Changemakers Weekly Digest – 2024 – #36

#GoodBits- Featured Announcements & Resource

• CARTA offering free rides to the polls on Election Day
• APPLY NOW for City of CHS Boards & Commissions
• Resource: Voter Tools – all-in-one tool to verify, register, vote absentee, etc

#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines

• Board of Elections Shares Polling Location Changes, Early Voting Information for 2024 General Election
• Groups receive $330K in Revolutionary War project funding
• Charleston Hope Takes Action to Improve SC’s Counselor-to-Student Ratio
• Controversy swirls around new state education subsidies
• 7th Annual Bridge to Recovery Walk Set for September 22nd
• Charleston Housing Authority selects plan to redevelop low-income housing on peninsula
• Lowcountry Food Bank’s 4th Annual Walk to Fight Hunger is Scheduled for September 22
• College of Charleston urges public to join open conversation program
• USS Yorktown Foundation Announces Upcoming Fundraising Events
• Rep. Gilliard criticizes cellphone policy in light of recent Georgia school shooting
• Newly Renovated Albert Simons Center for the Arts to Open at CofC
• ICYMI
  • “Defense of Democracy” Starts Petition to Protect Charleston County’s Public Libraries
  • S.C. students still struggling in reading, math as racial gaps grow
  • Fresh Future Farm’s “Rooted” Documentary will Premiere at New Orleans Film Festival
  • Pilot program aims to tackle affordable housing crises in Charleston County
  • N. Charleston group hopes to build bridge between Hispanic communities, city: ‘We are people’
  • REPORT: South Carolina ranked among worst states for LGBTQ equality
  • In the Tri-County, the “Survival Budget” for a Family of Four Increased by Over 25% from 2021 to 2022

For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com

#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events

• SEP 10: Cocktails for a Cause
• SEP 12: Green Market Night
• SEP 14: 9th Annual Hope Walk against All Violence
• SEP 14: Shining Stars: A Hollywood Gala
• SEP 19-20: Summer-ish Book Sale

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:

Carlos Dunlap Foundation
bridges the gap between post-high school life and career-ready resources

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