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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...

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...

Amy Moritz on "Thought Grenades" Radio Show

Amy took time this week to talk with Robert Thompson and Mike Neiss on the Thought Grenades series Leadership for the Common Good. She...

Door of Hope: Writing a Way Toward a Bright Future - Providing a safe landing for people to come, sh

“I think that the whole project [The Commons on Merton] is making a difference in the neighborhood and whole community. Door of Hope is...

The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts - Celebrating the strength of coming together at The

There are 21 stained glass windows at The Commons. It’s one of the perks of working here. Walking along corridors, up stairwells, into...

A Most Difficult Concept for Christians - Leading to the joys and fruits of authentic, relational mi

One of my favorite resources for Communities of Shalom is the book titled Building a People of Power by Robert Linthicum. Within the...

Servant Leadership: Living, Loving, and Learning in Community - Making a difference through radical

Not too long ago, I had the privilege of sitting down and talking with Floridia Jackson, a Memphis native who has most recently become...

A Community Clothed in Compassion - Community Clothes Closet of the South Memphis Shalom Zone

I had the opportunity to shadow Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) Director, Amy Moritz, on a Friday afternoon in February in the...

Neighborhoods are the Strength of Our Communities - The Power of an Asset-based Approach

With years of corporate experience, a wealth of wisdom, and a refined lens of perspective Dr. Mary Jo Greil takes a moment to share some...

Southeast Memphis: Making It Happen Shalom Zone

Full of energy...full of excitement, Dianne Love takes a few moments to talk about the progressive change happening in her neighborhood....

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COVID-19 Statement

Binghampton Community Land Trust

Organizing for Action in the North Medical District

Meet a Neighborhood Change-Maker: Joni Laney

Meet CTC's Board of Directors - New Members

Visions of Shalom

We launched the Just Health Table!

Black Lives Matter - CTC Response

COVID Update

The Myth of Normalcy - by Brooke Sarden

COVID-19 Statement