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
#GoodBits- Featured Announcements
- Save 10% on Good Business Summit (FEB 22) tickets with code: VIP10
- Support Mad Park Community (FEB 29) at their first ever fundraiser: MAD PARK NIGHT at ETHOS
“Celebrate what MAD PARK stands for, experience the essence of our programs, and learn how you can get involved with our Mission to Wellness as we continue to revolutionize the way we address health issues within our neighborhoods.”
#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines
- Thousands of South Carolinians could lose internet access unless Congress intervenes
- Charleston County’s controversial Highway 41 project: A clash of community plans
- Three Charleston County Parks are now Certified Sensory Inclusive Venues
- Lowcountry Local presents 11th annual Good Business Summit
- Cogswell pays up for Charleston City Hall inner circle, attributes cost to top-quality
- North Charleston tried a new approach to fighting gun violence. No one knows if it worked.
- Gullah Geechee Corridor picks Brockington as interim leader
- Archer school classrooms on Charleston’s East Side now welcoming homes for elderly renters
- Concerns over bicyclists on sidewalks reignites King Street bike lane debate
- How SC shifted the cost of low-income housing to towns, cities and school districts
- Legal questions surround Charleston Co. schools superintendent hiring
- 1-on-1 with Charleston County School District’s new superintendent Anita Huggins
- The Market Matriarchs: How African American women shaped Charleston’s City Market
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events
- FEB 20: Reimagining Colonial Lake
- FEB 21: ‘Build Your Neighborhood’ panel discussion (WEBINAR)
- FEB 21-23: 2024 South Carolina’s Nonprofit Summit
- FEB 22: Oysterfest at the Aquarium
- FEB 22: 11th Annual Good Business Summit
- FEB 22: Charleston Jewish FilmFest
- FEB 23: Camp Happy Days Gala – The Greatest Show
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles and resources from around the web
- AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal
- 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
- Libraries urge court to reconsider judgment against Internet Archive
- The invention of writing on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). New radiocarbon dates on the Rongorongo script
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:
Shared City
Shared City is a new collaboration-driven nonprofit in the Lowcountry. They are on a mission to “help our city thrive by providing specialized training, facilitating collaboration and strategically mobilizing resources to maximize city impact.” Check them out and get involved!
#GOODBOOKS – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor
Hamilton Nolan (Author)
“Inequality is America’s biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous opportunity. In the wake of the pandemic, a highly visible wave of strikes and new organizing campaigns have driven the popularity of unions to historic highs. The simmering battle inside of the labor movement over how to tap into its revolutionary potential–or allow it to be squandered–will determine the economic and social course of American life for years to come.”
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