Columbia, SC - The works of Renee Stout are currently on display in the Ponder Fine Arts Gallery on the campus of Benedict College until March 16, 2012.

January the Sixteenth, the year Twenty twelve; what a Beautiful Day it was at the South Carolina State House, the "atmosphere was electric" and I was honored to participate in the King Day at the Dome celebration, a rally and march sponsored by the South Carolina NAACP. Since 2000, marchers have gathered at The State House to commemorate the life and work of the late Rev. Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. This was the first time that I had the opportunity to attend the affair; and as my momma would say, "It was really nice."

Columbia, SC – The Auntie Karen Foundation will present its ninth annual Legends of Concert at the Koger Center for the Arts (USC) in Columbia, S.C. on Friday, February 24, 2012 at 8 p.m. The concert will feature legendary Grammy award winning vocalist, Patti Austin, and Grammy award winning composer and pianist Ramsey Lewis.

A small firm that is deeply rooted in the community, Sunrise began as a consulting and building maintenance firm targeted toward the minority audience. In a 1989 State Newspaper article, Darrell Jackson was quoted as saying, "There is a big need in the market for a first-class, minority consulting firm targeted toward the minority community." "But," added Jackson, "we don’t restrict ourselves at all." Twenty years later, that statement is still true! Founded in 1986 by Darrell Jackson, Heyward Bannister and two others (Bishop A. C. Jackson and Bill Chapman), Sunrise is the oldest African-American public relations (PR) firm in South Carolina.