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Center for Community Transitions - Charlotte NC
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles Proclaims Feb. 25 as “Ramona Brant Day”
It’s no coincidence the Center for Community Transitions chose Feb. 25 as the date for its Second Chance Employment virtual summit on investing in and hiring workers with criminal records. That day marked three years since the unexpected death of Ramona Brant, a City of Charlotte employee who was making the most of her “gift”…
Investing In, Hiring Workers with Criminal Records Focus of CCT’s Feb. 25 Second Chance Employment Summit
Investing in untapped talent – workers with criminal and conviction records – is the focus of Center for Community Transitions’ virtual summit, “Greater Charlotte Pathways Home: An Executive Convening on Second Chance Employment.” The online event will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m., Feb. 25, for second-chance employers, workforce development professionals, hiring managers and…
Highlights from Back in Style, LOVE Week
Back in Style, our 9th annual back-to-school event to help kids with incarcerated loved ones prepare for school, shifted from in-person to drive-thru this year. CCT staff and volunteers distributed free backpacks filled with school supplies to elementary, middle and high school students who participate in Families Doing Time and Center for Women programs. Due…
Memories with Myra Clark: Looking back on 32 years at CCT
The *Center for Community Transitions began in 1974 in the basement of a church, operating on a $700 annual budget. Under Myra Clark’s leadership, CCT transformed into a $1.7 million organization that’s helped thousands of formerly incarcerated people rebuild their lives and reintegrate as productive members of society. Every day she came to work, it…
Surprise! CCT receives unexpected $25K gift from Bob Barker Company
Earlier this summer, Executive Director Patrice Funderburg received an unexpected gift in the mail: A $25,000 donation from the Bob Barker Company “Our company wanted to step in and provide this extra check for you and your work, especially with people returning from jail or prison,” said Founder and CEO Bob Barker in his letter…
Thank You to Our Giving Tuesday Now Donors
Thanks to generous donors, we raised $1,000! If you didn’t donate during Giving Tuesday Now it’s not too late, you can still make a donation. Thank you to Tayco Electric and Solar who donated 35 sandwiches to residents at our Center for Women on Giving Tuesday!
Care through Crisis: CCT clients receive services and support during pandemic
From food and clothing referrals to telemedicine and medication management, Center for Community Transitions hasn’t let a global pandemic keep us from providing essential support and services to formerly incarcerated individuals. “Our clients served their time and are now reentering a community filled with so many unknowns. Right now, they need our support more than…
CCT + Wells Fargo Center for Community Engagement + Queens University = Dynamic and sustainable partnership
Thanks to our partnership with Wells Fargo Center for Community Engagement, students from Queens University got to see firsthand how incarceration affects mental health and learn how we work with the Charlotte prison system to offer services to formerly incarcerated individuals. The center aligns with the university’s strategic plan to ensure every student “engages in…
Local journalist and “Money Rock” author Pam Kelley to speak at Build People, Not Prisons event March 26
An author who has written about inequality and the struggles that formerly incarcerated people face will take center stage at our Build People, Not Prisons fundraising event on Thursday, March 26. Freelance journalist Pam Kelley first connected with the Center for Community Transitions in 2017 while writing her book, “Money Rock: A Family’s Story of…
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…