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
- Grassroots groups organize against bills limiting of history teaching
- Butcher & Bee Establishes The Bee Fund to Benefit Historically Marginalized People in the Food Industry
- Dorchester County Announces Public-Private Partnership for Rural Broadband Project
- Lowcountry transit program on track, still has a long way to go
- Local Nonprofit to Host 5th Annual Love Your Neighbor Auction
- City of Charleston unveils interactive racial equity story map tool
- SCDOT making progress on installing, upgrading 700 crosswalks across Lowcountry
- AMOR Healing Kitchen and Ohm Radio Partnering on Fundraising Dinner Event
- Many Charleston thoroughfare names have colorful histories
- Native American Culture Class Series Coming to Goose Creek Library
- COMMUNITIES CREATE: Library-Driven Community Publishing
- Charleston Free Clinic Receives $79K Grant From Bishop Gadsden Community
- 23rd Annual Lowcountry Food Bank Chefs’ Feast Raises $440,834 to Fight Childhood Hunger
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
GIVE ME GREEN Sustainable Fashion Show
MAR 16
Charleston Green Drinks
MAR 22
James Campbell Learning Circle #Back2Basics Series
FEB 28-APR 25 (bi-weekly)
Young Contemporaries 2022
Halsey’s 37th annual juried student exhibition
MAR 1- APR 23
- MAR 12: Black Expo Charleston
- MAR 12: Subtle & Sass Fashion Show
- MAR 14: Racial Healing Circles
- MAR 15: Diamondback Terrapins – Research & Conservation Webinar
- MAR 16: Give Me Green Sustainable Fashion Show
- MAR 16: Free Community Health Talk
- MAR 16: SCORE Writing Your Business Plan Live In Person Workshop
- MAR 16: Last of the Right Whales
- MAR 17: Shutes Folly Oyster Reef Build
- MAR 17: Conversation Cafe – Green Transit
- MAR 18: Opening Reception for Young Contemporaries 2022
- MAR 19: Charity Chili Cook-Off
- MAR 19: Surfrider Litter Cleanup Johns Island
- MAR 19: Village Vision 2nd Annual 5k Fun Run/Walk
- MAR 19: Awakening of the Ancestors Through Music: A Gullah Geechee Homecoming
- MAR 20: Spring Picnic & Holi!
- MAR 22: Green Drinks
- MAR 22: Cocktails for a Cause
- MAR 23: TEDxCharleston
- MAR 23: Racial Healing Circles
- MAR 24: Trivia & Cocktails for a Cause
- MAR 24: Small Business Opportunity Expo
- MAR 26: LYS-A-Thon Virtual Fundraiser
- MAR 30: Jersey Mike’s Day of Giving
- APR 2: Cooper River Bridge Run
- APR 3-: Kicking for a Cure – Kickball Tournament for CF
- APR 8: Gay Bingo – Lipstick & Leather
- APR 9: 17th Annual Race For Life
- APR 9: The ARK of SC’s Car Show (rescheduled from MAR 12)
- APR 21: 1st Annual Turn the Tides
- APR 21: Farm-to-Table(aux)® ‘Lowcountry Life’
- APR 23: Doughnut Dash 5k
- APR 30: In the Moment with Ohm Radio & Amor Healing Kitchen
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
- Hear Us: What’s Up With Inflation, and What Does It Mean for People of Color?
- World’s nations start to hammer out first global treaty on plastic pollution
- Stop Venting! It Doesn’t Work.
- 15 Books About Lesser-Known Women Who Made History
- How to free the soil by depaving
- Plastic pollution is a global problem – here’s how to design an effective treaty to curb it
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- 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
- XPRIZE Racial Equity Alliance invites applications for ideas to dismantle structural inequity
- AJ Muste Social Justice Fund
- Karma for Cara Foundation – youth service project grants
- Good Sports equipment grants
- Waste Management Community Impact Grants
- Gardens for Good grants
- We Are All Music Foundation grants
- Foundation for Financial Planning grants
#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities
- FEATURED: Our partners at LIME are Hiring in Charleston!
- 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
- How to Citizen – a podcast and resource hub “reimagining ‘citizen’ as a verb”
- STORY MAP: Racial Equity in the City of Charleston, SC
- #UkraineFacts – By the International Fact-checking Network Signatories
- Lowcountry Green Guide – newly launched local environmental organizations and businesses directory
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
Check out our curated collection:
FEATURED BOOKS: Children’s Books
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