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...
Everything Needed Was There: The Story of the SMSZ College Readiness Program
Editors Note: Last fall, Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) provided grants to three Shalom Zones to help them implement projects...
The Neighborhood History Project - Documenting History to Claim a New Story
Last week, the 2016 Neighborhood History Project came to a close. On Monday evening, the four youth history interns from Highland Heights...
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...
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....
The Neighborhood History Project - A Transformative Experience
Editor’s note: This post was written by CTC’s own Sumi Montgomery, who first learned about CTC through her involvement with the...
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...
Meet the people of the South Memphis Shalom Zone
Meet some of the people who make up the South Memphis Shalom Zone. This video was created as part of a 5th anniversary celebration of the...
Shalom Zones, Shaping Education
What are these Neighborhood Engagements to Shape the Future of Education all about? Watch this video to find out.
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...
