Political Affairs Committee
Our goal is to create a space where people who use drugs, leaders, legislators, and community members can come together and create meaningful change to support people with lived and living experience throughout South Carolina
Upcoming Political Affairs Committee Meeting Information
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of every month from 12 pm - 1 pm EST
Zoom Link (same every time): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82751876746?pwd=K0pyaXVHZW01aGRJSnBpNStjV0daZz09
Passcode (no waiting room): 556402
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm EST
Agenda and Meeting Minutes from Previous Meetings
Meeting Minutes from April 10, 2024: Click Here
Meeting Minutes from March 12, 2024: Click Here
Meeting Minutes from February 13, 2024: Click Here
Meeting Minutes from January 9, 2024: Click Here
Meeting Minutes from December 12, 2023: Click Here
Meeting Minutes from November 12, 2023: Click Here
Agenda: from October 10, 2023: Click Here
Meeting Minutes from October 10, 2023: Click Here
If you would like to join, please email schrc.advocacy@gmail.com to get added to our communications list!
Current Issues of Focus
Learning about the Model Syringe Services Program Act and applying it to SC’s current Harm Reduction Act
Expanding our current Good Samaritan Act to include more protections for people who use drugs
Research
Urgent need to expand syringe services programs in South Carolina and beyond, 2022
Policy Brief: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic and Preventing the Spread of Infectious Disease, 2019
South Carolina Legislation
S. 854: Safer Syringe Programs