Everything We Do Is Built Upon Something Else
The first workshop that I attended this week at Tamarack Institute’s 2016 Community Change Institute demonstrated a simple tool for...
Disruption and Embracing Change
The theme of the 2016 Community Change Institute (CCI) hosted by the Tamarack Institute is “Disruption.” The word disruption can evoke a...
Co-creating Sustainable, Neighborhood Change in Memphis: Nothing about us, without us!
The Tamarack Institute is a keen, thoughtful, and deep observer of how community change happens at the beginning of the 21st century,...
Dialogue Strategies for Transforming Conflict - A Conversation with Jean Handley
Jean Handley is a Memphis-based communications specialist who practices a communications model known as Mindful Communication. On June 8,...
Two Tales of One City: Shifting our Perspective on Memphis and our Neighborhoods
Memphis is a city rife with crime, poverty, and blight. One of the most obese cities in America and one of the least educated. A city...
What's in a Name? - Reflecting on "Center for Transforming Communities"
Sometimes I get strange looks when I tell people where I work. “Center for Transforming Communities? So that’s what you do? Transform...
Lessons from Broadway, Part 3 - Miracles, Abundance, and Discovering More than Is Expected
Note: This is the third in a series of blog posts describing lessons learned during our time with DeAmon Harges and Mike Mather of...
Lessons from Broadway, Part 1 - Look Intently
At Center for Transforming Communities (CTC), we are always learning. But for the last two weeks, we’ve been doing a lot of learning. On...
Lunch and Learn - Urban Education and Lessons from COSEBOC 2015
Last week, CTC hosted a special Lunch and Learn session inspired by the recent Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC)...
Exposure to a World of Assets Around Us - Every Community Member Has Gifts to Offer
Last weekend I had the opportunity to be a part of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Workshop at the Center for Transforming...
