CEC Awards Ceremony

The CEC awards ceremony took place on Feb. 1.  Click on the image to see the full video and photographs.

Asheville Garden Tour

CEC recently went to Asheville to tour it's community gardents.

Roundtable Presentation on PhotoVoice

Photovoice artists and USC faculty present findings from the From Snapshot to Civic Action Photovoice Project at the 139th Annual American Public Health Association Conference in Washington, DC. Pictured front (L-R), Brittney Hunter and Keyona Hagler (photovoice artists) and back…

WisTV talks with CEC

WisTV recently aired an interview with CEC Director Stacy Smallwood regarding the work that CEC is performing.

Community Partners

Photovoice artists and USC researchers join together to create healthier and safer community environments to live, work, play, and pray.

New Center Launches

Empowerment project will include community in decision-making. For College of Social Work professors Darcy Freedman and Ron Pitner, Tuesday evening’s kickoff celebration for the Community Empowerment Center (CEC) in Columbia’s Gonzales Gardens and Lyon Street neighborhoods was the first step…

PhotoVoice Exhibit Opening

Members of the Healthy Environments Research Team at our Meet the Artists reception, which took place in February 2011 at the USC McKissick Museum.

PhotoVoice Reunion

Artists who participated in the “From Snapshot to Civic Action Photovoice Project.”

Pillars of Success

Wall of Fame

This is home.  I’m surrounded by inspiration by low-income people from my community who have gone on to achieve greater things and have given back to the community. In our patio area outside our building, we honor these individuals by…