FirstWorks at The Corners Thrives by Building on Community Assets
The Corners of Highland Heights Community of Shalom faced a difficult decision last summer when it looked like FirstWorks, a long running...
Does rugged individualism limit our ability to build community? - Possibilities through the lens of
This week I had the pleasure of a visit from Stanley Gitari Imunya and Mary Karimi Gitari of Kenya. Our mutual acquaintance, Susan...
1,000 examples of community strength in The Heights - Reflections on what’s possible through coopera
​​ While 1,000 people were coming and going during a back-to-school party at Treadwell Middle School in September, Anna Terry had a...
Powerful conversations for Memphis’ Carl Awsumb - "I’m excited by what’s going on in this city&
​​ One of the first questions posed to the gathering of 300 community members in Memphis on Nov. 14 urged attendees to consider the gifts...
The Antidote to Isolation in Memphis
There is something to be said for a community where neighbors know each other and wave from their front porches to passersby as twilight...
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...
Gardening tools in place of firearms? - Community gardens could be social and economic game changers
About six years ago, Carl Awsumb read a front-page article in a Memphis newspaper about the amount of violent crime in the city and how...
