Changemakers Weekly Digest – #57

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#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines

• Sept. 24 Hope Summit to encourage community action on climate change
• Charleston School District admits breaking open records law after SC Attorney General letter
• Free afterschool meals for Charleston kids & teens
• Southeastern Wildlife Exposition Announces New Fall Event In Charleston
• YWCA Greater Charleston Announces Incoming Board
• YWCA Greater Charleston’s #WhatWomenBring Event to Honor Ten Women Leaders
• Looking into the future for the Reynolds Avenue development project
• Charleston County ponders limits on impervious surfaces to address flooding, urbanization
• South Carolina literacy groups awarded more than $74,000
• Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation Announces Partnership with American Forest Foundation and Others as Part of USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities
• Charleston’s CodeON Brings Free Coding Classes to the East Side
• Stage set for historic Charleston County School Board race
• Newly proposed Charleston City Council districts give Johns Island its own representative
• iteracy Nonprofit Reaches Nearly 50% More Students and Hopes to Help Children and Communities Thrive
• Organization sells long-serving women’s shelter
• Charleston applying for $10M grant to fund phase 2 of King, Huger drainage project
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Jermel President

For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com

#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events

Hispanic Heritage Month Events
SEP 15 – OCT 15

• SEP 16-17: Bash Before the Disc | Beyond the Disc
• SEP 17: ParentFest 2022 (fb) | tickets
• SEP 17: Lowcountry Ecology Tour at Dill Sanctuary
• SEP 17: Heal H.E.R Soul Awareness Walk
• SEP 17: 4th Annual Pirouettes for PAALS
• SEP 17: 9/11 Heroes Run
• SEP 17: Plastic-Free Waters Kiawah Litter Sweep
• SEP 20: GREEN DRINKS: Resilience & Flooding
• SEP 21: 2022 Green Tie Awards Luncheon
• SEP 21: Braggin’ Rights Bash
• SEP 22: Charleston Jewish Filmfest Presents: “The Levys of Monticello”
• SEP 22: Coastal Island Ducks Unlimited fall banquet
• SEP 24: The Hope Summit 2022: Charleston Conservation Festival
• SEP 24: You’re the Only One I’ve Told: The Voices Behind Abortion
• SEP 24: care.give.run
• SEP 24: Getting Saucy BBQ Sauce Competition
• SEP 24: Wicked Weed Farmers Market & Ovarian Cancer Fundraiser
• SEP 25: Climb Out of the Darkness
• SEP 28-29 : Charleston Forum – Electing Qualified Tri-County School Boards in 2022
• SEP 30: Quest – Film & Fundraiser

For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR

#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web

• Three Big Things: The Most Important Forces Shaping the World
• A Growing Drinking Water Crisis Threatens American Cities and Towns
• Can Unions Still Transform the Workplace?
• How unions are winning again, in 4 charts
• Why urban streets around the world are going car-free
• California poised to give $1,000 to residents for not owning a car
• Is There Such a Thing As an Ethical Smart City?
• Nonprofit AF: Greek Myths if They Were Set in the Nonprofit Sector
• Detroit’s Black-Led Organizations Are Cultivating Access To Nature
• A Tax Credit Was Meant to Help Marginalized Workers Get Permanent Jobs. Instead It’s Subsidizing Temp Work.

#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities

• FEATURED:
  • Volunteer with the Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center
  • Ronald McDonald House x Holy Smokes BBQ Festival Volunteers
  • CHS Surfrider Seeking Board Members
  • Volunteer with Lowcountry Orphan Relief
• 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

• National Geographic Society – water grants
• Lighthouse Works – fellowship program
• Patrick J. McGovern Foundation – Data Leaders Community of Practice grants
• Pisces Foundation – urban water grants
• Catholic Campaign for Human Development – anti-poverty grants
• PeopleForBikes – Community Grant Program
• Sparkplug Foundation grants
• Opportunity Network – Employability Framework grants
• VIA Art Fund
• YoungArts – National Arts Competition
• Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation – Quality-of-Life grants
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Climate Change and Human Health seed grants
• Klorane Botanical Foundation – K12 Budding Botanist grant

#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities

• FEATURED:
  • Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation – Lowcountry, South Carolina Program Director

• SCACED: Job Board
• Together SC: Lowcountry Nonprofit Jobs
• Linkedin: Charleston Nonprofit Jobs
• Indeed: Nonprofit jobs in Charleston SC
• SimplyHired: Nonprofit Jobs in Charleston SC

For more local nonprofit jobs information,
check out our CHARLESTON NONPROFIT JOBS HUB

#GoodResources – a grab-bag of useful stuff

• CofC – WGS Podcast – What IFF? – “dedicated to sparking discussion about making change […] by centering intersectional feminist thought and uplifting members of our community who are actively moving toward justice, and inspiring those of us who want to learn more. “
• WeTransfer – send big files for free
• Anti-Racism Resource Hub – a collection of self-education resources
• SC Abortion Rights Resource Hub – a new collection of resources in support of women in SC
• Lowcountry Green Calendar – new collaborative niche calendar for local environmental events

#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop

Check out our new FEATURED BOOK:
Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets
Brett Scott (Author)

“Cloudmoney takes us to the front lines of a war for our wallets that is also about our freedom, from marketing strategies against cash to the weaponization of COVID-19 to push fintech platforms, and from there to the rise of the cryptocurrency rebels and fringe groups pushing back. It asks the most pressing questions: Who benefits from a cashless society and who gets left behind? Is the end of cash the end of true privacy? And is our cloudmoney future closer than we think it is?”

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