Changemakers Weekly Digest – Edition #7

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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

• The Avondale 5k Run & Walk Is Back and Celebrating Its 12th Year
• Gibbes Museum’s Film Series to Focus on Racial Passing
• Eat & Drink for a Cause at SOL Southwest Kitchen & Tequila Bar
• SC Attorney General Awards Grant to Carolina Youth Development Center
• Mount Pleasant Community Arts Center to host First Coffee House Variety Show in October
• Fatty’s Beer Works Hosting “Bea Strong Silent Auction + Fundraiser” for Local Resident Battling Stage 4 Cancer
• Charleston churches’ Micah Project provides platform to discuss divisive issues
• Charleston rugby teams pass message of inclusion for LGBTQ in sports, community
• Proposed sea wall project could leave low-income areas vulnerable
• Tha CommUNITY co-owners want to bring more color to local taprooms
• WATCH: 2021 Green Tie Awards Full Program Video
• LISTEN: Holy City Sinner Radio Featuring Katie Blomquist of Going Places

#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events

SEP 15 – OCT 15: Hispanic Heritage Month Events
SEP 30 – OCT 10: MOJA Arts Festival

• OCT 6-7: YES! Fest: A Better World Rising (virtual)
• OCT 6: SIT A SPELL | Dr. Kameelah Martin
• OCT 7: Cine latinoamericano: películas en idioma español
• OCT 7: FREE SCORE WEBINAR – Nonprofit Volunteer Management
• OCT 9: Bea Strong Fundraiser
• OCT 9: Charleston Beer Fest (CANCELLED)
• OCT 9: NAMI Walks Charleston
• OCT 9: Peace Walk
• OCT 10: Latin American Festival
• OCT 11: HALSEY & WSG INTERSECTIONS PANEL DISCUSSION | Namsa Leuba (hybrid)
• OCT 14: Healing Farms ‘Believe in Possibility’ Virtual Gala
• OCT 15: “A MONTH and SOME DAYS | UN MES Y DIAS” Free Documentary Screening
• OCT 15-16: Rural & Limited Resource Landowner Symposium (hybrid)
• OCT 16: Walk to End Alzheimers
• OCT 16: Carolina Surf Film Festival
• OCT 17: 5th Annual Hike for Mike
• OCT 21: Final Resting Places (virtual)
• OCT 23: Let’s Talk About It Party
• OCT 23: Fall Into Justice
• 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 11: LAF Percentage Night at Holy City Brewing
• NOV 19: Festival of Trees/Sparkles & Spirits’ Gala
• NOV 20: Cross the Cut Ride
• DEC 3: Art for Good: Auction & Music
• DEC 11: Sea Life by Starlight
• DEC 18: Spot Light Awards

#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web

• How Los Angeles Became the City of Dingbats
• This Nigerian startup sells solar-powered batteries at corner stores
• The Racist Lady with the Lamp
• Why Is America So Bad at Keeping People Ali
• What’s in a Social Justice Diet?
• 6 Latinx-led cooperatives you should learn about this Hispanic Heritage Month
• Care to join us in saying #byefacebook?
  • Facebook is acting like a hostile foreign power; it’s time we treated it that way.

#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities

• FEATURED: @MadParkCommunity is officially accepting volunteers! Mad Park Community’s mission is to significantly improve the health of our community through fitness, education, holistic nutrition, and well-being services offered to low-income families. To all health and wellness enthusiasts, come and join as we continue to impact our community! For more insight about how you can become a MAD Volunteer, contact us at madparkcommunity@gmail.com
• 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

• People, Parks, and Power: A National Initiative for Green Space, Health Equity, and Racial Justice
• EJ4Climate: Environmental Justice and Climate Resilience
• Lalor Foundation – Reproductive Health grants
• Catholic Campaign for Human Development
• Klorane Botanical Foundation Budding Botanist Grant
• American Association of University Women American Fellowships
• Conservation Alliance grants
• SCDHEC: K-12 Champions of the Environment grants (deadline: Oct 15)

#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities

• FEATURED: Carolina Youth Action Network seeks Sex Education Peer Educators
• 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

• Green Worker Co-op – helps immigrants and communities of color “build, grow and sustain worker-owned green businesses”
• NonprofitReady.org –  “Over 500 learning resources to help you and your nonprofit do more good”
• SnipClip – Free screen recorder – No ads, installs or limits. Cool.
• 7 privacy-first search engines
• Stumbled – “discover the most interesting, weird or awesome websites”

#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop

• White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea
  Tyler Stovall (Author)
• Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire
  Tim Harper (Author)
• I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
  Ed Yong (Author)
• In a Different Key: The Story of Autism
  Caren Zucker (Author) John Donvan (Author)
• Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change
  Thor Hanson (Author)

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