Donna DeWitt

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Donna DeWitt is President of the South Carolina State AFL-CIO. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism.

2001 People's Weekly World Banquet

Excitement filled the House of Fortune restaurant in Chinatown here as Donna DeWitt, president of the South Carolina AFL-CIO, addressed the annual People’s Weekly World banquet Nov. 18. The banquet raised $8,000 for the People’s Weekly World fund drive.

DeWitt’s keynote speech came only days after the release of the International Longshoremen’s Association members known as the Charleston Five.

DeWitt, who played a key role in organizing support for the Charleston Five, warned of the right-wing’s anti-labor and racist agenda that menace not only her state, but the whole country.

Emblematic of this agenda, she said, is the new campaign launched by South Carolina’s aggressive and ambitious Attorney General Charles Condon against immigrants, in particular Mexican immigrants.

Focusing on the current crisis, John Bachtell, PWW banquet committee chairperson and head of the Illinois district of the Communist Party, denounced the terrorist acts of Sept. 11, but warned that “crimes against humanity must be met with global justice, not military tribunals.”^[1]

How Class Works

At the How Class Works - 2002 Conference, panels included;

• 1.1 Class, Race, and Repression in South Carolina
• Donna DeWitt, President, South Carolina AFL-CIO
• Bill Fletcher, Jr., President, TransAfrica
• Bill McAdoo, Chair, Stony Brook – Africana Studies^[2]

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

In 2008 Donna DeWitt of AFL-CIO, Columbia, SC signed a statement circulated by the Partisan Defense Committee calling for the release of convicted “cop-killer” Mumia Abu-Jamal.^[3]

Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics

Founded in 2008, the Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics is focused on three primary goals:

• Increase the pool of capable women candidates.
• Educate and train women to run and win.
• Enhance the visibility of women in leadership roles and change public perception.

The Institute has held six campaign training schools and four major visibility events. It communicates twice each month with more than 20,000 statewide citizens via email.

“Our board is diverse politically, yet we are united on advancing women in political leadership roles,” says Donna Dewitt, Chair of the Institute’s Board and Co-chair of the SC Progressive Network.^[4] “

Labor Campaign for Single Payer

In 2009 Donna DeWitt, President South Carolina State AFL-CIO served on the National Advisory Board and the Steering Committee of Labor Campaign for Single Payer.

Writing with Liz Shuler

In December 2009 Liz Shuler of the AFL-CIO and Donna DeWitt, Chair of the South Carolina AFL-CIO, Co-chair of the SC Progressive Network and a member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, co-wrote an article for the The Sun News, "Young people need good jobs now".^[5]

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