Changemakers Weekly Digest – 2024 – #41

#GoodBits- Featured Announcements & Resources

• Charleston County Board of Elections seeking poll workers for November elections
• LIST: Where to donate supplies in the wake of Hurricane Helene
• THE LIST: Lowcountry Early Voting locations
• Order free at-home COVID tests: Here’s how

#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines

• Council members, Cogswell butt heads on Charleston’s path
  • CP View: Charleston City Council members need to keep freshman mayor in check
• Dress for Success Charleston County Presents The Little Black Dress & Tie Event
• ‘One fatality is too many’: Historic Sol Legare area improving pedestrian safety
• “The Long Haul – Hope After Helene” Fundraising Event Focuses on Community, Movement, and Grassroots Organizing
• An Open Letter from Julia Rugg, New CEO of Wings for Kids
• Jonathan Nazeer joins SCACED as Capacity Building Program Director
• WREN Files Amicus Brief Challenging South Carolina’s Six-Week Abortion Ban
• Charleston County School District opens welcome center amid influx of multilingual students
• Charleston County Library teams up with CDC for free diabetes prevention program
• New Plaque Recognizes Nation’s Largest Sale of Enslaved People
• P&C Editorial: Two new and welcome approaches to Charleston region’s housing problem
• Local activists marching for Palestine on national day of action
• Lowcountry truckers rally for better pay and working conditions
• ICYMI
  • Research: 53% of South Carolina’s Children Lived in Households Experiencing Financial Hardship in 2022CARD FOR KINDNESS @ MTP branch Library
  • Black Residents Say No To Climate Gentrification in Charleston
  • Lowcountry Local First Asks Community to Shift Dollars to Local this Holiday Season
  • N. Charleston group hopes to build bridge between Hispanic communities, city: ‘We are people’
  • 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

• OCT 15: Gibbes Distinguished Lecture Series Featuring Spike Lee
• OCT 16: ‘Will & Harper’ Film Screening
• OCT 18-19: FREE MATTRESS RECYCLE drop-off event
• OCT 20: Grown-Up Book Fair
• OCT 22: Believe in Possibility Banquet
• OCT 23: AFFA Fall Happy Hour & Fundraiser
• OCT 25: Patagonia film screening — The Green Buffalo
• OCT 26: Lowcountry Fall Native Plant Market!
• OCT 29: Lowcountry Maritime School Harbor Cruise

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:

South Carolina Strong
a Delancey Street Foundation residential rehabilitation program and business training school where participants gain skills and are employed in catering, furniture restoration, moving and nursery/landscaping service.

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