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#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines
- College of Charleston Critical Conversations: ‘Two Women Bridge the Racial Divide’
- Why Become a Gold Pass Member – Charleston County Parks & Recreation – Nature is waiting!
- Joe Cunningham Releases Plan to End Teacher Shortage Crisis in South Carolina
- Group calling on MUSC to fund mobile health units, MUSC responds
- Rep. Mace Partners with Other Representatives to Introduce Bipartisan Human Trafficking Prevention Act
- Watch new episodes of local video series “Raising The Volume”
- Spring Black Food Truck Festival Tickets Now On Sale
- Community organizations offer donations for those struggling in today’s economy
- New Muse Concerts, Gibbes Museum, and CCPL Partner to Host “Now Let Me Fly: Songs of Freedom and Transformation”
- Rust: No Wake Zone is vital to protecting strand-feeding dolphins
- Lowcountry Local First’s 14th Annual Chef’s Potluck will be held on May 22nd at Firefly Distillery
- Traveling Holocaust exhibit coming to Charleston
- 1772 Foundation Announces Largest-Ever Grant to Coastal Community Foundation
- How Does Charleston Grapple With Its History? By Talking About It.
- Free Kids Expo & Camp Fair Returns April 10th
- Dominion Energy accused of excessive cutting
- Mex 1 Hosting Fundraiser for Pet Helpers
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
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 23: Black & Green: Teach-in & Fireside Chat with Dr. Helen Yaffe
- MAR 23: TEDxCharleston
- MAR 23: Racial Healing Circles
- MAR 24: Trivia & Cocktails for a Cause
- MAR 24: Small Business Opportunity Expo
- MAR 26: Liberty Hill Next Generation Oyster Roast & Fish Fry
- MAR 26: LYS-A-Thon Virtual Fundraiser
- MAR 26: Social Emotional Learning International Community Day
- MAR 27: Latin Taste of Charleston
- MAR 27-28: Hate Ends Now – Touring Holocaust Exhibit
- MAR 28: Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court (in person) | (zoom)
- MAR 28: Driving Out Darkness Golf Tournament
- MAR 30: Jersey Mike’s Day of Giving
- MAR 30-31: Now Let Me Fly: Songs of Freedom and Transformation
- MAR 3-APR 1: SC Adopt-a-Stream Tidal Saltwater Monitoring Workshop
- APR 2: Cooper River Bridge Run
- APR 3: Kicking for a Cure – Kickball Tournament for CF
- APR 3: Toby the Turtle’s Folly Beach Island-Wide Spring Clean
- APR 7: Community Constellations
- 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 10: Lowcountry Kids Expo & Camp Fair
- APR 16: Coastal Cyclists’ Spring Century Event
- APR 18-24: Charleston Cocktail Week
- APR 20: Master Cocktail Class
- 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
- Not smart but clever? The return of ‘dumbphones’
- Small homes clustered on a shared lot offer a rare form of homeownership in Arizona.
- ‘Green Girls’ Take on Climate Change
- “In a World on Fire, Stop Burning Things”
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- FEATURED: One80Place seeks 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
- Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes invites applications for 2022 awards
- Bogliasco Foundation – arts and humanities fellowships
- Bethany Arts Community – artist residencies
- THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color
- Advancing Economic Opportunity Among Older Adults
#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
- Daylight Saving Time Gripe Assistant Tool – Interactive map to visualize effects of permanent DST
- eBike Buying Guide
- Green Girls National Curriculum
- Share Meals – Ending College Hunger
- Lowcountry Green Guide – newly launched local environmental organizations and businesses directory
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
- Deaf Republic: Poems
Ilya Kaminsky (Author) - Don’t Cry for Me
Daniel Black (Author) - The Town of Babylon
Alejandro Varela (Author) - Who’s Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race
Henry Louis Gates (Editor) Andrew S. Curran (Editor) - Fix Me a Plate: Traditional and New School Soul Food Recipes from Scotty Scott of Cook Drank Eat
Scotty Scott (Author)
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