Changemakers Weekly Digest – 2024 – #23

#GoodBits- Featured Announcements & Resources

• To participate in the Regional Minority & Women-Owned Business Survey, please follow the link below:  Peninsula Plan: Regional Minority & Women-Owned Business Survey

#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines

• We Are Family provides a safe space and mental health programs to LGBTQ+ youth
• LISTEN: Interview with We Are Family’s Executive Director Domenico Ruggerio
• S.C. poll shows broad support for abortion access
• Bookmark this: How to join fun summer reading programs in Charleston
• NOMINATIONS OPEN: Women of Influence Awards
• S.C. to no longer allow credit for AP African American studies course
• 6 Lowcountry brothers launch clothing company to showcase culture through style
• Exhibition transforms trash into treasure
• Inside Studio Union, the communal space founded by multimedia artist Susan Gregory to offer affordable rent for artists
• CJCC Releases Report on Local Justice System Performance
• Local nonprofit expands grab-and-grow program
• Summer feeding program set to begin in Charleston County June 10
• South Carolina entrepreneurs awarded $200,000 for agribusiness innovations
• Data shows lack of female firefighters across Lowcountry: ‘Women can do this job’
• PHOTO ESSAY: Rembert couple preserving Black cowboy tradition
• ICYMI
  • Last call: Charleston County offering final chance for input on new climate action plan
  • In the Charleston area, someone earning $58,900 is now considered ‘low income’
  • “Be Kind Charleston” Card Making Station at the Mount Pleasant Library
  • Crisis in the Carolinas: Racial Disparities, the Climate Catastrophe and Environmental Racism and in the Lowcountry

For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com

#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events

• JUN 9: Queer Youth Fest
• JUN 13: Charleston Green Drinks: Transportation
• JUN 14-15: Charleston Carifest Caribbean Carnival
• JUN 15: Blockade of Charleston Festival (new date)
• JUN 15: Juneteenth Family Fest Charleston 2024
• JUN 18: Revitalize Summerville – Virtual Community Meeting
• JUN 19: Back Da Green documentary screening
• JUN 19: Juneteenth Block Party on King St
• JUN 20: Juneteenth Jubilee

For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR

FEATURED RESOURCE HUBS AT CHARLESTONGOOD.COM…

#CHSvolunteers – local organizations actively seeking volunteers
#GoodGrants – new grant opportunities and other grants resources
#GoodJobs – nonprofit job openings + other local employment resources
#GrassrootsGuide – our directory of 640+ local nonprofit organizations in the Lowcountry

additional resources for
Individuals | Organizations

GRASSROOTS GUIDE NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT:

Neighbors Together
is a non-denominational, non-profit (formerly known as Tricounty Family Ministries) providing food, clothing, medical care, counseling, job placement, shelter, financial assistance and vital services to the impoverished. We offer a safe, compassionate, and inviting place for all people in need

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