Welcome to the Changemakers Weekly Digest!
Charleston’s convenient source for the latest Lowcountry nonprofit & grassroots
news, perspectives, ideas, events, resources and more…
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#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines
- Shelters to Shutters Launches in CHS: Names Daniel Stern as Charleston Executive Director
- What IFF? podcast – Ep. 3: Lifting the Veil with Linda Ketner
- South Carolina Is the 6th Worst State for Racial Equality in Education – WalletHub Study
- Community unity in question after Eastside mass shooting
- Beefield community designated as Charleston County historic district
- City of Charleston Opens Nominations for next Poet Laureate
- Richardson: Why South Carolina should legalize marijuana
- YWCA Greater Charleston augments gender and racial equity training programs with new hire
- Lowcountry Land Trust begins planning phase for Angel Oak Preserve project
- SC Senior farmers market nutrition program expands to all 46 counties
- Arts Grow SC to expand, executive director named
- International African American Museum announces opening date
- Boroughs picked to be state’s next U.S. attorney
- Nonprofit seeks to erase all medical debt in South Carolina
- CofC STUDY: “potential human pathogens in Charleston waterways”
- North Charleston event looks to combat gun violence amid rising statistics in area
- Preservation society to begin mapping Charleston’s Black burial grounds
- Charleston Climate Action Plan – One Year Later…
- New 35-acre preserve coming soon to the Angel Oak
- Charleston Animal Society receiving $100,000 memorial contribution from Joye Law Firm
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
FEATURED EVENT
Vintage Gala – Community, Conservaton, and Cheers!
JUN 16
Gullah Juneteenth Freedom Celebration 2022
JUN 18
- JUN 14: CHS Hospitality & Tourism Hiring Event
- JUN 16: Vintage Gala – Community, Conservation, and Cheers!
- JUN 17: 2022 Oxygen Ball
- JUN 18: Charleston Duck Race
- JUN 18: Gullah Juneteenth Freedom Celebration 2022
- JUN 18: Charleston Carifest Caribbean Carnival
- JUN 18: Juneteenth Family Fest Charleston 2022
- JUN 19: 2022 Lowcountry Juneteenth Week Festival
- JUN 21: GREEN DRINKS: Water-Rain Harvesting-Pollution
- JUN 22: Intellectual Disabilities and the Workplace – a half-day event
- JUN 23: Lowcountry Emerging Leaders Gala 2022
- JUN 23: Women for Women Summit
- JUN 25: 11th Annual Charleston Natural Hair Expo
- JUN 25: Annual Charleston PRIDE Parade
- JUN 27: OHM Radio DJ & Listener Appreciation Happy Hour
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
- 7 community-led initiatives to address gun violence in cities: report
- A new storage technique could vastly expand the number of livers available for transplant
- For This City, Fare-Free Transit Is a Big Success
- How a Majority BIPOC Worker Co-Op Is Disrupting the Field of Therapy
- ‘I see this money as not mine’: the people giving away fortunes from slavery and fossil fuels
- Baltimore Looks to Expand Internet Access by Building Its Own Network
- Nonprofit AF: Consultants, are you actually making the sector worse?
- One plug and done: EU to require common way to charge phones
- The Racist Roots of Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” Law
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- FEATURED: Volunteer with Enough Pie!
- Charleston Waterkeeper Volunteer Calendar
- Upcoming Charleston Surfrider volunteer opportunities
- Green Heart Project Volunteer Calendar
- Be a Mentor with Lowcountry Youth Services
- Volunteer at Fresh Future Farm
Check out our GRASSROOTS GUIDE for more local organizations actively seeking volunteers
#GoodFundingFriday – featured grant opportunities
- Women’s Sports Foundation – child care grants
- Patagonia Environmental Grants
- Access Fund: Climbing Conservation Grant Program
- Looking Out Foundation – human needs grants
- KidsGardening: Little Seeds Pollinator Pals Grant
- Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
- Big Lots Foundation
- Walmart Foundation National Giving Program Grant
- MoneyGram Foundation
- Brinker International Charitable Giving
- J.J. Watt Foundation
- Panera Bread Day-End Dough-Nation
- Jason’s Deli: Donations
- Whole Foods Market Community Giving
- LOCAL:
#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities
- FEATURED:
- SCACED: Job Board
- Together SC: Lowcountry Nonprofit Jobs
- Linkedin: Charleston Nonprofit Jobs
- Indeed: Nonprofit jobs in Charleston SC
- SimplyHired: Nonprofit Jobs in Charleston SC
#GoodResources – a grab-bag of useful stuff
- SC State Library Grants Research Assistance
- City of Charleston Hurricane Info & Preparedness Guide
- Charleston Green Drinks – Learn a little, connect a lot
- Lowcountry Green Calendar – new collaborative niche calendar for local environmental events
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
- Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
Jody Rosen (Author) - The Big Fix: Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet
Hal Harvey (Author) Justin Gillis (Author) - Is Science Enough?: Forty Critical Questions about Climate Justice
Aviva Chomsky (Author) - This Land Is Our Land: The Struggle for a New Commonwealth
Jedediah Purdy (Author) - Extraction to Extinction: Rethinking Our Relationship with Earth’s Natural Resources
David Howe (Author)
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