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Featured
AV Drive for “Elders Speak” Oral History Project
#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines
- Tribe In Berkeley County To Record Oral History For Digital Archives Project
- Carolina Youth Action Project’s new annual zine is accepting submissions
- City Council passes resolution encouraging passage of state hate crime bill
- Quintin’s Close-Ups: Christian Senger, Founder of Holy City Sinner
- Social Venture Partners (SVP) Charleston announces new nonprofit funding cycle
- FAB, Charleston’s Hospitality Industry Conference for and by Women, Returns in June
- TURN90: Fact v. fiction of mass incarceration
- Charleston Moves Announces 2022 Mobility Month Programming
- The Charleston night market is looking for Lowcountry vendors with wow factor
- Charleston loses ‘cleanest in the nation’ in new State of the Air report
- CofC’s Charissa Owens Receives Award for “If These Walls Could Talk” Documentary
- Charleston among most unaffordable US counties to own a home, study says
- Local Nonprofit Going Places to host 2nd Annual Gala on May 21st
- GREENBIZ Spotlight: ReCandle Charleston
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
Mobility Month with Charleston Moves
MAY 1-31
- APR 29: Relay For Life of Palmetto Lowcountry
- APR 30: Charleston | March for Babies
- APR 30: In the Moment with Ohm Radio & Amor Healing Kitchen
- MAY 1-31: Mobility Month with Charleston Moves
- MAY 1: Picnic in the Parks: A Birthday Celebration
- MAY 5: Cinco de Mom-o
- MAY 6-8: 51st Anniversary Greek Festival
- MAY 7: Marine Mammal Art Show
- MAY 7: Charleston Dragon Boat Festival
- MAY 7: 19th Annual Moms’ Run + Family Fun Day
- MAY 11: One-In-Three Afternoon Tea
- MAY 12: 2022 Lowcountry Diversity Leadership Awards
- MAY 14: AMOR 5Kale Yeah!
- MAY 14: Wish Night
- MAY 14: 5th Annual \”Tea with SOUL\” fundraiser
- MAY 14: Simple Fest
- MAY 15: Animals, Art & Automobiles
- MAY 15: Bridge Adventure Ride
- MAY 20: Summer Fête
- MAY 21: National Safe Boating Week – 2022 Charleston Kickoff Festival
- MAY 21: Hampton Park Plant Swap
- MAY 21: 12th Annual Dancing With The ARK’s Stars
- MAY 21: Going Places’ Gala
- MAY 22: 14th Annual Chef’s Potluck
- MAY 29: Gullah/Geechee Connecting Wid Da Diaspora
- MAY 31- JUN 5: Park Circle Pride Festival
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
- Tipped restaurant workers reported more harassment during the pandemic, especially women of color
- A Radical Way of Teaching Architecture
- Code for America thinks it can unwind the administrative burdens that annoy and impoverish countless families
- Can ‘Cathonomics’ produce a just and sustainable world?
- Exploring the Midwest’s forgotten utopian communes
- Tell Better Stories to Win Public Opinion (and Elections)
- Can you truly own anything in the metaverse? A law professor explains how blockchains and NFTs don’t protect virtual property
- Nonprofit AF: Inflation is killing nonprofits. Funders, you need to supplement your grants immediately
#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
- Annie E. Casey Foundation youth-led youth justice projects
- Native American Agriculture Fund grants
- The Lewis Prize for Music
- Craig Newmark Philanthropies
- ACT on Health Equity Community Solutions Challenge
- Companioning Grievers Foundation
- Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood
- National Endowment for Democracy grants
- Parker’s Community Fund
- Carolina Panthers Charities
- LOCAL:
#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
- I-HOPE Women’s Business Center: Free Resources & Training
- Affordable Housing Dashboard – up-to-date development info from the City of Charleston
- Lowcountry Green Calendar – new collaborative niche calendar for local environmental events
- Lowcountry Green Guide – newly launched local environmental organizations and businesses directory
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
- Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor
Kim Kelly (Author) - A Black Women’s History of the United States
Daina Ramey Berry (Author) Kali Nicole Gross (Author) - The Antiracist Business Book: An Equity Centered Approach to Work, Wealth, and Leadership
Trudi Lebron (Author) Arlan Hamilton (Foreword by) - Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women
Brittney C Cooper (Author) - Seen and Unseen: Technology, Social Media, and the Fight for Racial Justice
Marc Lamont Hill (Author) Todd Brewster (Author)
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