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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or via email anytime: charlestongood@gmail.com
#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines
- Pro-Truth SC Coalition Condemns the Fast-Tracking of an Educational Censorship Bill
- Seashore Farmer’s Lodge new direction
- Now is the Time to Plan for Summer with Y2O!
- Avery Research Center Preserves Stories, Uplifts Voices through Documenting the Arc Project
- Transitional house for homeless women to shut down, underscoring need for resources
- North Charleston to Open First Inclusive Playground
- Low Battery Project offers glimpse of future of peninsula development
- YWCA Greater Charleston Announces New Deputy Director and Women & Youth Programs Director
- Student-led anti-violence panel held at N. Charleston High
- Itinerant Literate Bookstop to Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day
- Year-End Data Shows Electric Transportation is Full Speed Ahead in the Southeast
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
CofC Sustainability Week 2022
April 18-22
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
- APR 16: Coastal Cyclists’ Spring Century Event
- APR 18-24: Charleston Cocktail Week
- APR 19: Engaged and Well: A Conversation About Education (virtual)
- APR 20: Master Cocktail Class
- APR 21: 1st Annual Turn the Tides
- APR 21: Farm-to-Table(aux)® ‘Lowcountry Life’
- APR 21: An Earth Day Dialogue: Sustainability and Flourishing in the 21st Century (hybrid)
- APR 23: Tour De Earth Day
- APR 23: Dolphin Count
- APR 23: Doughnut Dash 5k
- APR 23-24: Black Food Truck Festival
- APR 24: A Gown Affair
- APR 26: Living Your Truth – Conversations in Courage (virtual)
- 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
- Greta Thunberg to publish a ‘go-to source’ book on the climate crisis
- California task force: Reparations for direct descendants of enslaved people only
- This Norwegian start-up makes carbon-negative roads
- Nonprofit AF: 7 principles of community-centric boards
- Bringing Community Power to the Mostly Hidden World of Donor-Advised Funds
- What is palliative care? How is it different from hospice?
- Native American tribe gets its land back after being displaced nearly 400 years ago
- U.S. citizens can select gender-neutral X marker on passports beginning April 11
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- FEATURED:
- 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
- Colocation America STEM innovation grants
- Sparkplug Foundation
- Women’s Sports Foundation Move Together grants
- Cornell Douglas Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – “Data to improve community conditions shaped by structural racism” grants
- Lawrence Foundation
- Ms. Foundation for Women – Birth Justice Initiative
- Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
- Dollar General Youth Literacy 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
- Brave Noise Beer – a movement to end sexism, racism, assault and harassment in the craft beer industry
- Charleston Justice Journey – an interactive map of Charleston’s march towards racial justice
- Black Towns & Settlements: Foundation for the Future – a story map of existing and historic Black communities
- Lowcountry Green Guide – newly launched local environmental organizations and businesses directory
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
- How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other
Naomi Klein (Author) Rebecca Stefoff (Adapted by) - To Be a Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers
Winona LaDuke (Author) - Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America
Darren Dochuk (Author) - As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Author) - One Earth: People of Color Protecting Our Planet
Anuradha Rao (Author)
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