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CCT & LifeWorks! Graduate featured in Duke Energy Newsletter
For MLK Day 2022, LifeWorks! graduate Saichelle McNeill took center stage in Duke Energy’s newsletter, illumination. CCT received a $25,000 Social Justice and Racial Equity grant from the energy giant…
Read MoreTeamwork Makes the Dream Work
It takes a team of caring, compassionate people to help achieve CCT’s mission of building people, not prisons. Part of the building includes training programs where participants learn and practice…
Read MoreQueen City Nerve Names CCT “Best Nonprofit in Charlotte”
We are so proud to receive the title ‘Best Nonprofit in Charlotte’ from Queen City Nerve’s Best in the Nest 2021. See what they had to say about our work,…
Read MoreCenter for Women Resident Shares Story of Overcoming Obstacles
Carita Jacobs is completing the last few months of her prison sentence at CCT’s residential work release dorm. Her path hasn’t been an easy one. However, as you’ll see in…
Read MoreFair Hiring Process
The hiring process has many steps, from completing an application to phone interviews and criminal background checks, with human resources (HR) doing much of the vetting. Our executive director, who…
Read MoreThe Charlotte Observer Articles Shine Spotlight on CCT, Incarceration & Reentry
Reporter Devna Bose writes about marginalized people, underrepresented communities, racism and social justice for The Charlotte Observer. She and photographer Khadejeh Nikouyeh spent time recently at the Center for Community…
Read MoreCCT Launches Second Chance Fund Campaign
In 2009, Ebony began a 10-year prison sentence for drug trafficking. Today, she’s a college graduate and owns a thriving transportation business. At the heart of Ebony’s successful journey from…
Read MorePretty (and confident) in Pink: First shoe purchase gives Center for Women resident a self-image boost
For most of us, shopping for shoes is a mundane activity. We walk into a store, browse the aisles for a few pairs we like, try them on and buy…
Read MoreCCT’s Patrice Funderburg Celebrated as “Unsung Hero” in 40 Over 40 Award
“Building People, Not Prisons” isn’t just the Center for Community Transitions tagline. It’s how Executive Director Patrice Funderburg models her path to leading transformative change within the Charlotte community —…
Read MoreCenter for Women: Residents Vaccinated, Ready to Work, Preparing for Reentry
More than a year after the pandemic hit, residents serving out the final years of their sentences through our Center of Women program are finally seeing the light at the…
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