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...
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...
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...
The Spirit of The Commons - The POWER of SHARED SPACE
In China's culture the thought is often articulated through the concept and practice of feng-shui -the system that governs spatial...
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...
The Truths of Poverty Framed Through Art - Focus for the Good Capturing Community Transformation Thr
Their faces are honest and raw, at times looking withered and worn beneath the many lines of worry and sadness, but glints of hope...
Youth Find Common Ground in The Commons - Program Overlaps Benefit Organizations Serving Families
In Tennessee, more than 150,000 children are indirect victims of crimes committed by close family members. When a loved one goes to...
Creating Community in The Commons - Transforming a Building into a Center of Revitalization
Three years ago the possibility of the church at the corner of McAdoo and Oxford in Memphis’s Binghampton neighborhood becoming a...
