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
- TastemakersCHS Partnering with Local Restaurants to Raise Money for Ukrainians in Need
- MUSC to host free LGBTQ+ health equity event in April
- Charleston to spend $250K to help fund memorial of human remains found at Gaillard Center
- Charleston nonprofit to host golf tournament for suicide prevention
- Lowcountry Youth Services Hosts its Second Annual Virtual Fundraising Extravaganza
- Attention Artists: Goose Creek Cultural Arts Commission “Beauty & The Creek” Traffic Signal Cabinet Art Project Contest
- Applications Open for Mayor’s Youth Commission
- Charleston Team Hope Walk returning in May
- Stricter enforcement, greater restrictions on the horizon for city’s plastic ban
- Community Event Celebrates Social-Emotional Health & Reading for Youth
- Couple turns catering company into growing Charleston-area restaurant empire
- Patrol commander blazes a trail for women in law enforcement
- Staffing shortages are stretching Charleston area schools thin
- North Charleston community members, activists taking stand against gun violence
- Coastal Coffee Roasters Hosting “Havana Nights” Fundraiser for The ARK – Alzheimer’s Support Services
- World’s Best Cat Litter to “Give A Crap” for Homeless Animals
- Call for Proposals – 2022 Slave Dwelling Project Conference: The Stono Rebellion and the Atlantic World
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
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 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 19: Pregnancy Care Package Distribution Event
- 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 26: Social Emotional Learning International Community Day
- MAR 27: Latin Taste of Charleston
- 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 7-8: Inaugural LGBTQ+ Health Equity Summit
- 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 16: Coastal Cyclists’ Spring Century Event
- APR 21: 1st Annual Turn the Tides
- APR 21: Farm-to-Table(aux)® ‘Lowcountry Life’
- APR 23: Doughnut Dash 5k
- APR 23-24: Black Food Truck Festival
- 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
- 7 ways cities can make transportation safer for women: study
- Redlining means 45 million Americans are breathing dirtier air, 50 years after it ended
- How This Visionary New Orleans Planner Is Reimagining Community Development
- Providence pursues next steps toward reparations
- Hear Us: We Must Center Blackness in Housing
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- FEATURED: AFFA Looking for 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
- Wildlife Conservation Society Climate Adaptation Fund
- Creative Capital “Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact” grants
- Harpo Foundation – emerging artists grants
- WITH Foundation – disabilities program grants
- Women’s Sports Foundation – Sports 4 Life grants
- Shark Conservation Fund grants
- National Alliance for Children’s Grief grants
- ECMC Foundation career readiness and college success grants
- Frankenthaler Climate Initiative – Climate Action in the Visual Arts
- Doris Day Animal Foundation grants
- Charlie’s Heart Foundation – human service project grants
#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
#GoodResources – a grab-bag of useful stuff
- Upstream Podcast – Feminism for the 99%
- The GIST newsletter – the female voice in sports (*partner link)
- Outschool.org – Making quality virtual education more accessible
- Lowcountry Green Guide – newly launched local environmental organizations and businesses directory
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
- Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post-Cold War Order
Rajan Menon (Author) Eugene B. Rumer (Author) - Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women
Francesca Cavallo (Author) Elena Favilli (Author) - Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution
Elie Mystal (Author) - The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet
Leah Thomas (Author) - Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want
Ruha Benjamin (Author)
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