{"id":27860,"date":"2023-07-07T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/?p=27860"},"modified":"2023-07-07T08:08:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:08:02","slug":"changemakers-weekly-digest-2023-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/changemakers-weekly-digest-2023-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Changemakers Weekly Digest &#8211; 2023 &#8211; #27"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome to the 2023 Changemakers Weekly Digest!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Charleston&#8217;s convenient source for the latest Lowcountry nonprofit &amp; grassroots<br \/>\nnews, perspectives, ideas, events, resources and more&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Please keep sharing your events, ideas and resources via the &#8220;CONTACT US&#8221; link on CharlestonGood.com<br \/>\nor via email anytime: charlestongood@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>#GoodNews <\/strong>&#8211; local nonprofit &amp; grassroots headlines<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/charlestoncitypaper\/docs\/230623_iaamfullbookweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free eBook &#8211; Journeys: Welcoming the IAAM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counton2.com\/news\/west-ashley-residents-backing-sumar-street-redevelopment-in-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Ashley residents backing Sumar Street redevelopment in letter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/charlestoncitypaper.com\/2023\/06\/30\/our-view-shame-on-the-charleston-six-for-thwarting-sumar-street-gateway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CP View: Shame on the Charleston Six for thwarting Sumar Street gateway<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crbjbizwire.com\/new-grant-funds-to-advance-racial-health-equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Grant Funds to Advance Racial Health Equity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/holycitysinner.com\/2023\/07\/03\/cjcc-to-host-free-bilingual-community-event-with-housing-information-and-resources-informacion-y-recursos-de-vivienda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CJCC to Host Free Bilingual Community Event with Housing Information and Resources\/ Informaci\u00f3n y recursos de vivienda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.today\/sZK7X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charleston County struggles to fill spots on board that governs Joseph Floyd Manor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/holycitysinner.com\/2023\/06\/28\/mex-1-and-warrior-surf-foundation-to-host-short-film-premiere-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mex 1 and Warrior Surf Foundation to Host Short Film Premiere Event<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.live5news.com\/2023\/06\/29\/south-carolina-unveils-its-new-resilience-plan-deal-with-severe-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Carolina unveils its new resilience plan to deal with severe weather<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.today\/5z9pS\">P&amp;C Commentary: SC 41 compromise minimizes environmental impact, protects Phillips community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crbjbizwire.com\/registration-open-for-the-24th-annual-5k-fun-run-to-benefit-local-families-living-with-alzheimers-and-related-dementia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration Open for the 24th Annual 5K Fun Run to Benefit Local Families Living with Alzheimer\u2019s and Related Dementia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scclf.smapply.io\/prog\/feeding_innovation_2023_cycle_1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLY NOW: Feeding Innovation 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/charlestonbusiness.com\/reader-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOMINATIONS OPEN: SC Biz News&#8217; 2023 Reader Rankings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charleston-sc.gov\/1884\/Citizen-Services-Desk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RESOURCE: Got Questions? Ask the Citizen Services Desk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>For Lowcountry environmental news &amp; resources,<br \/>\ncheck out our partners at <a href=\"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GrowPurpose.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>#SharingHub<\/strong> &#8211; Charleston Good just launched a new resource hub to facilitate more community connections and more sharing in 2023<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Share more with our <a href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/community-sharing-hub\/\">COMMUNITY SHARING HUB<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>#GoodEvents<\/strong> &#8211; a few featured upcoming nonprofit events<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JUL 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bethechangecharleston.org\/upcoming-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1st Annual Empowerment Through Employment (ETE) celebration<\/a><\/li>\n<li>JUL 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/shots-with-a-spin-2023-wheelchair-basketball-tournament-charleston-sc-tickets-60305055043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Shots with a Spin&#8221; Wheelchair Basketball Tournament<\/a><\/li>\n<li>JUL 9: <a href=\"https:\/\/halsey.cofc.edu\/main-events\/family-day-wwwunderkammer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Family Day at the Halsey<\/a><\/li>\n<li>JUL 9: <a href=\"https:\/\/holycitysinner.com\/2023\/07\/01\/i-serve-with-joy-to-host-pop-up-baby-shower-on-july-9th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Serve with Joy&#8217;s Pop-up Baby Shower<\/a><\/li>\n<li>JUL 15: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/560684565999159\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tri County Black Nurses Association Mental Health Summit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>JUL 18: <a