Welcome to the 2024 Changemakers Weekly Digest!
Charleston’s convenient source for the latest Lowcountry nonprofit & grassroots
news, perspectives, ideas, events, resources and more…
Please keep sharing your events, ideas and resources via the “CONTACT US” link on CharlestonGood.com
or via email anytime: charlestongood@gmail.com
#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines
- McMaster blasted for not claiming $65 million for summer food program
- CCSD hires Huggins as superintendent; some board members say contract never discussed
- Charleston School Board Violated SC Law in Hiring New Superintendent. Contract is Invalid
- Celebrate Black History Month with these great classics and an exciting new series
- Mount Pleasant leaders focused on mitigating flooding
- S.C. woman files new lawsuit challenging state’s abortion ban
- Meet Dr. Amalia Luxardo, WREN’s New CEO
- Charleston County’s controversial Highway 41 project: A clash of community plans
- Three Charleston County Parks are now Certified Sensory Inclusive Venues
- National organization visits Charleston as crimes of antisemitism rise across the country
- VIDEO: Lowcountry volunteer organization uses dogs for therapy
- Used shipping containers may be a low-income housing solution in Georgetown
- Emanuel 9 Memorial construction continues, fundraising still needed
- North Charleston’s first Black police officers honored during Black History Month
- Honoring Black History Month in Charleston
- S.C. roads dangerous for pedestrians, study finds
- How Ben’s Friends is fighting hospitality industry addiction with OpenTable partnership
- Edisto sisters work to keep Gullah Geechee culture alive with cooking
- Lowcountry Food Bank Names Five New Board Members
- Review Board discusses preliminary details of West Ashley shopping center
- Charleston’s marker rededication emphasizes city’s role in desegregating schools
- Trident United Way Announces New Leadership Hires and Promotions
- Fees at new waterfront park on Isle of Palms are being questioned by non-residents
- “A thing of beauty”: SC wheelchair basketball team chasing national championship
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events
- FEB 15: Black History Month Racial Healing Circle
- FEB 17: Amor Healing Kitchen ‘6 Years of Service’ Celebration
- FEB 21-23: 2024 South Carolina’s Nonprofit Summit
- FEB 22: 11th Annual Good Business Summit
- FEB 23: Camp Happy Days Gala – The Greatest Show
- FEB 25: Sierra Club Robert Lunz Group Oyster Roast and Auction!
- FEB 25: Wild Child Triathlon
- FEB 27: CULTIVATE Science Street Art
- FEB 28: Thrive Luncheon: Leadership Through Board Service
- FEB 29: MAD PARK Night {Powered by Ethos Athletic Club, The Works, and The Works Cycle}
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles and resources from around the web
- Opinion – American imagination needs an adrenaline shot. Here’s how I’ll deliver it.
- How to become a lawyer without going to law school
- The Weekly Wrap: New York’s “Social Housing Authority” Would Build Affordable Units, Sans Developers
- FCC bans robocalls using deepfake voice clones − but AI-generated disinformation still looms over elections
- The Black-Led Movement to Stop ‘New Cancer Alleys’ From Being Built in Louisiana
- The Profound Nihilism of Gaza Voter-Scolding
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
GRASSROOT GUIDE NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT:
S.C. Sea Grant Consortium
provides a wealth of science-based information, programs, opportunities, and resources “to improve the social and economic well-being of coastal residents while ensuring the optimal use and conservation of marine and coastal natural resources.”
#GOODBOOKS – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
Kyle Chayka (Author)
“Necessary reading for anyone who has wondered just how, in expanding our world, the internet has ended up emptying our experience of it. Chayka’s wide-ranging anatomy of algorithmic curation–which, he argues, is increasingly the cultural substitute for human choice itself–makes a bracing case not only for creativity exercised beyond the confines of digital constriction, but also against the dehumanizing sameness algorithms have introduced into our societies and lives. Timely, erudite, important.” –Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Homeland Elegies
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