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Poverty is a generational issue. Education can help pull people out of poverty.

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Starting a business can be difficult. There are not only financial strains, but local business owners must learn how to advertise their business, train and hire new workers, and correctly manage their business.

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I want to know more about how LowCountry Local First creates changes in policies that allow local businesses to thrive. I also want to know more about what policies get in the way of opening local businesses. Would removing or changing them harm other aspects of our community?

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LowCountry Local is a non profit organization centered around developing local businesses. Tying in with its main beliefs, LowCountry local places local businesses at the forefront as a way to nudge the community into the right(and growing) direction.

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I want to dive deeper into the system that LowCountry Local has in place. I want to learn how it automates and runs their businesses through technology or human interaction.

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Lowcountry Local First is a non-profit that seeks to empower smaller, local businesses in the lowcountry. 

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Lowcountry Local First is a non-profit that seeks to empower smaller, local businesses in the lowcountry. 

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I want to get a closer look into how businesses, especially smaller and local businesses, are run and how they are maintained. In addition, I hope to improve my knowledge of data analytics and how to use that to benefit businesses.

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I want to get a closer look into how businesses, especially smaller and local businesses, are run and how they are maintained. In addition, I hope to improve my knowledge of data analytics and how to use that to benefit businesses.

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I know that LowCountry Local is a nonprofit organization that connects with College of Charleston Honors College students to prioritize the development of local businesses in the area.

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I want to know the tactics that LowCountry Local takes to help these businesses grow. Are these tactics things that we could apply in the future as potential entrepreneurs?

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I know that businesses, no matter the size, all incorporate people. I know they require people to work together. Applying this to LowCountry Local… I know that they are there to help  businesses, no matter the stage of that business.

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I want to know how LowCountry Local does it….the relationships they must have with these different companies must have a theme surrounding them. I would love to know what their goals are.

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America is blessed to offer education to everyone, unlike other countries. But many will drop out due to financial issues or problems at home. Today, it is extremely difficult to find a job without a high school/college education.

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I want to learn ways that those who struggle financially can earn a degree without falling into debt.

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I want to learn ways that those who struggle financially can earn a degree without falling into debt.

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I know there are challenges when it comes to starting a business and it is not easy to find footing that will create a successful foundation to a new business. In terms of Lowcountry Local First, the non-profit finds ways to support and promote these small and growing businesses.

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I want to know how Lowcountry Local First has used their resources and knowledge to aid local businesses and how their goals have changed the Charleston area. I want to know their businesses' success stories.

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I know that generational poverty is a very real thing that affects many Americans. Helping to stop the cycle will improve our economy and the citizens of the United States greatly. Trident Literary Association is one of the organizations that helps get people back on their feet with tutoring or job support.

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I want to know how to help those who have fallen victim to generational poverty and what we as a country can do to stop it from happening.

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No matter how much different the modern day is, racism is still very prevalent.

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No matter how much different the modern day is, racism is still very prevalent.

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More about the colleges way of helping us integrate into the community.

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More about the colleges way of helping us integrate into the community.

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I know that gun violence is a critical issue in the United States and change is essential. Through voting, our generation has the power to work towards ending gun violence, which will save lives.

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I want to know what is the most effective way to end gun violence. I also want to hear the stories of survivors or victims' families to honors those taken unjustly.

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I know that there is a low rate of earning equity in Charleston; and that this disparity affects disabled and black individuals.

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I want to learn more about why there is a large gap between earnings in different communities; I want to learn about the generational aspect behind it.

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Gun violence affects everyone and it can disproportionally impact nonwhite and urban communities

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I know that gun violence disproportionately affects people of color and minorities.

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I want to know about the ways I can directly make change in my community and nationally.

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I want to know what steps to take to help prevent gun violence

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I want to learn more about the local government in Charleston and their plan for helping end gun violence

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I know that gun violence is the second leading cause of death for youth

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I know that Homes Guarantee is a nationwide organization that campaigns and fights for tenant's rights.

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How exactly the pandemic affected the accessibility to affordable housing for tenant's in Charleston.

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I know that the foster care system can essentially be described as broken. There are many children and families that are not able to be provided with the resources necessary for healing and reunification. The process to become foster parents involves a long training, considerable background checks, etc. However, many host foster children to get the government stipend and do not provide the children in the foster system with the love they deserve.

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I want to know how the Carolina Youth Development Center targets the needs of the community and the foster system while advocating for the right choice to be made regarding safety in reunification. This is up to the court system, but is the CYDC able to share on behalf of the personal connections and relationships made with each individual child.

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Basic necessities such as clean water access, particularly in Latin America, are not met for all people. We have technologies, however expensive, which can cleanse water from impurities.

