Ace Mace Chip & Charge Demonstration

Note- An action has been filed in the US District Federal Court for SC to obtain judicial approval of this demonstration after the City of Charleston refused to grant a permit on the date and location requested. Please follow our feed on BlueSky for updates. The fight to save the Lowcountry's future as a component of a diverse, social democracy will be the motivation for a major social justice demonstration action being planned for Saturday, April 5 near the Daniel Island office of US Representative Nancy Mace. The demonstration will include delegations from a coalition of human rights and economic justice organizations from the 1st Congressional District and Lowcountry including those committed to healthcare, reproductive rights, civil rights, the living wage, education, affordable housing and transit.The demonstration will prove local opposition to the recent decision by the US Congress to surrender it's Constitutional authority to control and protect the public purse to Trump/Musk which Rep. Mace chose to endorse with our vote.

There will be six interest sections along the roadway with a popup tent comfort station in the center: Education advocates will be asked to wear red; healthcare & reproductive rights advocates blue; Transit advocates green; housing advocates brown; labor advocates yellow (reflective vests) and gender identity advocates pridewear.

Bring your reusable water bottle and a chair. We'll have snacks, speakers, music and a puppet show.

You can sign up for one of two shifts by getting a ticket: 1 pm to 2:30 or 2:30 to 4. We're going to try to have the second shift focus on Charleston's rising generation of new organizers, while the tough, old guard starts things off. Afterwards will be holding an afterparty in North Charleston at Commonhouse Aleworks. The first shift will be lead by the Mother of the Movement, Louise Brown and the Second by Alan Morris of SC Defense of Democracy.

Charleston is rated the best place in the US to vacation, but low wages and a rising cost of living drive citizens to desperation. Working residents spend hours snarled in traffic, missing time with their children who struggle alone to learn through homework what their schools seem incapable of teaching. Mace ignores her constituents and these issues while pursing the Republican nomination for Governor or SC and seeking profile on right wing media through sexuality connected culture war issues. On the only weekend of the year when every Charleston area hotel room is full, we will point out the lack of focus leaders like Rep. Mace have on issues like reliable transit, affordable housing, a living wage, education, healthcare and human rights.As progressive South Carolinian's we accept the reality of living in a red state, however, that does not mean it is acceptable for a US Representative to dodge contact with the people she represents while they stagger under collapsing federal safety net programs, a rapidly rising cost of living and the loss of the cultural and environmental opportunities which once made living in the SC Low country more attractive than it is now. Our position as working citizens here is unsustainable, even for conservative Republicans.Our Congresswoman should be holding town halls, connecting with the people she represents and working towards a better future for all our children, red and blue. While we cannot hope to find common cause with MAGA Trumpublicans, it is the duty of our Congresswoman to hear and represent us all. In areas where our interests coincide such as cost of living, traffic and housing, it continues to be her duty to act in the Congress in the best interest of our entire district.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

900 Island Park Dr, 900 Island Park Drive, Charleston, United States