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
- Charleston-area students enjoy free six-week program with focus on STEM, the ocean
- How abortion now works in South Carolina
- “Avery Family Reunion”: The Avery Research Center to Host Community Homecoming Celebration
- Town of James Island, Lowcountry Local First Announce New Partnership
- Johns Island Preservation Field School seeking particpants for Summer 2023
- Charleston’s Sophia Institute one of 2022 Innovision Award Finalists
- Pay It Forward helps Charleston food and beverage workers through financial stresses
- Summerville Orchestra to Launch Youth Orchestra and Education Program with $20,000 Grant from the SC Arts Commission
- Bloody slave revolt topic of slave cabin conference
- Charleston’s First Distillery, Striped Pig, First to Receive National Women’s Business Enterprise Certification
- Community marks 1st anniversary of group honoring slain teen
- SC districts can no longer use debt collectors to recoup for unpaid meals
- SC7 Expedition builds new reef near Charleston after 30 day trip across the state
- Community Stakeholders, Influencers Team Up with The Blood Connection for “Mr. and Ms. August” Campaign
- Rising seas threaten the Gullah Geechee culture. Here’s how they’re fighting back.
- College of Charleston sailing dynasty is fueled by local high school scene
- Online Public Meeting for the Savannah Highway Intersection and Capacity Improvements Project
- Coastal Community Foundation Launches Annual Equity Speaker Series
- SCDOT wants feedback on Long Point Road interchange project
- Travis Manion Foundation to Host Charleston 9/11 Heroes Run 5K on September 17th
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
- AUG 9: GREEN DRINKS: Climate Change | SURGE Release Party
- AUG 11-13: Charleston Friends of the Library Johns Island Branch Book Sale
- AUG 13: SHSC Community Health Fair
- AUG 13: Laps for Love
- AUG 13: FUNdraiser Jump – Special Needs Kids
- AUG 13: NCPD “Its Cool To Be In School” Supply Giveaway / Fun Day
- AUG 14: Back 2 School Jamboree
- AUG 15: Racial Healing Circles
- AUG 18: Faith Communities & Climate Resilience Summit: From Resilience to Restoration (VIRTUAL)
- AUG 19: Beer from Here After Hours at the Aquarium
- AUG 20: Sickle Cell Awareness Gala
- AUG 20: Empowered Minds Fundraiser at the Music Farm
- AUG 22: Racial Healing Circles
- AUG 25: Kiss the Ground – Documentary & Discussion Night
- AUG 27: 25th Annual Awendaw Blue Crab Festival
- AUG 27: 23rd Annual McElveen Race For The ARK
- AUG 27: Hope Walk 5K (Charleston)
- AUG 29 : Racial Healing Circles
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
- A major publishing lawsuit would cement surveillance into the future of libraries
- The independent state legislature doctrine could reverse 200 years of progress and take power away from the people
- Big Oil Sees Record Profits As The World Burns
- The weaponization of doubt
- NonprofitAF: Nonprofits: Get over learned helplessness and stop standing in your own way
- NASA Explores Potential for Green Roofs to Mitigate Heat-Island Effect in Cities
- Vast new study shows a key to reducing poverty: More friendships between rich and poor
- How To Perform An Abortion According To The Bible
- U.S. Cities and States Are Suing Big Oil Over Climate Change. Here’s What the Claims Say and Where They Stand.
- Inside Clean Energy: What’s Hotter than Solar Panels? Solar Windows.
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- FEATURED:
- 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
- Oak Hill Fund – Diminished Tree Species grants
- Teiger Foundation – curated contemporary visual arts grants
- Fund for Southern Communities – social justice grants
- MacDowell Colony – spring/summer 2023 artist residencies
- Lewis Center for the Arts – Hodder Fellowship
- Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund
- Les Paul Foundation – music program grants
- Teton Art Lab – Uncommon Art Residency
- Corsicana – Artist and Writer Residency
- LOCAL:
#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities
- SCACED: Job Board
- Together SC: Lowcountry Nonprofit Jobs
- Linkedin: Charleston Nonprofit Jobs
- Indeed: Nonprofit jobs in Charleston SC
- SimplyHired: Nonprofit Jobs in Charleston SC
For more local nonprofit jobs information,
check out our CHARLESTON NONPROFIT JOBS HUB
#GoodResources – a grab-bag of useful stuff
- The Hope After Grief Podcast – with Charleston’s Sydney Ford
- The Seashore Farmers Lodge – Preserving the Past to Educate the Future
- SC Abortion Rights Resource Hub – a new collection of resources in support of women in SC
- Lowcountry Green Calendar – new collaborative niche calendar for local environmental events
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
Check out our new featured book:
Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest, and Mutual Aid
Wren Awry (Editor) Cindy Milstein (Foreword by)
“Until very recently, food-based work–steadfast and not particularly flashy–slipped under the radar or was centered on celebrity chefs and well-funded nonprofits. Adding to a growing constellation of conversations that push against this narrative, Nourishing Resistance centers the role of everyday people in acts of culinary solidarity. Twenty-three contributors–cooks, farmers, writers, organizers, academics, and dreamers–write on queer potlucks, BIPOC-centered farms and gardens, rebel ancestors, disability justice, indigenous food sovereignty, and the fight against toxic diet culture, among many other topics.”
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