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Basic necessities such as clean water access, particularly in Latin America, are not met for all people. We have technologies, however expensive, which can cleanse water from impurities.

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I'd like to understand how to raise awareness for various issues and how to brainstorm means and advertisement of fundraising for the causes surrounding various issues.

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I'd like to understand how to raise awareness for various issues and how to brainstorm means and advertisement of fundraising for the causes surrounding various issues.

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I know that the foster care system is not stable and helpful for many children. They move through a lot of unstable environments and don't have the opportunity to grow and learn. One in five children from foster care become homeless after the age of 18.

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I know that the foster care system is not stable and helpful for many children. They move through a lot of unstable environments and don't have the opportunity to grow and learn. One in five children from foster care become homeless after the age of 18.

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I would like to know how the community of Charleston has worked to improve the foster care system.

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I would like to know how the community of Charleston has worked to improve the foster care system.

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I know that there is a lack of understanding and inclusivity in almost every sort of environment we see in today's world. The workplace, school, and sports are the big ones I am aware of that have that sort of presence.

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I want to know how to approach discussing the uncomfortable talks in a way that creates the conversation into action.

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I know that Charles' House works with a specific local community to address primarily the issue of affordable housing. They have a variety of initiatives and methods for tackling this issue including help local community members repair their homes.

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I want to know more about how Charles' House in funded. In particular their housing projects require funds to complete. Does that money come from inside the community or from outside sources?

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I know that the Carolina Youth Development Center can house 49 children ages birth - 21 in their residential location. I also know that they offer a program for 17-21 y/o kids as a transitional housing program to prepare them for living alone.

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I would like to know more about where the kids go once they move on from the Carolina Youth Development Center. I would also like to know how many of the kids return to stay more than once.

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I know that the people of the low country need help in education and housing and that there is a poverty crisis right now.

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What specifically I can do for the children of the low country and what specifically the public school systems need in order for the students to excel.

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I know that Charles' House works to address the issue of affordable housing in communities. They work to help local communities repair their homes and have many different tactics for dealing with the issue of affordable housing.

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I want to know the specific steps that Charles' House is taking to help deal with the housing crisis in Charleston.

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I know that Charles' House is an organization that is devoted to correcting unsafe living environments many people in the Charleston area experience. They are committed to finding/creating safe and affordable housing within the community.

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I want to know more about our role as students within honors engaged and how we can help make a difference.

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I know that Charles' House is a local nonprofit grassroots organization group advocating for the rights of tenants.

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I want to know more specifically how we can improve tenants' rights and how that will benefit them in the long run.

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I know Charles house is a large nonprofit organization dedicated to tenants rights

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I know Charles house is a large nonprofit organization dedicated to tenants rights

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I want to know how I can best volunteer my time to help

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I want to know how I can best volunteer my time to help

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I know Charles House and this honors cohort is working with the sustainable development goal of building resilient infrastructure and promoting inclusivity among Charleston.

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Charleston has a high unemployment rate of disabled people and one of the lowest rates of earning equity.

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I would like to know how we as a community can find ways to lower and make equal the gap between the earning equity of Charleston's citizens and how to best go about creating a sustainable living environment.

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I want to know how students can provide help in solving the problem of not having sustainable development in a city.

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I would like to know how our community can find ways to be more inclusive to those who may be intellectually or physically disabled and how we can go about providing an environment for them where they don't feel like outsiders.

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I know that Charleston is a community in which the classes of poverty and wealth live side by side in a harsh comparison.

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I want to know how businesses locally owned/grown get started in a competitive environment with, on average, a higher economy and price of living to work within.

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I know that there are many issues within the Charleston Community, including poverty, inequality, and violence. I also know that these issues are difficult to address, and will take time and a good deal of effort to lessen its effects.

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I want to know how we can address current issues, and how to make the community more sustanable and safe.

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I know that Charleston faces many issues surrounding poverty and a divide between classes.

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I want to know what we as CofC students can do in our community to help address issues of poverty and social divide, as well as how to become well rounded citizens in the unique city of Charleston.

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I want to know how students can do as much as possible to help our community, and how the school specifically contributes to certain issues around the Charleston area.

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I know that poverty and socio-economic disparities are a big issue not only across the United States, but also in Charleston. This issue doesn't have a quick fix and it would take years to rebuild these systems that are already broken.

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There are as many different issues and problems as there are people (perhaps not literally, but everyone's struggle is individual to themselves) and so change takes time, if it happens at all. Change won't happen unless it is advocated for, but advocacy won't be heard, if at all, without an understanding of necessity and the persistence to ensure one's struggle is not forgotten among everyone else's.

