Changemakers Weekly Digest – 2023 – #43

#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines

• The BEE Collective Shares Details about its Inaugural Just-Us INDABA: Birthing, Education, and Healing Justice Summit
• CCSD Board Accepts Superintendent’s Resignation; Investigation Finds No Evidence of Hostile Work Environment
• International African American Museum to host sessions on race with global news organization
• We Are Sharing Hope SC Wins Diversity Champion of the Year Award
• Charleston Co. School Board members to seek update on investigation
• Exchange Club of Charleston gives over $200k to Lowcountry nonprofits
• Hope Center looks ahead, celebrates new building
• Lowcountry leaders become Liberty Fellows, join statewide and global networks
• Charleston Co. Sheriff’s Office launches expungement clinic
• Brack: Fragility of our democracy is being tested now
• Charleston County’s affordable housing trust idea is popular. But who will it serve?
• Charleston Sports Pub owner donates $10K to breast cancer nonprofit
• South Carolina Trans Activist and Nonprofit Launch Campaign To Increase Transgender Visibility
• Charleston mayoral candidates break down biggest challenges
• James Island mayoral candidates see several challenges for town
• Lowcountry mayors unite for press conference on Charleston County School District board actions
• Hiring Event Highlighting Public Service Job Opportunities
• He lost a historic Senate race in SC. Now Charlamagne tha God tells his story in new film
• Gibbes Museum names this year’s 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art winner
• Barbados signs MOU with International African American Museum
• Fam’s Brewing Co. to Host 6th Annual Support Our Veterans Oyster Roast and BBQ
• Art historian Lewis to talk visual culture, social justice
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Organizations work to break cycles for victims
• REPORT: E3 Foundation Co-Creation Project Report
• Reading Partners helps expand childhood literacy
• Recovery Jam Raises $8,000 for WakeUp Carolina
• Fetter Health Care Network Expands Outreach Efforts with New Mobile Unit
• CCSD proposes new schools to come to North Charleston, parents worry their feedback doesn’t matter
• Charleston Literary Festival Announces Premiere of Documentary in Advance of Its 2023 Festival
• CofC Student’s Non-Profit Launches New Program ‘Bridging the Gap’ to Assist Residents of Summerville Homeless Shelters Secure Permanent Housing
• Charleston County Council votes to preserve law protecting settlement communities
• Wounded Warrior Dove Hunt Returns to Cooper River Rediversion Project
• SPEAK UP: Charleston County Climate Action Planning Questionnaire

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#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events

• NOV 1: 2023 Brewster Event
• NOV 2: SEALs and Scientists: Marine Conservation with Special Operations Veterans
• NOV 2: Community Constellations (virtual)
• NOV 2-5: AfroSouth Film Festival
• NOV 3: 3CO: Reign
• NOV 3: Caper’s Island Cleanup Excursion – Charleston Beer Week
• NOV 3-12: Charleston Literary Festival
• NOV 4: Just-Us INDABA: Birthing, Education, and Healing Justice Summit
• NOV 4: LOWVELO
• NOV 4: Revel on the River
• NOV 4: Party for the Parks
• NOV 5: Full Bellies, Empty Bowls

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

#GoodStuff – interesting articles and resources from around the web

• EU to launch a humanitarian air bridge to bring aid to Gaza
• Gaza and my political conscience
• U.S. outlets fail to cover Palestine accurately, fairly
• Bridging the divide: 12 groups working for Israel-Palestine peace
• Nonprofit AF:21 “nonprofit math” problems that expose the absurdity of doing good
• Meta sued by 33 states over claims youth mental health endangered by Instagram
• Banning Smartphones at Schools: Research Points to Higher Test Scores, Less Anxiety, More Exercise

LOWCOUNTRY #GrabBag – a rotating sampling of local resources

• • SI has a New Residential Composting Drop Off Site!
  • Local Pumpkin Composting Options
  •  WATCH: 6 candidates make their pitch for Charleston mayor in The P&C’s forum
  • I-HOPE Women’s Business Center
  • SURGE Radio – Fridays at Noon on OHM Radio
  • SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center – Immigrant Resource Guide
  • Got Questions? Ask the City of Charleston Citizen Services Desk

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#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop

Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
Bettina L. Love (Author)

“Lays out the racial injustices rampant in the public education system, from the era of school segregation to the massive resistance to Brown v. Board to the current era of so-called school choice. … an important–though enraging and heartbreaking–read.”
–Booklist

“A stark critique of 40 years of education policies that were deliberately crafted ‘to punish Black people for believing in and fighting for their right to quality public education.’ … An impassioned plea for educational justice.”
―Kirkus Reviews

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