"For the First Time in Their Lives, Someone Was Listening To Them" - The Story of the Firs
Editor's Note: Last fall, Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) provided grants to three Shalom Zones to help them implement projects...
Everything Needed Was There: The Story of the SMSZ College Readiness Program
Editors Note: Last fall, Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) provided grants to three Shalom Zones to help them implement projects...
The Neighborhood History Project - Documenting History to Claim a New Story
Last week, the 2016 Neighborhood History Project came to a close. On Monday evening, the four youth history interns from Highland Heights...
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...
Looking Back - The South Memphis Neighborhood Connector One Year Later
A year ago, Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) set off to do something new. We began piloting a new program – a program that would...
Meet the people of The Corners of Highland Heights Community of Shalom
Meet some of the people who make up The Corners of Highland Heights Shalom Zone. This video was created as part of a 5th anniversary...
Imagination must come before implementation*
When I was first invited to be part of what would become Center for Transforming Communities (CTC), the organization had few financial...
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 2 - How can you revitalize something that's already vital?
Note: This is the second 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...
