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
- Nonprofit, task force fight labor, sex trafficking
- Charleston Basket Brigade Returns to Live Event for 15th and Final Year
- IAAM, Charleston churches to host ‘History Harvest’ series
- Meals on Wheels hires community health liaison
- Charleston Animal Society Named National Finalist in Land Rover “Defender Service Awards” and Needs Your Votes to Win
- Make-A-Wish South Carolina Expands its Popular Trailblaze Challenge Program
- Callie’s Hot Biscuits Owner to Hold Cooking Fundraiser for Local Nonprofit
- Leaders reflect on cultural connections, troubled history with Barbados
- MUSC: Respiratory viruses in children surging
- MUSC, CofC to Tackle Gender Disparities in Biomedical Innovation With New Program
- ‘We Tell The Whole Truth’: A Talk With the Head of Charleston’s New African American Museum
- Women Brewers Join The Undergarment Society To ‘Lift Up’ Women In Need
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
- OCT 28: Opening Reception – “Anonymous Ancestors” Exhibit
- OCT 28: Shift Drink CHARLESTON
- OCT 29: Protect Our Beaches – Charleston Beach Cleanup
- OCT 29: 5 to Survive 2022: 5K Run and Memorial Mile Walk
- OCT 29: Trident Literacy 50th Anniversary Golden Gala
- OCT 29: Hike for Mike Celebration
- OCT 29: Cards for Kindness
- OCT 29: History Harvest
- OCT 29: Haunted Masquerade Ball
- OCT 30: Toby’s Spooktacular Costume Litter Sweep
- NOV 2: Carolina Yards Workshop Series: Rain as a Resource
- NOV 2: CYP: Non-Profit Expo & Trivia Night
- NOV 2: Women in Beer Brewster Tap Night
- NOV 3: Pedals & Panache
- NOV 3: The Changing Coast: Using SELC’s Interactive Tool for Climate Advocacy
- NOV 3: Community Constellations – Making Room for What’s New
- NOV 4: Yes! I’m a Feminist.
- NOV 4: AFFA ’22 Annual Gala
- NOV 4: 15th Annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival
- NOV 4: 51st Annual Scottish Games Friday Night Calling of the Clans Ceilidh
- NOV 4: Choppin’ for Charity
- NOV 4: Clean Water, Clean Beer: Kayak/SUP Island Clean Up
- NOV 4-6: AfroSouth Film Festival
- NOV 4-6: SC Marine Educators Annual Conference: Coasting Towards a Healthier Future
- NOV 4-13: Charleston Literary Festival
- NOV 5: Revel on the River
- NOV 6: Toadfish Conservation Coalition Shellabration
- NOV 6: Purple with a Purpose
- NOV 6: Cooking for a Cause with Carrie Morey
- NOV 10: ECO Wedding Fashion Show
- NOV 10: SIT A SPELL | Center for Sustainable Development
- NOV 10: 9th Annual Mushroom Gathering
- NOV 10: Webinar: “We Need To Talk About Honeybees”
- NOV 11: Urban Artcelium
- NOV 12: Party for the Parks 2022
- NOV 12: Charleston Pride Festival
- NOV 13: Fall Seed Collection with Marshkeepers
- NOV 13: FAMILY DAY! | Only You Can Prevent A Forest
- NOV 13: HALOS Oyster Roast
- NOV 14: Lowcountry Autism Foundation 2nd Annual LIVE, LAF, LOVE Golf Tournament
- NOV 15: GREEN DRINKS: Food & Food Systems
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
- Meet the amateur art sleuths helping bring back Asia’s stolen heritage
- What an Alabama Prisoners’ Strike Tells Us About Prison Labor
- Nothing Left to Park For
- Banks With No Shareholders? The Curious Case Of Mutual Banks
- CEO Pay Has Soared by Nearly 1,500% Since 1978, While Workers Have Been Left Behind
- The truth shall set us free – Engelsberg Ideas
- Americans’ Trust In Media Remains Near Record Low
- What is a Semaform, anyway? And why should you care? (hint: a new news platform)
- On the Other Side of Reparations, a New World Awaits
- Polly Klaas’s murder fueled the 90s crime panic. Her sisters fear ‘we’re repeating history’
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- FEATURED:
- 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
#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
For more local nonprofit jobs information,
check out our CHARLESTON NONPROFIT JOBS HUB
#GoodResources – a grab-bag of useful stuff
- SCVOTES.GOV – One-stop voter information
- Conservation Voters of SC SCORECARD – How does your legislator vote on conservation issues?
- Heystack – Discover the best public Google docs
- 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
Half-Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, Climate Change and Pandemics
Drew Pendergrass (Author) Troy Vettese (Author)
“In this thrilling and capacious book, Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass challenge the inertia of capitalism and the left alike and propose a radical plan to address climate disaster and guarantee the good life for all. ”
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