Changemakers Weekly Digest – 2024 – #3

#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines

• ENGAGE: Be a part of the Union Pier Community Advisory Council
• Dr. Ibram X. Kendi to speak on race, culture at Burke High School
• Commentary: Gender-affirming care ban highlights SC legislators’ misguided priorities
• Black Food Fridays Founder KJ Kearney to host PBS Web Series
• North Charleston unites for city’s first Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade
• Camp Happy Days Announces 33rd Annual Gala – The Greatest Show
• On the Horizon: A look at five major developments on the Cooper and Ashley and how they could change our riverfront
• S.C. Democrats push summer food program for students
• Public Meetings about Future Potential Road Projects and Green Space Preservation
• Moms for Liberty activists starting taxpayer-funded charter school
• The LENS Foundation to host Wild Child Triathlon on February 25th
• LendingTree: South Carolina Metro Areas Among Places With the Most Residents Delinquent on Debt
• South Carolina Federal Now Accepting Applications for $45,000 in Scholarships
• IAAM to host legendary photographer Ming Smith’s special exhibition: Feeling the Future
• Cultivate SciArt Announces Return of Happy Hour Series
• The ARK of SC Receives $3,000 from The Employees Community Fund of Boeing South Carolina
• VENDOR APPLICATION: Charleston Wine & Food STREET FEST 2024

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check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com

#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events

• JAN 23: Lowcountry Lecture: Native Plant Gardening in our Community
• JAN 25: Racial Disparities & Policing Community Forum and Research Presentation
• JAN 26: Clara’s Kids Club Youth Litter Sweep at Mary Utsey Park
• JAN 27: Grassroots Gala, a Charleston Surfrider Foundation Celebration
• JAN 27: Good Catch Dinner with Hank’s Seafood
• JAN 27: Lowcountry Maritime School Oyster Roast
• JAN 30: CULTIVATE SciArt Happy Hour – Balance Through The A.G.E.s
• JAN 31: CCC Presents: Vanguards of the Climate Movement, Pt. 1

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

#GoodStuff – interesting articles and resources from around the web

• Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds
• The growing link between microbes, mood and mental health
• What Recovery? COVID is far from over for Latinos
• Queer Louisianans Are Fighting Book Bans—And Winning
• Fight Inequality: Abolish the Senate
• ‘Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses
• Ten Predictions for Labor in 2024

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#GOODBOOKS – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop

Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All
Deborah G. Plant (Author)

“Of Greed and Glory is impossible to put down. It’s a searing, provocative analysis of how the roots of slavery in the US still infiltrate so many of our social institutions. Plant’s vivid prose will leave you affected, challenged, and thinking about this book long after you’re done reading.” — Adia Wingfield, author of Gray Areas, Flatlining, and No More Invisible Man

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