CCT Blog
Center for Community Transitions - Charlotte NC
A Message from A Summer Intern
One of our summer interns, Kate Capitano, wrote the following: An official goodbye to one of the most special places in my life: the days were never easy and the love was tough but for that exact reason I can say this summer I finally felt what it means to make the conscious decision to…
Iris Thomas’ Release Story
“I can’t even explain it in words!’ Iris exclaims as she starts her release interview with me. “Everything I’ve been hustling for my whole adult life has come to be in the last 6 months”. It is August 8th, 2018, and Iris Thomas who will be 69 years young next week, is leaving prison by…
We’re BBB Certified!!!
We are thrilled to announce that we received top marks from the BBB’s 20 standards for Charitable Accountability.? Read the full report here.
United Way, Awards And New Faces (June 2018)
May was crazy! First there was the great turnout for Spring Fling 2018, and the Women’s Impact Fund awarded Families Doing Time the Human Services Grant.? On June 7, the United Way Board voted to support CCT with $172,250 funding for FY19.? These are important investments in our organization,?and will help us improve the economic…
Good Times At Spring Fling 2018
Thank you to everyone who made SpringFling 2018 a success! We enjoyed fun, food, fellowship and caught up with former clients. It was a great night. Special thanks to saxophonist LaShan “Shableek” Richardson, My Camille’s Cafe and Catering and BoogyTyme Rentals. Congratulations to all over our Spring 2018 award recipients: LifeWorks! Volunteer of the Year…
A New Partnership with No Grease Barbershop
We are excited to announce a new partnership formed with No Grease Barbershop. No Grease will now offer free haircuts to our clients to help prepare them for job interviews! Clients will be given special vouchers for the free cuts at No Grease?s two Charlotte-area barber schools. Any clients in need of a free haircut…
CCT Honored with Song and Video at HeARTbeat
On March 2nd,?Playing For Others?put on their largest performance of the year at McGlohon Theater in Sprit Square and honored CCT in the process. Playing for others is an arts-based organization that works with youth in Charlotte. Each year they choose 10 nonprofits to honor with art and performance pieces during the HeARTbeat event. This…
CCT Client Profiled in Charlotte Five!
Photo by: Katie Toussaint Online news and culture publication, Charlotte Five, did a profile of LifeWorks! client, Tyrone Miller. In the piece, Tyrone shares his outlook on life after prison and his journey to try to find employment. Twenty-seven-year-old Tyrone Miller was released from prison just over a month ago. He spent nearly eight years…
CCT Honored by Playing for Others
CCT is one of ten nonprofits being honored by the Playing for Others (PFO) class of ’17-18 this year. PFO is an organization in Charlotte that?provides a space for teens to explore and answer the questions, ?Who Am I?? and ?How will I give of that?? through programming in Personal Development, Service, and the Arts….
CCT Executive Director Participates in City-Wide Panel
Last night CCT Executive Director, Myra Clark, participated in a panel at a city-wide event about mass incarceration. The event, “Rethinking Incarceration” was hosted by Warehouse 242 and featured a new book by the same name, authored by?Dominique DuBois Gilliard. Mr. Gilliard was the keynote speaker and also served on the panel. The other panel…