Posts Tagged ‘reentry’
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…
Read MoreIris 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…
Read MoreNewsletter – March 2018
CCT News We hope you’ll join us at our first ever “Friend-Raiser” March 22nd Join us March 22nd from 5-7pm for an upscale casual “Friend-Raiser” at Advent Coworking Space and…
Read MoreCCT 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…
Read MoreCCT 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…
Read More#DoGoodWeek in Charlotte and CCT
It’s #DoGoodWeek in Charlotte – a week of honoring AND recruiting volunteers! CCT Executive Director, Myra Clark, and CCT Volunteer,?Joanna Patcha, appeared on FOX 46’s “Good Day” show to talk…
Read MoreApril is Second Chance Month
All month CCT has been celebrating Second Chance Month as an informal month declared by a peer organization, Prison Fellowship, but today, it became official. The U.S. Senate Declared April…
Read MoreNew Garden at the Center for Women
Last week volunteer extraordinaire,?Pam Eavenson, assisted residents of the Center for Women with starting a vegetable and herb garden. The garden is on the grounds of our main facility and…
Read MoreNC Aims to Reduce Use of Solitary Confinement
NC has reduced its use of solitary confinement by more than 50% since 2012 but still has a long way to go according to a recently released Vera Institute report.…
Read MoreCharlotte Opportunity Task Force
The Charlotte Opportunity Task Force, a group of 20 community members who spent 18 months studying intergenerational povery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, released its report at the end of March. Charlotte-Mecklenburg was…
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