Meet a Neighborhood Change-Maker: William Downey
Editors Note: Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) is grounded in the belief that every Memphis neighborhood includes people who...
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...
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...
Celebrating 5+ years of Shalom Zones in the Midsouth
On November 6, 2015, the Center for Transforming Communities hosted an evening of celebration recognizing the 5th anniversary of several...
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...
