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Center for Community Transitions - Charlotte NC
Listen now: Myra Clark visits the Francene Marie Show
Did you realize there are an estimated 2 million people in North Carolina with a criminal record? Myra Clark exits the Center For Community Transitions after 32 years! Clark served as the Executive Director for 22 years and 10 years with their Center For Women for 10 years, the amazing Patrice Funderburg will take the…
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Thanks for making our Give a Chance for Change year-end fundraising campaign an incredible success!
Thanks to each of you who donated to our Chance for Change Giving Tuesday and year-end fundraising campaign! Over 150 generous donors contributed $55,000 to the Center for Community Transitions. These dollars will go directly towards strengthening our programs and services that help formerly incarcerated men and women transform their lives, as well as provide…
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Join our 2020 Build People Not Prisons event planning committee
Our 3rd Annual Build People Not Prisons Spring fundraising event is Thursday, March 26th at Warehouse 242 in West Charlotte. We need volunteer committee members, like YOU, to help plan this event. The committee will meet bi-weekly up until the event on March 26. The first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 29 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at…
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Myra Clark retires from CCT; Patrice Funderburg named new executive director
Myra Clark has retired as executive director of the Center for Community Transitions (CCT) after leading the organization for 22 years. Patrice Funderburg, former CCT board co-chair and local criminal justice advocate, was named new executive director effective Jan 1, 2020. Clark, who first joined CCT in 1988 as program director for the Center for…
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Families Doing Time kids head to Dan Nichols Park for gems, animals and fun
Mining for gems, riding the carousel, hanging out with donkeys and filling their bellies with pizza – it was an action-packed day at Dan Nichols Park on Nov. 2 for about 20 Families Doing Time children. The outing was part FDT’s Enrichment Institute, which offers cultural enrichment field trips for families of incarcerated individuals. “When…
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