Changemakers Digest 2025 – OCTOBER 13

#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

• GUEST COMMENTARY: A Nation of Immigrants
• Activists file book ban lawsuit against S.C. superintendent 
• Local food pantries face impact amid government cutbacks
• After years of revisions, Charleston’s Huger Street housing plan nears approval
• S.C. teachers see millions in merit bonuses
• Elbit out of South Carolina joins International Day of Action
• City of Charleston to host public meeting on preliminary designs for WL Stephens upgrades
• MUSC partners with birth control access program amid threats to contraceptive care in SC
• Lowcountry Food Bank prepares for rising demand as government shutdown continues
• Charleston Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Charlestonians
• City of North Charleston seeking public input on Park Circle skatepark design
• ICYMI
  • 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

CHARLESTON PRIDE EVENTS
OCTOBER 2025

• OCT 17-18: Bloom Charleston
• OCT 21: Charge Your Future, Discover Energy Careers (WEBINAR)
• NOV 1: Just-Us Indaba – Birthing, Education & Healing Justice Summit
• NOV 1: Beer Week Community Cleanup
• NOV 2: 3rd Annual Green Heart Farm to Table Dinner

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

#GoodGrabBag – miscellaneous good stuff worth sharing

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