From staff reports
The nonprofit Pan-African Family Empowerment & Land Preservation Network (PAFEN) will offer an eight-week series of free Property Tax Reduction Training classes beginning in April.
“This will be a bite-sized version of our Help Save Gullah Geechee Land Campaign’s Stand4Land and Taxpayer Empowerment Workshops, which have historically been full-day events held on Saturdays, with presentations being made by the Beaufort County Treasurer, Assessor, Auditor, and representatives from various non-profit organizations, as well as state and federal agencies that provide services and resources beneficial to struggling taxpayers,” Theresa White, Founder & CEO of PAFEN, said in a news release.
The free property tax reduction classes will be held on Tuesdays, from noon to 8 p.m., April 9 through May 28. All classes are being held at the Community Collaboration Center (CCC), 808 Sea Island
Parkway on St. Helena Island. The CCC is operated by the Community Coalition Action Network of St. Helena Island (CCAN), which is collaborating with PAFEN to help prevent further loss of Gullah
Geechee-owned property on SHI.
No reservations are required to attend these multi-media classes, which will be taught by White, aided by previously recorded training videos, and official Beaufort County government literature and website
resources.
“I tweaked our format to offer free classes on a workday, when county offices are open, and extended the hours until 8 p.m. to allow people to participate after work. Regardless of race, S.C. taxpayers are welcome to attend our classes, and collect information and literature for future use,” White said in a news release.
For more information, contact Theresa White at 843-592-6076, or
info@panafricanfamilyempowermentnetwork.org.
