Brookland – Lakeview Empowerment Center
The Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center (former site of Lakeview School) is proud to announce that it has been selected as a recipient of a grant award from the Association of African American Museums (AAAM) through the AAAM x AACRN Grant Program. The $25,000 grant, made possible through a cooperative agreement between the Association of African American […]
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West Columbia February-March Newsletter, with Mayor, City Council updates, Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center, Compton’s Restaurant, and BuWa Digital. Click Here For A Link To it The West Columbia Newsletter also has a message from West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles and updates from the districts of West Columbia City Council members.
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Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center – BLEC will be distributing supplemental food boxes to senior citizens & healthy boxes to families in need. Details below Friday, February 13, 2026 9 AM – 12 PM 1218 Batchelor St., West Columbia, SC
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The Role of Community Health Workers in Reducing Health Disparities – An Editorial by Dr. Jacqueline Betancourt, Senior Community Health Worker, Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a vital role in reducing health disparities and advancing health equity in underserved communities. As trusted members of the neighborhoods they serve, CHWs bridge the gap […]
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Community leaders, residents, and supporters gathered on Dec. 18, as the Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center (BLEC) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the reopening of the Harold White Human Development Center following years of extensive renovations that included: painting; flooring; lighting; new basketball goals; new bleachers; and new translucent window panels that allow natural light. During the […]
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Some of the most high profile non-profit organizations in the area are based in West Columbia. These compassion-based institutions serve children and elderly adults, and many other people in-between. Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center offers a range of programs from after-school, recreational sports, and educational tutoring, to senior wellness, entrepreneurial training and more. Dr. Cindye […]
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Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center – BLEC is partnering with Northside Middle School and East Point Academy Middle Campus for a 2025 Fall Afterschool Program. Learn more/register at https://brooklandlakeview.org/cola-afterschool-and…/ It begins on August 25 thru December 12, Monday thru Friday from 3:30 until 6:30 PM. Designed to support students and families from Northside Middle School and East Point Academy Middle Campus, the Afterschool […]
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A Back-to School Bash is being held on Saturday Aug. 16, at Brookland Monticello Baptist Church and the Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center. Sponsored by AT&T, it’s from 10 am until 2 pm at 1032 Monticello Street, West Columbia. There will be free school supplies for youth and teens and a day of fellowship and community support. […]
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