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In the face of uncaring authorities and a lack of empathy or understanding, how can one be sure that their efforts are making a worthwhile difference? How does one build the community necessary to work together and act on problems for themselves without needing to wait for more powerful individuals to begin caring? How is it possible to balance everything that needs doing and addressing all at once, when there are so many different and urgent issues at hand?

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We live in a world that is complicated by a messy web of issues that all interconnect and usually relate back to hierarchies such as white supremacy, capitalism, and patriarchy. Generational poverty, violence, the climate crisis, and many of the other great threats to us and our future stem from these issues. It's a broken world full of broken people, but there's a lot we can do to fix it, usually by starting small with what we can control.

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I want to learn more about the programs in place here in the Low Country to help with issues of poverty, and I want to know more about how the budget for areas like North Charleston is determined, as there have been some rather suspicious expenditures of money on things for the police and local government instead of for the people who need actual help with housing and flooding.

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I know that the ramifications of slavery are still felt in the greater Charleston area since there are still monuments up that call back to the Confederacy, meaning that there hasn't been enough time to move on and heal.

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I want to learn how I can maximize my positive impact on the Charleston community through my next four years at the College of Charleston.

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I want to know more about the economic divide that exists in Charleston. Just from observation it seems as though there are two vastly different economic groups, the one that is quite wealthy and other that is deep in poverty.

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I know that poverty causes a lot of divide in communities, and that it can be the root of a majority of social justice issues. The effects of poverty can be felt on both ends of the economic spectrum.

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I know that impoverished communities here in Charleston have greater issues with flooding and environmental sustainability, employment, and education rates.

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I want to know more about what initiatives and community projects are helping the impoverished, and how to be involved.

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I know that there are various areas that need attention in Charleston. I know that housing prices are going up and due to gentrification, people are being forced out of their homes. I also know that gun violence is prevalent and it directly affects our schools where a lack of quality education is stunting the growth of kids. I know that climate change is continuing to get worse and it is disproportionality affecting the communities of Charleston.

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I know that there are various areas that need attention in Charleston. I know that housing prices are going up and due to gentrification, people are being forced out of their homes. I also know that gun violence is prevalent and it directly affects our schools where a lack of quality education is stunting the growth of kids. I know that climate change is continuing to get worse and it is disproportionality affecting the communities of Charleston.

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I want to know ways we can help people in the Charleston area ad how we can prevent these issues. I want to learn how to be proactive versus reactive.

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I want to know ways we can help people in the Charleston area ad how we can prevent these issues. I want to learn how to be proactive versus reactive.

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Charleston has a long history with racism that still persists today in the forms of environmental, economic, and political racism

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I would like to know how to enact effective change on a visible level that helps those in poverty

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The stigma that surrounds people with learning disabilities is widespread and incredibly suppressive. Conscious empathy is a good way to aid in the alleviation of stigmatization.

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Why is it that people automatically assume the worst when faced with a label that they most likely don't understand? What devices can be used to deepen understanding and awareness in people who don't have intellectual disabilities?

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I know that Charleston has a history with poverty and racism. Charleston is a community where we have poverty and wealthy people living side by side.

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What LowCountry Local is

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Individual differences make it difficult in any scenario when fitting into a new place, and when those differences are broadcasted, or made known to the public, stereotypes often get in our way of getting to know people.

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We can never truly understand how people feel when they are judged before you've even met them, so how can we stop our prejudices, and make everyone feel welcome no matter their abilities and circumstances

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Many individuals with disabilities are not given the opportunities they need to succeed in school and in the workforce. It is very difficult for these individuals to find stable, well-paying jobs since there is societal prejudice against them and a lack of faith in their abilities.

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I want to know more about how we can change society's impression of the disabled community and create a greater sense of trust in the abilities of these individuals.

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The importance of good data

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I have learned that the work Charles’ House does is sufficiently involved with people so as to involve needing a certification to work with human research subjects.

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Person first labeling is dope. I've learned about that. Person with autism vs autistic person

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I learned about the necessary steps required in order to work with human subjects in research, outreach, etc.

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SalesForce is an established service used by multiple companies(of drastically varying sizes) to keep track of everything business.

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I learned that there is a nation wide movement for tenant's rights called Homes Guarantee.

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Some forms of engagement takes a lot of time and back and forth with the community. Especially engagement involving economic and business development. There’s a lot of team building, communication, and specific objectives.

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That it takes a lot of time, effort, and research to even begin working with these organizations

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the importance of stories, backgrounds, or where we have come from to get where we are today

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I learned that gun violence is a global issue that requires unity to fully resolve. Small steps in the local community can help contribute to ending gun violence.

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I learned that there is not a clear guide on how to start a business. There are many variables that depend on local policies and targeted demographics.

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I’ve learned that Charles House helps families in need through community donations.