Changemakers Weekly Digest – Edition #38

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#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines

• Donate to nonprofit and receive Best of Charleston party ticket
• CofC’s Charissa Owens Receives Award for “If These Walls Could Talk” Documentary
• Navigating the unknowns to become an energy producer
• Planet Fitness offering free summer workouts for teens
• Charleston County Parks Launches “2033: Parks and Recreation for ALL” Plan
• Family is where Janice Hudgins’ heart is
• Demonstrators gather for pro-choice rally in downtown Charleston
• Innovation Week launches creative ideas from faculty and students
• Lowcountry teacher, podcast host talks about state of education in SC
• National transportation company boasts 15,000-acre Lowcountry conservation portfolio
• 2 Charleston-area natives nominated for James Beard Media Awards
• Charleston environmental nonprofit working to remove sunken ship

For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com

#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events

Mobility Month with Charleston Moves
MAY 1-31

• 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 17: GREEN DRINKS: Transportation & Mobility
• MAY 18: CTAR Cocktails for Community
• MAY 19: Secure the Bag – BYOL Lunch & Learn
• 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: Blue On the River All White Affair
• 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

• Why “Solarpunk” Gives Me Hope for a More Sustainable Future
• A Major New Study Shows a Promising Solution to Gun Violence—That Doesn’t Involve Police
• The Expanding Job
• The cost of toxic products? Just $1
• Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues
• Toronto plans to turn parking lot into affordable housing made of mass timber
• Nonprofit AF: Subtle ways power dynamics manifest between nonprofits and funders
• Protest Movements Could Be More Effective Than the Best Charities

#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities

• FEATURED: Volunteer with SCORE
• 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

• Longview Foundation K-12 Education Projects Building Global Perspectives
• RESIST social justice grants
• Can’d Aid Crush it Crusade
• Ben & Jerry’s Foundation invites applications from grassroots organizations
• Herb Block Foundation citizen involvement grants
• Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History
• LOCAL: Coastal Community Foundation has June deadlines coming up!
  • Open Grants
  • HOME Community Fund
  • Dorchester County Fund
  • Giving Back to Berkeley County Fund
  • REALTORS Housing Opportunities Fund (RHOF)
  • Lowcountry Unity Fund

#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities

• FEATURED:
  • SIERRA CLUB – SC Organizing Representative
  • MULTIPLE POSITIONS: 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

• Climate Justice Alliance – building economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy
• The Climate Game – Can you reach net zero by 2050?
• Beautiful Trouble’s SMART Objectives – methodology tool for activists
• Lowcountry Green Calendar – new collaborative niche calendar for local environmental events

#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop

• The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
  Amitav Ghosh (Author)
• Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to Covid-19 Vaccines
  Alexander Zaitchik (Author)
• Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the World
  Ian Wright (Author)
• Welcome to the Universe in 3D: A Visual Tour
  Neil Degrasse Tyson (Author) J Richard Gott (Author) & 2 more
• The Quarantine Atlas: Mapping Global Life Under Covid-19
  Laura Bliss (Author) A. Bloomberg Citylab Project (Author)

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