Welcome to the Changemakers Weekly Digest – Edition #2!
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
- Engaging Creative Minds (ECM) and YEScarolina (YES) Form a Strategic Alliance
- New Moms Invited to Gather & Garden
- Park Circle Gallery to Exhibit Works by Torreah “Cookie” Washington and Eunice Maku Ayiku-Nartey
- Update on the I-526 extension project in Charleston – Alternative G
- Youth to Ocean gives kids water skills, marine education
- Communities in Schools – Statewide Merger Aimed at Serving More Students
- LISTEN: Holy City Sinner Radio Featuring Chelsea Green of Mindful Mornings Charleston
- City Paper: Our View: Reject I-526 extension
- Nominate an Outstanding Woman for YWCA’s #WhatWomenBring event
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
- SEP 2: Little Chef Big Chef
- SEP 3-5: Lowcountry Jazz Festival
- SEP 9: Moultrie Playground Ribbon-Cutting Celebration
- SEP 12: CCPRC Sunset Harbor Cruise
- SEP 15: Braggin’ Rights Bash
- SEP 19: Walk to Fight Hunger
- SEP 27: Live, LAF, Love Golf Tournament
- OCT 6-7: YES! Fest: A Better World Rising (virtual)
- OCT 9: Bea Strong Fundraiser
- OCT 9: Charleston Beer Fest
- OCT 9: NAMI Walks Charleston
- OCT 16: Walk to End Alzheimers
- OCT 17: 5th Annual Hike for Mike
- OCT 29: Party for the Parks
- OCT 30: LUNG FORCE Run/Walk 5K
- NOV 6: Revel on the River
- NOV 19: Festival of Trees/Sparkles & Spirits’ Gala
- DEC 3: Art for Good: Auction & Music
- DEC 18: Spot Light Awards
#GoodInspiration – from around the web
- How to Prevent Crime Without Relying on Police
- NonprofitAF: We need to have a serious talk about character limits on grant applications
- There Is Enough Food, Just Not Enough Food Access
- The Secret Bias Hidden in Mortgage-Approval Algorithms
- Acquisition-conversion: the promising new strategy for scaling worker ownership
- Costa Ricans Live Longer Than Us. What’s the Secret?
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- Volunteer with YWCA’s Y Girls Code Club
- 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
#GoodResources – a grab-bag of useful stuff
- Tackling Heropreneurship
- TransLash Media is a “nonprofit organization and digital community made up of conversation starters, documentarians, artists, technologists, activists, and allies who are committed to supporting trans/non-binary/intersex/two-
spirit people through trans stories to save trans lives. We do so without censorship and erasure from mainstream media.” - The Black Space Manifesto from “Black urban planners, architects, artists, activists, and designers working to protect and create Black spaces.”
- Charleston’s own VeraNation, which explores the merger between “musical talent and global storytelling” in compelling and interesting blog posts, reviews, playlists, podcasts interviews and more.
- The Working People Podcast – “by, for, and about the working class today”
#GoodFundingFriday – featured grant opportunities
- Allstate Foundation youth empowerment grants
- Health and Well-Being Grants
- Dominion Energy Environmental Education & Stewardship Grants
- Oak Hill Fund – Women’s Reproductive Health, Rights & Justice
- E2 Energy to Educate grants
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation arts fellowship
- Tides Advocacy Healthy Democracy Action Fund
- Lumina Foundation Racial Justice and Equity Fund
#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities
- Energy Project Manager -Conservation Voters of SC
- Together SC: Lowcountry Nonprofit Jobs
- Linkedin: Charleston Nonprofit Jobs
- Indeed: Nonprofit jobs in Charleston SC
- SimplyHired: Nonprofit Jobs in Charleston SC
#GoodBooks
- Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusio
- The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Fe
- The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back
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