Changemakers Digest 2025 – NOVEMBER 3

#GoodBits- Featured Local Announcements & Resources

• STOP SC’s EXTREME ABORTION BAN: Say NO to S.323
• GET INVOLVED: CHS Immigrant Community Hotline
• FOOD RESOURCES for You, Your Family, and Community
• RECURSO: TELEMUNDO CHARLESTON
• FIND & CONTACT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines

• HUNGER CRISIS
  • Governor McMaster Activates One SC Fund, Directs State Guard to Support Food Banks Amid SNAP Benefits Halt
  • South Carolina Food Banks Call on Elected Officials to End Shutdown, Invest in Hunger Relief
  • SC food pantries brace for expected halt to SNAP benefits as government shutdown drags on
  • Cuisine Rescue Issues Urgent Call to Action as Food Crisis Worsens
  • Charleston churches unite to launch Church SNAP, providing free meals amid shutdown crisis
  • Food assistance is available during government shutdown
  • Find a lowcountry food pantry
• Exchange Club of Charleston awards nearly $950K to local nonprofits from fair proceeds
• ‘He was asking for help’: S.C. jail suicides expose mental health crisis
• State to announce fund to help with food insecurity during shutdown
• SC stands to lose $1B if insurance subsidies lapse as 180K lose coverage, analysts say
• From Mentors to Multigenerational Leaders
• College of Charleston opens Center for Intentionality encouraging student growth
• Charleston organizers demand community control at police town hall
• Dorchester County residents encouraged to take ‘Hazard Mitigation Plan’ survey
• Wings for Kids Partners with Charleston Literary Festival and Books and Beyond to Bring “Mini-Book Festival” to Charleston Youth Nov. 10–14
• ICYMI
  • GUEST COMMENTARY: A Nation of Immigrants
  • INTERVIEW: Fighting For Justice: Focusing on Immigration
  • We Are Family Opens Charleston’s First LGBTQ+ Community Center
  • Charleston activists call for weekly economic protest through ‘Fasting Fridays’
  • Food insecurity deepens in Charleston area | Hunger still haunts S.C., generations later
  • Social Justice Advocates File Federal Lawsuit Challenging City Protest Ordinance
  • ‘Urgent’ need for foster parents throughout South Carolina
  • 40+ volunteer opportunities in Charleston

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

#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events

• NOV 4: Fall Marsh Cleanup at Magnolia Landing
• NOV 6: 9th Annual Pedal & Panache
• NOV 6: SC Community Loan Fund’s Entrepreneur Conference 2025
• NOV 7-16: Charleston Literary Festival
• NOV 9: Buy Local Block Party
• NOV 9: The (Mock) Trial of Dominion Energy
• NOV 10: Wake Up with Bill McKibben
• NOV 13: No Waste November Sip & Shop at Wake Refill (Green Drinks collab)
• NOV 13: 2nd Annual Farm-to-Planet: Sustainable Supper & Soirée

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
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#GoodGrabBag – miscellaneous good stuff worth sharing

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