
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...

Meet the Neighborhood Connectors - Kate
In March 2016, Kate Kananura joined the CTC team as the new Neighborhood Connector for the Us Making it Happen in Southeast Memphis...

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,...
REP: Educating, Empowering, and Paving the Way - Meeting the educational needs of refugee children a
Camela Echols Blackmon, known as “Cam,” is a native Memphian. She got her start working as a social service director for the United...

It's All About Sharing Experience, Knowledge, Love, and Making Friends
Carl Awsumb was so excited on that Saturday in July, when more children showed up than ever before. With fifteen to twenty children and...

Developing eyes to see what God sees - Prayer Walking: a practice for shalom-seekers in the neighbor
This is the third Lenten season that The Corners of HighlandHeights Community of Shalom has coordinated a weekly prayer walk in their...

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...

"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...

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...

Honoring All Voices in Community Transformation - Community Happens Organically in South Memphis
When all voices carry equal weight in the rebuilding of community, and everyone’s assets are valued, remarkable things can happen. For...