Third Ward Initiative (TWI) collaborates with a plethora of community partners to improve our neighborhood and community in the areas of education, economic empowerment, health, art, and culture.

Third Ward Initiative Community Partners

• Project Row Houses (PRH)
• Third Ward HISD Schools
  • Blackshear, Foster, Hartsfield, Lockhart, Thompson Elementary, Cullen Middle, and Jack Yates High School
• Charter Schools
  • A+ Unlimited
  • Beatrice Mayes and Lawson Academy
• Emancipation Conservancy
• Emancipation Economic Development Council (EEDC)
• Civic Heart Community Services (formerly Change Happens)
• SHAPE Community Center
• Friends of Columbia Tap
• Super Neighborhood 67
• Houston Housing Authority (HHA)
• Boynton Chapel Methodist Church
• Trinity United Methodist Church
• Trinity East United Methodist Church
• Christian Hope Baptist Church
• Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church
• The Forge Community Center
• Third Ward Community Cloth
• Community Artist Collective
• Healthy Outdoor Communities
• Houston Praise and Worship Center
• NAACP (Houston Branch)
• Workshop Houston
• Houston Southeast Management District
• Third Ward is Home Civic Club
• Teen and Police Service Academy
• Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
• Diabetes Awareness & Wellness Network