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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
- Bi-Lingual Documentary Amplifies Voices of Tri-County Latino Community
- LAC raising funds to Support Charleston’s historically Black Eastside community
- Turning Page Bookshop moving and opening 2nd store
- Lowcountry Land Trust Protects Land on the Black River
- Charleston hospital to expand mobile vaccine clinic for uninsured children in Lowcountry
- VIDEO: 2021 Commitment to Justice Award reception program honoring Dr. Millicent E. Brown
- Charleston’s Muslim community says more than ‘incremental steps’ needed to combat bigotry
- Forum Offers Chance to Hear Direct From Local Candidates in Mt. Pleasant
- Together SC Announces New Board Members from Charleston and Florence
- What lessons can Charleston learn with thousands of new cyclists on the street?
- Chambers Partner to Launch South Carolina Minority Business Accelerator
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
SEP 15 – OCT 15: Hispanic Heritage Month Events
SEP 25 – OCT 2 : Charleston Pride Week
- SEP 21: PechaKucha 37
- SEP 22: The Green Tie Awards (virtual)
- SEP 22: Free SCORE webinar: Are You Ready to Start a Business?
- SEP 23: Basic Kitchen’s Back to School Party on the Patio
- SEP 25: Poetry on Da Porch
- SEP 27: Live, LAF, Love Golf Tournament
- SEP 30: Forty Under 40 Celebration
- SEP 30-OCT 2: 2021 Slave Dwelling Project Virtual Conference
- OCT 1: Mindful Mornings Charleston – Trauma & the Body
- OCT 2: Carolina Children’s Charity Annual Care-Give-Run
- OCT 2: 2021 Folly Beach Market Hop
- OCT 3: Charleston Waterkeeper Brews Cruise
- OCT 3: Evening of Remembrance at McLeod Plantation Historic SIte
- OCT 6-7: YES! Fest: A Better World Rising (virtual)
- OCT 7: Cine latinoamericano: películas en idioma español
- OCT 9: Bea Strong Fundraiser
- OCT 9: Charleston Beer Fest (CANCELLED)
- OCT 9: NAMI Walks Charleston
- OCT 14: Healing Farms ‘Believe in Possibility’ Virtual Gala
- OCT 15: “A MONTH and SOME DAYS | UN MES Y DIAS” Free Documentary Screening
- OCT 16: Walk to End Alzheimers
- OCT 17: 5th Annual Hike for Mike
- OCT 29: Party for the Parks
- OCT 30: LUNG FORCE Run/Walk 5K
- OCT 30: HALOS Kinship Caregivers Conference
- NOV 6: Revel on the River
- NOV 19: Festival of Trees/Sparkles & Spirits’ Gala
- DEC 3: Art for Good: Auction & Music
- DEC 18: Spot Light Awards
#GoodStuff – articles from around the web
- How viewing cities as organisms can change the way we use and consume resources
- Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop
- Why Empowering Workers Is a Form of Reparations
- Can Churches Help to Ease the Affordable-Housing Shortage?
- This new mixed-income housing complex comes with its own farm
- Racism in the Dewey Decimal System
- Opinion | It’s Time to Dismantle America’s Residential Caste System
- Report: To close the park access gap, open up schoolyards
- More reasons Charleston Good is sticking with our boycott of Facebook:
- Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.
If you are interested in developing/promoting local alternatives to FB, please contact us
- Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.
#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
- Herb Block Foundation – Defending Basic Freedoms grants
- Tremaine Foundation Peer Networks and Innovation Grants for Curators
- Sparkplug Foundation grassroots organizing and innovation grants
- National Park Trust – Every Kid Outdoors Transportation Grants
- Impact Fund – Social Justice Litigation grants
- Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation youth leadership & employment grants
- CITY OF CHARLESTON – American Rescue Plan Act Grant application
#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities
- FEATURED JOB: Executive Director, Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust
- 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
- BeeKonnected – FREE “State of the Art Technology Konnecting Like-Minded Professionals Globally!”
- Free Speech TV – available online as well as via DirecTV, Dish Network, Apple TV, Sling TV, Roku, and numerous community TV stations
- Greenwood – Black-owned “Socially responsible banking for community reinvestment” developed specifically to support Black and Latino communities
- Green Collar Blog – news and resources from the Green Jobs Network
- Wormhole – simple, private file-sharing
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
- The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The New York Times Magazine (Editor) Nikole Hannah-Jones (Editor) - Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity
Paola Ramos (Author) - God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
Meghan O’Gieblyn (Author) - An African American and Latinx History of the United States
Paul Ortiz (Author) - Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead (Author)
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