Welcome to the Changemakers Weekly Digest!
Charleston’s convenient source for the latest Lowcountry nonprofit & grassroots
news, perspectives, ideas, events, resources and more…
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#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines
- Owner of Destiny Community Café surprised with major donations to keep serving those in need
- CCPL Announces 2021 Cynthia Graham Hurd Staff Award Winner
- Charleston Co. School District considers plan to have a non-profit step in to help schools
- Additional Public Meeting for Better Northbridge Project
- Charleston inspires, cultivates local filmmaking
- CCPL Expanding Weekday Hours at Most Library Branches Beginning January 3rd
- Trident Tech tuition covered by new S.C. workforce training program
- Quintin’s Close-Ups: We Are Family’s Executive Director Domenico Ruggerio
- Sea-level rise threatens Gullah Geechee land, way of life. They have a plan to save it
- Black Ink Festival Announces Open Registrations to Black Authors for 2022 Virtual Event
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
- DEC 18: Spot Light Awards
- DEC 21: Cocktails for a Cause
- DEC 31: NEW YEARS EVE EVENTS P & C List | HCS Calendar
- JAN 1: Kwanzaa – Ceremony to Honor Our Ancestors
- JAN 13-15: Black Ink Book Festival
- JAN 15-16: Beginner Beekeeping Class
- JAN 23: “Empower the Next” Mentor banquet
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
- Three Myths of the Great Resignation
- California goes to war with food waste. Composting is its next climate crusade
- Can a Major City Go Car-Free? Berlin Might Know Soon Enough
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- 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
- Bob Woodruff Foundation veterans programs
- ProLiteracy: Literacy Opportunity Fund
- Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Awards
- Van Ameringen Foundation Mental Health grants
- New York Life Foundation, Afterschool Alliance Aim High grants
- Open Society Foundation – Soros Equality Fellowships
Check out our RESOURCE HUBS for more nonprofit grants and funding information
#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities
- FEATURED: Doors to Dream – Executive Director
- 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
- Grassroots Global Justice Alliance – an alliance of over 60 US-based grassroots organizing (GRO) groups comprised of working and poor people and communities of color
- How to shop for the holidays (using Amazon alternatives!)
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
- A is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara (Author, and old friend of the GOOD!) - The $16 Taco: Contested Geographies of Food, Ethnicity, and Gentrification
Pascale Joassart-Marcelli (Author) - How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other
Naomi Klein (Author) Rebecca Stefoff (Adapted by) - The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay (Author) - Plastic: A Toxic Love Story
Susan Freinkel (Author)
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