Guest Post - Reconsidering a Network
Editor's Note: This month, we have a guest post by Amy Greil. Amy is a researcher and community developer from Wisconsin who recently...
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...
What Role Can Neighborhoods Play in Education? The Power of the Shalom Zone Network
What role can neighborhoods play in education? This question was top of mind when, in early 2015, Center for Transforming Communities...
"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...
Meet the Neighborhood Connectors - Meet Ashley
In March 2016, Ashley Black joined the CTC team as the new South Memphis Neighborhood Connector. Here, Ashley tells us a little about...
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...
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...
Door of Hope - Connecting People to Portals of Opportunity - In the Business of Serving Guests
Two years ago, Andy planned to volunteer for three months. He changed the construct of his life after being invited to a writing session....
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....
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...
