Thanks to all of you who joined us this past weekend for the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner and Spratt Issues Conference. We hope you found the programming to be as engaging and energizing as we did, and we hope it has inspired you to do everything you can over the next 36 days to help elect Democrats up and down the ballot.
The Democratic weekend also marked the completion of the first Clyburn Fellowship class. We are so fortunate to have had such a dynamic group of 27 young people to set the fellowship on a strong course. Last week, several of them, led by Carlton Boyd of Columbia, wrote a letter to the editor published in The State discussing the vital role that the Clyburn Fellowship has played in building our state party; if you missed the letter, click here to read it. These original fellows will be the core of our party for years to come.
With the first class of Clyburn Fellows having completed the program, we are delighted to announce the members of our second class. These 46 young people (25 women and 21 men) come from all backgrounds and represent 30 counties in South Carolina. The newly selected Clyburn Fellows, along with their home counties, are:
Velice Cummings Aiken
Katrina Williams Allendale
Jared R. Donaldson Anderson
Phil Dudley Anderson
Bretticca Moody Bamberg
Shawnta Harrison Barnwell
Marian Hutchinson Barnwell
Pamela Brandon Beaufort
Mayra Rivera-Vazquez Beaufort
Mahwish “Mev” McIntosh Berkeley
Kendra Alexis Hasty Calhoun
Denise Ciccarelli Charleston
Marvin Rashad Pendarvis Charleston
Ryon Smalls Charleston
Donna Walker Clarendon
Jessica Bright Colleton
Shamieka Sims Fairfield
Sheldon A. Butts Georgetown
Shakeema Smalls Georgetown
Sarah Locke Greenville
Avery Martin Greenville
Jeanmarie Tankersley Greenville
Jarvis Holmes Hampton
Ates Emiroglu Horry
Scott Firsing Horry
Justin Scriven-Eason Jasper
Shane Turner Lancaster
Shaterica Neal Laurens
Chad Bauerschmidt Lexington
Tony Mozeak Marion
Alonzo Harrison McCormick
Maya Slaughter Orangeburg
Margaret (Molly) Dunn Pickens
Joseph Bias Richland
Marcurius Byrd Richland
Hamilton Grant Richland
Tiffany James Richland
Breanna Spaulding Richland
Marquice Clark Spartanburg
Nicole Vilencia Hazard Spartanburg
Luke Quillen Spartanburg
Azilee Billy Sumter
Dianna Bardis Union
Doward Harvin Williamsburg
Ivori Henryhand Williamsburg
John Kraljevich York
With the skills that the Clyburn Fellowship will impart over the coming months, this new class of fellows will join the inaugural class in playing significant leadership roles in our party. We are excited by the prospects for the future that the Clyburn Fellowship is creating, and we are grateful to Congressman Clyburn for his instrumental role in making the Fellowship a fixture of our party. Together we will fight to turn South Carolina blue, this year and for years to come.
