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 musician (and long-time friend of the GOOD) Mike Martin goes home
- Charleston recycling figures dwarf national averages, county reports show
- City of Charleston Department of Housing and Community Development Announces Funding Opportunities
- Activist report: Charleston Police arrest Blacks 3x more often than whites
- Progressive Club again training on Johns Island
- Charleston’s future lies in eliminating the wealth gap for African Americans
- Katie’s Krops Expanding Their Efforts to Grow A Healthy End to Hunger
- Charleston takes new approach to housing crisis
- First Black Food Truck Festival to Be Held at Patriots Point Next Month
- Rep. Jim Clyburn speaks to Lowcountry Jewish communities on hate crime legislation
- Sustainability Institute Hiring for Environmental Conservation Corps Program
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
- OCT 29: Party for the Parks
- OCT 29-30: Women Rising conference (virtual)
- OCT 30: Pink Pint Project benefiting Best Chance Network
- OCT 30: Wounded Nature – Working Veterans Fall Party
- OCT 30: Music in tha’ Park – Fall Fest
- OCT 30: LUNG FORCE Run/Walk 5K
- OCT 30: HALOS Kinship Caregivers Conference
- OCT 31: Green Heart/Revelry Block Party
- OCT 31: SUPerScary SUP Race
- NOV 2: Energy Efficiency Workshop (open to all)
- NOV 4: Free Webinar – So you want to start a nonprofit?
- NOV 4-6: Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival
- NOV 5: Mindful Mornings Charleston – “Gathering Places”
- NOV 6: Revel on the River
- NOV 6: LMS Fall Party and Oyster Roast
- NOV 7: Waterfest
- NOV 9: Lasagna Night at Post House
- NOV 11: Lowcountry Autism Foundation Percentage Night at Holy City Brewing
- NOV 13-14: Black Food Truck Festival
- NOV 17-19: Days of Caring
- NOV 19: Festival of Trees/Sparkles & Spirits’ Gala
- NOV 19: Lowcountry Orphan Relief SOAR Gala
- NOV 20: Cross the Cut Ride
- NOV 21: Shuck Cancer at the Bend
- DEC 3: Art for Good: Auction & Music
- DEC 11: Sea Life by Starlight
- DEC 11: Ugly Sweater 5K Dash
- DEC 18: Spot Light Awards
- JAN 13-15: Black Ink Book Festival
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
- Prioritizing equity is needed to combat green-city gentrification and ‘irresponsible environmental policies’
- New Proof That Police Use Civil Forfeiture To Take From Those Who Can’t Fight Back
- Nonprofit AF: Democracy is Dying. Philanthropy Needs to Stop Its Toxic Intellectualizing
- EO EQUALS Outreach Campaign Launched by Four Leading Employee Ownership Organizations
- This Is What it Looks Like to Decolonize Philanthropy
- #Coopalooza Recap & Resources
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- Volunteer at the 2022 Charleston Marathon!
- Lowcountry Autism Foundation Parents Night Out Volunteers
- 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
- JAMS Foundation/ACR Initiative for Students and Youth
- First Horizon Foundation communities grants
- Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest – Artist in Residence Program
- Fine Arts Work Center Writing Fellowships
#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities
- FEATURED: Environmental Conservation Corps (17-24yr olds)
- FEATURED: Kids on Point – Academic Coordinator
- 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
- Community Change – empowers low-income people to bring about positive change in the community
- The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary – fights for equity through the literary arts
- Campaign for Accountability – a nonprofit watchdog organization that uses research, litigation, and aggressive communications to expose misconduct and malfeasance in public life.
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
- The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber (Author) David Wengrow (Author) - Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Updated and Expanded
David Graeber (Author) - The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The New York Times Magazine (Editor) Nikole Hannah-Jones (Editor) - An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States
Kyle T. Mays (Author) - On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder (Author) Nora Krug (Illustrator)
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