Welcome to the 2023 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
- The Next Big Voting Rights Case to Watch [is right here in SC]
- Charleston community partners launch initiative to provide free, local seafood to food insecure resident
- CP View: Keep pressure on Charleston school board for transparency, openness, good governance
- South Carolina Releases 2023 Report Cards for Schools
- Junior League of Charleston Marks a Century of Serving—and Preserving—Its Home City
- Health advisory committee members blindsided by board decision to remove them
- From Local to Celestial, International African American Museum Details Next Three Exhibits
- Lowcountry domestic violence shelter grapples with soaring numbers of pregnant victims
- Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center to House Charleston and Berkeley Counties’ First ‘Safe Babies Court Team’
- PURE hosts women’s storytelling showcase
- New South Carolina ETV Digital Literacy Initiative Empowers Senior Citizens
- Dorchester Co. program to pay fees for heirs’ property residents in new program
- Charleston mayor to unveil historical markers shedding light on Old Slave Mart’s dark past
- AfroSouth Festival Returns in November
- Young-adult data show that SC is still one of the worst places for debt in the U.S.
- Community leaders call for school board member to resign over comments
- Historic Charleston Foundation to Host Mayoral Candidates Forum on Oct. 23rd
- Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Awards $17,500 Grant to Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
- North Charleston mayoral candidates tackle city’s pressing issues in community-driven debate
- Beachfront Fundraiser to Benefit Children in our Community
- Brack: How you might become a conservationist
- Charleston Area Urban League offers free VITA tax preparation services
- New data shows pattern between SC low-income renting, eviction filing
- North Charleson Police Department working to bridge gap with Hispanic community
- Postpartum Support Charleston Launches “I Signed” Campaign to Raise Awareness about Maternal Mental Illnesses
- Charleston Police to use proposed $800K grant in ‘smart policing’
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events
- OCT 14: 3rd Annual Yoga on the Yorktown
- OCT 14: SC Native Plant Society Lowcountry Fall Native Plant Market
- OCT 14: Avondale 5K Run & Walk
- OCT 14: Hope for Healing Fall Festival
- OCT 14: Park Circle Art Walk
- OCT 14: 8th Annual Hope Walk Against All Violence
- OCT 15: Sunset Cruise for the Parks
- OCT 17: Charleston Green Drinks: Clean Energy
- OCT 17: LGBTQ+ Mayoral Forum
- OCT 17: Lowcountry Field Trip + Lecture: Saving Gadsden Creek
- OCT 18: Comedy Against Cancer!
- OCT 18-22: Free Verse Poetry Festival
- OCT 19: West Ashley Charleston Mayoral Candidate Forum
- OCT 20: Clerk’s Coffee Open Mic Night
- OCT 20: State of SC’s Criminal Justice System Conference
- OCT 21: Shuck Fest
- OCT 21: Let’s Talk About it! Workshop (virtual)
- OCT 21: Lowcountry Boil, Barks & Brews
- OCT 21: Environmental Poetry
- OCT 21: 11th Annual CCC Cornhole Tournament
- OCT 21-23: The Power of Play Materials (virtual)
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles and resources from around the web
- A Rural New Deal Could Help Progressives Win Rural America
- The Solidarity Economy Movement Is Devising a World Beyond Capitalism
- Black-Latino Solidarity Grows Amid Migrant ‘Crisis’ in Chicago
- Alone on the Range
- Meet 10 activists under 17 years old honored for helping fight food insecurity
- To tame the deficit, America needs a national sales tax
- America’s new print-only newspaper reinvents the art of reading slowly
LOWCOUNTRY #GrabBag – a rotating sampling of local resources
- WATCH: 6 candidates make their pitch for Charleston mayor in The P&C’s forum
- New social group fosters sober socializing
- P&C Rising Waters – Climate Stories of the South
- Mapping Charleston’s Black Burial Grounds
- Got Questions? Ask the City of Charleston Citizen Services Desk
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#GoodGrants
Check out the latest grant opportunities and other grants resources
#GoodJobs
Browse recent nonprofit job openings as well as other local employment resources
#GrassrootsGuide
Connect with over 640 local nonprofit organizations in our unique Lowcountry directory
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#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot (Author)
“A masterwork… Harriot is completely unafraid to call bullshit where it is warranted, and the humorous sidebars, digressions, and reader activities add further value to a history that every American would do well to read… He presents the material in a way that promises to keep readers engaged and, when required, agitated and spurred to action, and documentation offers ample opportunity for anyone to dig further into a particular topic.” — Kirkus Reviews
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