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#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines
- New Charleston Area Public Charter School Shows Strong Results Just 1 Month After Opening; Open House Thursday, Sept. 30
- Publix Donates $135,000 to Lowcountry Food Bank
- Enough Pie Seeks Interns – Fall 2021
- Beyond Delivery Launches Oct. 1, Providing Charleston Area Moms with a Meal, Care Package, Support
- Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center Awarded National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s Five-Year Federal Grant
- Lowcountry Local First Grows Team with 3 New Staff Members
- CCPL, Charleston County BEVR Partner to Increase Voter Engagement
- The Charleston Forum to Host Webinar on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Equity
- Alliance For Full Acceptance Names New Executive Director, Marks Next Chapter in Organization’s History
- WREN Launches South Carolina Gender Justice Advocacy Fellowship
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
SEP 15 – OCT 15: Hispanic Heritage Month Events
SEP 25 – OCT 2 : Charleston Pride Week
- SEP 27: Live, LAF, Love Golf Tournament
- SEP 30: Forty Under 40 Celebration
- SEP 30-OCT 2: 2021 Slave Dwelling Project Virtual Conference
- OCT 1: Mindful Mornings Charleston – Trauma & the Body
- OCT 2: Carolina Children’s Charity Annual Care-Give-Run
- OCT 2: 2021 Folly Beach Market Hop
- OCT 3: Charleston Waterkeeper Brews Cruise
- OCT 3: Evening of Remembrance at McLeod Plantation Historic SIte
- OCT 6-7: YES! Fest: A Better World Rising (virtual)
- OCT 6: SIT A SPELL | Dr. Kameelah Martin
- OCT 7: Cine latinoamericano: películas en idioma español
- OCT 9: Bea Strong Fundraiser
- OCT 9: Charleston Beer Fest (CANCELLED)
- OCT 9: NAMI Walks Charleston
- OCT 10: Latin American Festival
- OCT 11: HALSEY & WSG INTERSECTIONS PANEL DISCUSSION | Namsa Leuba (hybrid)
- OCT 14: Healing Farms ‘Believe in Possibility’ Virtual Gala
- OCT 15: “A MONTH and SOME DAYS | UN MES Y DIAS” Free Documentary Screening
- OCT 16: Walk to End Alzheimers
- OCT 17: 5th Annual Hike for Mike
- OCT 21: Final Resting Places (virtual)
- OCT 23: Let’s Talk About It Party
- OCT 23: Fall Into Justice
- OCT 29: Party for the Parks
- OCT 30: LUNG FORCE Run/Walk 5K
- OCT 30: HALOS Kinship Caregivers Conference
- NOV 6: Revel on the River
- NOV 19: Festival of Trees/Sparkles & Spirits’ Gala
- NOV 20: Cross the Cut Ride
- DEC 3: Art for Good: Auction & Music
- DEC 18: Spot Light Awards
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
- Is There Enough for Everyone?
- The Liberation of Paris From Cars Is Working
- A historically Black town stood in the way of a pipeline – so developers claimed it was mostly white
- Why investing in libraries is a climate justice issue
- 4 ways to address the gender finance gap and empower women
- Against Kids’ Sports
- The FDA should regulate Instagram’s algorithm as a drug
- “Hispanic” Heritage Month is Complicated
- NonprofitAF: DAFs – What They Are, Which Misguided Orgs Oppose Mild Legislations on Them, and Why You Should Care
- How US taxes on the wealthy have taken a 70-year slide away from progressive taxation
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- Walk to End Alzheimer’s seeks volunteers in October
- LOWVELO ’21 ride for cancer research seeks volunteers in November
- Charleston Waterkeeper Volunteer Calendar
- Upcoming Charleston Surfrider volunteer opportunities
- Green Heart Project Volunteer Calendar
- Be a Mentor with Lowcountry Youth Services
- Volunteer at Fresh Future Farm
Check out our Grassroots Guide for more local organizations actively seeking volunteers
#GoodFundingFriday – featured grant opportunities
- SCDHEC: K-12 Champions of the Environment grants (deadline: Oct15)
- Energize the Environment Grant Program
- TD Charitable Foundation for Housing for Everyone Program
- Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities
- FEATURED JOBS: OneWorld Health – Multiple positions
- FEATURED JOBS: Palmetto CAP – Multiple positions
- Together SC: Lowcountry Nonprofit Jobs
- Linkedin: Charleston Nonprofit Jobs
- Indeed: Nonprofit jobs in Charleston SC
- SimplyHired: Nonprofit Jobs in Charleston SC
#GoodResources – a grab-bag of useful stuff
- Common Future – a network of community leaders (re)building an economy that includes everyone
- Freelancers Union – resource hub for independent workers
- nten – nonprofit resources and community centered on effective and equitable use of technology
- Food Tank’s 2021 Podcast List
- Community Centric Fundraising – a movement in support of different approach to philanthropy that prioritizes community needs
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
- The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde (Author) Roxane Gay (Editor) - Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation
Paul Hawken (Author) - Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
Meg-John Barker (Author) Alex Iantaffi (Author) - Water: A Biography
Giulio Boccaletti (Author) - Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Safiya Umoja Noble (Author) - Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
Tarana Burke (Author)
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