SC Has Hundreds of Citizen Boards and Lots of Openings to Fill
Originally published by Jessica Holdman for the South Carolina Daily Gazette
Before then-Gov. David Beasley asked her to join South Carolina’s Juvenile Parole Board some three decades ago, Terrye Seckinger was unaware there was a group of citizens deciding which incarcerated youth should be allowed to rejoin the community and which should remain in state custody for crimes they committed as children.
Since then, she has served on a total of five citizen governing boards covering criminal justice and education in the state. Once her tenure was over on one board, it wasn’t long before a Republican governor called her about another.
“It’s not like people are knocking down the doors,” Seckinger said. “In fact, most don’t even know there are these boards where citizens can come and make a difference and have a say in our state government.”