South Carolina’s civil rights leaders held a press conference at the South Carolina State House on Thursday to call on Governor Henry McMaster to take emergency action to protect SNAP benefits for more than 556,000 South Carolinians. The coalition urged state leadership to prevent families from losing
food assistance due to federal budget disruptions, stressing that “no one in South Carolina should go hungry when funds have already been appropriated.”
Civil rights and faith leaders gathered at the South Carolina State House included Rev. Nelson B. Rivers III (at the podium, speaking) accompanied by Jamie O. Graham, president of the Baptist Education Mission Convention of South Carolina; Stephanie James, president of the National Action Network Columbia Chapter; Oveta Glover, president of Columbia Branch NAACP; Representative Annie McDaniels. and others.
