“We get to see despair transform into hope over and over,” President Carter has said. Take a look back at the kinds of inspiring moments that spark when homeowners, volunteers and supporters come together under a common mission.

Carter Work Project volunteers lend a hand to the Charlotte community’s work building a thriving neighborhood at the historic site where an all-Black, segregation-era school called Plato Price stood. The once-empty lot is being transformed into an affordable, vibrant neighborhood with single-family homes, walking paths, nature areas and a community meeting space.