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FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENTS

• Apr 23: Natural Shocks by Lauren Gunderson: a theatre activism event
• Apr 24: Cultivate #ScienceArt Happy Hour: Turtles!
• Apr 24: Hops for Housing 2018
• Apr 25: Friends of EVO, Funding a Cure for Cancer
• Apr 25~26: Charleston Civil Rights Film Festival
• Apr 26: Bridge Walk for Johns Island Community Ponds
• Apr 26: Take Back the Night | Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2018
• Apr 26: Let’s Talk Water & Drink Beer – Charleston Area
• Apr 26: Tyquan Morton: Remembering Pluto Book Release
• Apr 27: Gullah Geechee Creators Collaborative
• Apr 27 – Let’s Talk PLASTICS
• Apr 27: Help Make Stone Soup for Seniors
• Apr 27: One Day Pop Up Book Sale
• Apr 28: AWAKENING MOTION Kickoff Parade
• Apr 28: Independent Bookstore Day
• Apr 28: She’s In Charge: Women In Politics Workshop
• Apr 28: Charleston Sol-Food Veg Fest
• Apr 28: Nkabom World Music and Culture Festival
• Apr 28: Surfers Healing Fundraiser
• Apr 28: Dolphin Count
• Apr 28: Open House & Kayak Rodeo
• Apr 28: Intro to Gardening Class
• Apr 28: Upper King Street Market
• Apr 28: North Charleston Plant Swap
• Apr 28: Memory, Monuments, and Memorials Conference
• Apr 28: Quality Education and the Office of Civil Rights Workshop
• Apr 28: Charleston Justice Journey Launch
• Apr 29: JUNK Film Launch
• Apr 29: Potluck in the Park in Memorial of Muhiyidin d’Baha
• Apr 29: Shuck Your Paws Off Oyster Roast
• Apr 29: 11th Annual Chef’s Potluck
• Apr 29: Trans Talk: Uncensored
• Apr 30: Bus with Ben
• Apr 30: 2018 Nehemiah Action Assembly!
• Apr 30: GOODSPRING: wine.music.food.art.purpose.
• May 1: Understanding the Community Reinvestment Act and Why it Matters
• May 1: Wide Angle Lunch: Featuring Sharon Richardson
• May 1: Ben’s Big Lessons Presentation
• May 3: Septima Clark Celebration
• May 3: Bike Rodeo
• May 3: Lowcountry Allies for Good Gathering
• May 3: IIA presents Improving Charleston’s Criminal Justice System
• May 3: First Annual Benefit – The Invisible Illnesses
• May 3: DGC Presents Men United Meet Up
• My 3: Sierra Club with Richard Porcher: The Lowcountry Landscape
• May 3: Street Party at the Gibbes
• May 5: Mr. Rocky Music Live at North Charleston Arts Fest Expo
• May 5: When I First Remember
• May 6: 2018 March for Moms, Rally to Improve Birth
• May 6: Knitters’ Nautical Tea Party
• May 6: Eastside Jane Jacobs Walk

For more upcoming events, check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR

GOOD NEWS

AWAKENING: MOTION Kicks off with a PARADE!

Check out more AWAKENING: MOTION EVENTS!

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

The Hopscotch Experiment: What would you do?

FEATURED GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

• Environmental Marketing grant
• Defending Basic Freedoms – Herb Block Foundation
• Mazda Foundation
• Harry Chapin Foundation
• Boeing charitable guidelines

5 FREE RESOURCES

• Propel Nonprofits  – free basic financial guides for your nonprofit
• SignUp – free online SignUp sheets, volunteer scheduling, etc
• Relaythat – free social media graphic design tool
• MindMeister – free collaborative ask management
• Slack – free group messaging app

GOOD IDEAS

• Crisis chic: Bottles linked to Flint’s toxic water are refashioned as clothing line
• The smart city’s blueprint for EV infrastructure
• China’s Built a Road So Smart It Will Be Able to Charge Your Car
• Atlanta’s subway soccer fields: the ‘crazy’ idea breaking down barriers
• Dayton Is Making the Library a Must-Visit Destination

INSTAGRAM SPOTLIGHT

 If you are on instagram, check out the good folks recently featured on our @charlestongood feed…

@kjdotpdf   @enoughpie   @charlestonmoves   @therioivan 

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