Rev. James Lawson encourages Young Adults
Rev. James Lawson has been one of the leading voices for Civil Rights and social justice in the world for more than five decades. He was...
Meet a Neighborhood Change-Maker: Dianne Love
Editors Note: Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) is grounded in the belief that every Memphis neighborhood includes people who...
Visions of Shalom
For nearly a decade, Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) has engaged with neighborhood leaders through a program called Communities...
June 10, 2017: A Whirlwind Photo Tour of 4 Shalom Zones
Last Saturday, I needed to do the impossible. I needed to be in four places at once. Four Shalom Zones had events taking place at roughly...
Meet the Neighborhood Connectors
Earlier this year, we posted that Jasmine Champion would be leaving CTC and her role as the first South Memphis Neighborhood Connector....
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...
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 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...
Lunch and Learn - Urban Education and Lessons from COSEBOC 2015
Last week, CTC hosted a special Lunch and Learn session inspired by the recent Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC)...
