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
- ACT NOW: Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve Needs Your Help!
- Summerville’s Public Works Art Center is a vital cultural hub
- IAAM Adds Chief Learning and Engagement Officer to Leadership Team
- Charleston County Parks Safe Swimming Program
- Charleston leaders continue talks on light pollution problem
- LISTEN: Holy City Sinner Radio Episode 53 featuring The Charleston County Public Library
- Save the Date: Commitment to Justice Award Reception
- MLK tapes, other civil rights items returning to Charleston
- Community Survey: Parks & Recreation For All!
- Charleston Animal Society launches “End Animal Cruelty Month”
- LISTEN: “Local Gardens Growing Food Security Across SC”
- Charleston is looking for heat-related health solutions
- Lowcountry Food Bank Announces 2nd Annual Walk to Fight Hunger
- NCPD, community leaders work together to combat gun violence
- City Paper View: Move forward with e-alternative for horse-drawn wagons
- Palmetto Goodwill Partners with U.S. Department of Labor to Deliver Employment Assistance to Transitioning Service Members, Spouses
- UPDATE: SC Conservation Legislation
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
- JUL 9: Shots with a Spin 2022 – Wheelchair Basketball Tournament!
- JUL 10: The People’s Picnic
- JUL 10: Kitten Adoption Event @ Low Tide Brewing
- JUL 11: Racial Healing Circles
- JUL 11: Give Back Charleston charity dinner
- JUL 13: Thrive: Women in Elected Leadership Roles
- JUL 14: Truth be Told: Vesey
- JUL 14: WEBINAR: State of Solar in SC
- JUL 15: Green Book of South Carolina – Charleston Launch
- JUL 15: Pint Night with Operation Home
- JUL 16: Author Talk – Building a Kindness Army
- JUL 16: Charleston Caribbean Jerk Festival
- JUL 16: Orchestrating Freedom concert
- JUL 19: GREEN DRINKS: Plastic-Free July
- JUL 20: Racial Healing Circles
- JUL 22: Litter Sweep with Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network
- JUL 23: ATOS Sizzlin’ Summer 5K Run/Walk and Expo
- JUL 25: Racial Healing Circles
- JUL 26-28: Southern Grants Forum
- JUL 28: Save the Planet: Focus on the 2023 Farm Bill (virtual)
- JUL 28: Barks and Booze benefiting Dorchester Paws
- JUL 29: JuLionfish Festival
- JUL 30: The “We Carry Their Crosses” March for Life
- JUL 30: Finding Furever Homes Adoption Event
- JUL 30-31: Folly Beach Wahine Classic
- JUL 31: Rhapsody in Blue Jazz Affair
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
- Is Facebook Buying Off The New York Times?
- One in Five Americans Struggles to Read. We Want to Understand Why.
- The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Is Going to Be Very, Very Expensive
- 7 Liberatory Signs That Made Me Apply for My Job
- Four headline mistakes newsrooms need to abolish
- In a world-first, scientists create eco-friendly cement from algae
- Philanthropy has the tools to protect democracy. Let’s make better use of them
- Montreal is on the road to greater livability, and other cities should follow
- The Commodification of Juneteenth Needs to Stop
- Pete Buttigieg launches $1B pilot to build racial equity in America’s roads
- California passes first sweeping US law to reduce single-use plastic
- Supreme Court vs. Climate Change: 3 HOT TAKES
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- FEATURED: Doors to Dream – Volunteer
- 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
- Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
- Wallace Global Fund for Democracy, Human Rights, and Environmental Initiatives
- Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation – education and arts grants
- National Performance Network: Southern Artists for Social Change
- ALDI Cares Community Grants – food insecurity
- Solomon Jackson, Jr., Foundation – after-school programs
- The Rea Charitable Trust – arts, culture, humanities
- Levine Foundation
- Nahikian Family Foundation
- Tony Robbins Foundation
- Laura J. Niles Foundation – animals and education grants
- Innovating Worthy Projects Foundation – special needs grants
#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
- OptOut – nonprofit news app that’s 100% free of corporate media narratives.
- Green Dreamer Podcast: The possibility of a world disentangled from wages (ep363)
- SC Abortion Rights Resource Hub – a new collection of resources in support of women in SC
- 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
- Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom
Kathryn Kolbert (Author) Julie F. Kay (Author) - Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond (Author) - Night of the Living Rez
Morgan Talty (Author) - Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution
Jennifer Block (Author) - Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism
Ariella Azoulay (Author)
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