Millennials Engaging in the Work of Neighborhoods - Perspectives from the next generation on communi
Much has been stated about the leveraging power of the emerging generation known as Millennials, occasionally referred to as Generation...
The Antidote to Isolation in Memphis
There is something to be said for a community where neighbors know each other and wave from their front porches to passersby as twilight...
Building Hope for New Americans - Welcoming a Stranger is a Calling of Faith in Binghampton
When Cam Echols thinks of her work as the executive director of the Refugee Empowerment Program (REP), she speaks of a calling that...
The Truths of Poverty Framed Through Art - Focus for the Good Capturing Community Transformation Thr
Their faces are honest and raw, at times looking withered and worn beneath the many lines of worry and sadness, but glints of hope...
"Our Diversity is a Gift," Says Rev. Billy Vaughan - Collaborative Spirit Spills into Stre
The collaborative spirit among partners at The Commons on Merton is a wonderful thing to be a part of, says Rev. Billy Vaughan, but what...
Youth Find Common Ground in The Commons - Program Overlaps Benefit Organizations Serving Families
In Tennessee, more than 150,000 children are indirect victims of crimes committed by close family members. When a loved one goes to...
Linking the Hopes of Communities, Cities, and Society - Revitalizing a Cross Section of the United S
It’s completely reasonable to step back and view the Memphis neighborhood of Binghampton as a microcosm of the United States as a...
Snapshots of a Community in Transformation - A Building at the Heart of Binghampton
Transformation is a familiar subject for pastor Billy Vaughan when he considers the evolution of the Everett Memorial United Methodist...
Creating Community in The Commons - Transforming a Building into a Center of Revitalization
Three years ago the possibility of the church at the corner of McAdoo and Oxford in Memphis’s Binghampton neighborhood becoming a...
Gardening tools in place of firearms? - Community gardens could be social and economic game changers
About six years ago, Carl Awsumb read a front-page article in a Memphis newspaper about the amount of violent crime in the city and how...
