Changemakers Weekly Digest – 2024 – #26

#GoodBits- Featured Announcements & Resources

• “Filming just ended for “Turning Point,” Turn90‘s upcoming documentary, produced by Susie Films and SCETV. Through the narratives of men returning from prison, viewers witness the raw struggles, triumphs and complexities inherent in rejoining society after incarceration. Interspersed with these intimate portraits are insightful interviews with public officials and business leaders.”
  WATCH THE TRAILER

#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines

• CreateAthon Applications Now Open
• Nonprofit leader convenes tri-county gun violence prevention summit as crime trends down
• College of Charleston Receives $24,000 Grant to Support SC LGBTQ Archive Project
• SC Ports and International Longshoreman’s Association reach agreement for reopening Leatherman Terminal
• South Carolina implements one of most-restrictive censorship laws on school libraries in US
  • Commentary: How Ellen Weaver’s Book Ban Steals Joy and Hope from Our Children
• Homelessness has a local cure, advocates say
• North Charleston councilman proposes initiative to combat violent crime
• Chase, Emerged
• Charleston County Parks Receives Off-Road Wheelchair for Use at Folly Beach County Park
• New civil rights museum to open in downtown Orangeburg
• SOL Announces New Kitchen Karma Menu Benefiting Make A Wish SC
• Charleston Animal Society offering free adoptions amid overcrowding
• Affordable housing takes a step forward in North Charleston
• Mount Pleasant Veteran Brooke Jackson Kahn Named Evan Williams Bourbon 2024 American-Made Hero
• DiversCity: Defending Our Lowcountry’s Seven Hummocks
• Lowcountry man connects British newspaper with its ties to slavery
• Dominion Energy awards grant money to South Carolina nonprofits
• Spike Lee to Serve as Keynote Speaker for the Gibbes Museum’s 2024 Distinguished Lecture Series
• Former Gullah Geechee Corridor leader files lawsuit over firing
• South Carolina’s White population growing fastest in US. One Lowcountry county leads the nation.
• Lowcountry organizations ask for laptop donors to reach summer charity goal
• Zucker Family Gifts $2.5 Million to College of Charleston
• ICYMI
  • Updated: How to find all the workforce housing for rent in Charleston County
  • South Carolina (again) ranks among the worst states for child well-being
  • Kids Eat Free at MUSC
  • REPORT: South Carolina ranked among worst states for LGBTQ equality
  • In the Charleston area, someone earning $58,900 is now considered ‘low income’
  • Bookmark this: How to join fun summer reading programs in Charleston
  • CJCC Releases Report on Local Justice System Performance
  • Crisis in the Carolinas: Racial Disparities, the Climate Catastrophe and Environmental Racism and in the Lowcountry

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check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com

#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events

• JUL 6: Empowerment through Employment Celebration
• JUL 8-12: Kid’s Natural Building Summer Camp
• JUL 9: Cocktails For A Cause
• JUL 11: Charleston Green Drinks : Plastic-Free Campaign
• JUL 13: Spanglish Small Business Expo
• JUL 13: 12th Annual Charleston Natural Hair Expo
• JUL 13: Book & Beer Market

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

GRASSROOTS GUIDE NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT:

Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) – Charleston
a group of individuals and institutions that promote the study of African American history by hosting lectures and panel sessions.

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