from Clemson University to the church. They brought their shovels, and their muscles to free those graves of debris from last year’s storms. Two fraternities, Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Tau Omega, didn’t see one another often on campus – but on the grounds of Soapstone they formed a bond. They’ve gone back to Soapstone and it’s becoming a touchstone for forming new friendships. That is the joy of Clarke s heart, she says. Her mother and father rebuilt the church in just one year after it was burned down by Klansmen in the 196 ....
Mable Owens Clarke discusses history of SoapStone Church in Project CommUNITY Conversation Clarke helped save the historic church Share Updated: 6:19 PM EST Mar 5, 2021 Jane Robelot Clarke helped save the historic church Share Updated: 6:19 PM EST Mar 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript IT HAPPENED. THERE’S A SMALL CHURCH IN LIBERIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, IT HAS A SPECTACULAR VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS IN PICKENS COUNTY . SOAPSTONE CHURCH IS FAMOUS FOR IT’S MONTHLY FISH FRY’S WITH CHEF MABLE, BUT IN TODAY’S COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, SOAPSTONE’S CHEF AND MATRIARCH MABLE OWENS CLARKE TELLS US HOW THIS HISTORIC CHURCH IS PLAYING A ROLE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. SAVING AND PRESERVING SOAPSTONE CHURCH IS VERY PERSONAL FOR MABLE OWENS CLARKE, IT’S A PROMISE SHE MADE TO HER MOTHER. HER GREAT GRANDFATHER, A FREED SLAVE, HELPED ESTABLISH THE CHURCH IN THE LATE 1800’S. YOU HAVE NOW BEEN ABLE TO LOOK TO ....