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
- Local community group: Making cards of kindness
- The team that changed American’s pastime honored in Charleston
- How Waves 4 Women is helping those who have experienced trauma, depression, and anxiety restore their balance
- Charleston People’s Budget Coalition Releases Statement on North Charleston’s Planned Surveillance Cameras
- Black Liberation Fund Opposes Mass Surveillance in North Charleston
- You can Bee a part of National Pollinator Week!
- Lowcountry Food Bank Receives $75,000 from Morgan Stanley Foundation to Increase Food Choices for Families
- Ruby Sunshine Announces We Are Family as Summer Seasonal Partner
- Charleston seeks new solution to unsold farmers market food
- Historic Eastside Archer School to be renovated into 89-unit affordable housing
- North Charleston breaks ground on Park Circle project
- Holy City Sinner Founder Interviewed by Dean Stephens on “Say Your Story” Podcast
- North Charleston’s approval of 745 new police cameras draws both criticism and praise
- IAAM adds PR and community relations manager
- Stars will Shine at the Charleston Literary Festival this Fall
- Charleston Animal Society receives $100K donation in honor of Lowcountry man
- Sustain SC Celebrates Graduation of First Class of SLI Fellows
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
FEATURED EVENT
2022 Emanuel Nine Commemoration
JUN 15-24
- 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 21: Digital Financial Revolution Tour
- 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 23: Barks and Booze benefiting Dorchester Paws
- JUN 25: Devils Backbone Beach Cleanup & 90’s After Party
- JUN 25: 11th Annual Charleston Natural Hair Expo
- JUN 25: Annual Charleston PRIDE Parade
- JUN 27: OHM Radio DJ & Listener Appreciation Happy Hour
- JUN 28: Party to Enhance Equity in Philanthropy
- JUN 28: Renovation of DSS Visitation Rooms Fundraiser at Brewlab
- JUN 29: Racial Healing Circles
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
- The way the United States pays for nurses is broken
- Hear Us: Public Banking for Racial Justice
- How New Orleans neighborhoods are using nature to reduce flooding
- Building truly accessible digital products goes way beyond your limited checklist
- How to Save Women’s Lives After Roe
- The biggest myths about electric vehicles
- The Secret to Tastier Fake Meat? Breeding Better Beans
- Rats fitted with tiny backpacks are being trained to help earthquake survivors
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- FEATURED: Volunteer with Salt Marsh Restoration Project!
- 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
- ASPCA – Fund to End Factory Farming
- Harvest for Health Breakthrough Crop Challenge
- Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education grants
- Antares REACH Grant Program – historically underrepresented entrepreneurs
- Believe in Reading
- Karma for Cara Microgrant
- Galesi Family Foundation
- Home Depot Foundation
- Bank of America Economic Mobility Community Needs
- ViiV Healthcare Positive Action Community Grants (PACG)
- Spectrum Digital Education Grant
- LOCAL:
#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities
- 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
- The Regeneration Nation Podcast: Resist, Repair, Reimagine, and Regenerate
- A resource guide to supporting the AAPI Community
- 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
Happy Juneteenth, y’all!
- Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom
Derecka Purnell (Author) - The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The New York Times Magazine (Editor) Caitlin Roper (Editor) & 3 more - We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
Mariame Kaba (Author) Tamara K. Nopper (Editor) & 1 more - How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Clint Smith (Author) - The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates (Author)
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