href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charleston-green-drinks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charleston Green Drinks: Plastics<\/a><\/li>\n<li>JUL 18: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/musc-urban-farm-farewell-event-tickets-664627497737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MUSC Urban Farm Commemoration &amp; Celebration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>For our most up-to-date curated event listings,<br \/>\ncheck out our <a href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/community-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COMMUNITY CALENDAR<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>#GoodStuff <\/strong>&#8211; interesting articles and resources from around the web<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/asia\/2023\/06\/29\/why-are-vietnams-schools-so-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why are Vietnam\u2019s schools so good?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/inthesetimes.com\/article\/trader-joes-union-teamsters-contract-auto-workers-writers-guild-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Working Class History Is Happening Before Our Eyes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/space\/astronauts-urine-sweat-almost-entirely-recycled-drinking-water-new-sys-rcna91619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Astronauts&#8217; urine and sweat are almost entirely recycled into drinking water with new system<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2023\/06\/rich-countries-pledge-climate-finance-billion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wealthy nations pledge $100 billion in climate finance. Here&#8217;s what that means<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.today\/oiAJ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia offers MDMA drug therapy for PTSD, a world first<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/activists-hail-nepal-ruling-allowing-same-sex-marriage-2023-06-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Activists hail Nepal ruling allowing same-sex marriage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/jun\/02\/dupont-pfas-settlement-water-chemical-contamination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top US chemical firms to pay $1.2bn to settle water contamination lawsuits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>#CHSvolunteers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/charleston-volunteer-hub\/\">VOLUNTEER HUB<\/a><br \/>\nfor local organizations actively seeking volunteers<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>#GoodGrants\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/nonprofit-resources\/nonprofit-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NONPROFIT GRANTS HUB<\/a><br \/>\nfeatures new grant opportunities as well as lots of grants resources<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>#GoodJobs <\/strong>&#8211; local nonprofit job opportunities<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>For local nonprofit job openings and resources,<br \/>\ncheck out our <a href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/charleston-nonprofit-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHARLESTON NONPROFIT JOBS HUB<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>#GoodBooks <\/strong>&#8211; Newly featured in Charleston Good&#8217;s Bookshop<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/19618\/9798888900574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies<\/a><br \/>\nColin Kaepernick (Editor) Robin D. G. Kelley (Editor) Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Editor)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;Featuring writings by: David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Anna Julia Cooper, Zora Neale Hurston, W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, James Baldwin, June Jordan, Angela Y. Davis, Robert Allen, Barbara Smith, Toni Cade Bambara, bell hooks, Barbara Christian, Patricia Hill Collins, Cathy J. Cohen, Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw, Saidiya Hartman, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, and many others. [&#8230;]To read Our History Has Always Been Contraband is to be an outlaw for liberation. These writings illuminate the ways we can collectively work toward freedom for all&#8211;through abolition, feminism, racial justice, economic empowerment, self-determination, desegregation, decolonization, reparations, queer liberation, cultural and artistic expression, and beyond.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Shopping for Books?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can support Charleston Good &amp; local bookstores by shopping via <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/shop\/charlestongood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our store at BookShop.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script src=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/widgets.js\" data-type=\"search\" data-include-branding=\"false\" data-affiliate-id=\"19618\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FIND THIS NEWSLETTER USEFUL?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Feel free to share it with a friend!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/charlestongood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CharlestonGood.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#goodsharing #collaborating4change #chsvolunteers #changemakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27862 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Changemakers-Digest-2023-27.jpg\" alt=\"Changemakers-Digest-2023-27\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Changemakers-Digest-2023-27.jpg 700w, https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Changemakers-Digest-2023-27-300x171.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/400;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 2023 Changemakers Weekly Digest! 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