Pittsburgh's Own Ms. Bev Smith
Turning 80 there is no stopping radio and television legend Smith from using her voice to uplift the Black community.
News that matters
Angela M. Reynolds, Ph.D,CEO of the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh
First Black Woman to be Named Chief Financial Officer at the URA
PA House Elects Rep. Joanna McClinton to Serve as House Speaker
"As CEO of YWCA Greater Pittsburgh, I lead a team of dedicated staff who are committed to promoting racial justice, reducing race and gender disparities, and deliberately addressing the challenges and celebrating the triumphs of living at the intersection of race and gender. .."
PA House Elects Rep. Joanna McClinton to Serve as House Speaker
First Black Woman to be Named Chief Financial Officer at the URA
PA House Elects Rep. Joanna McClinton to Serve as House Speaker
“In my career, I’ve been blessed to achieve other ‘firsts’ in this chamber, and I am equally honored to serve as this historic body’s first woman speaker,” McClinton said.
First Black Woman to be Named Chief Financial Officer at the URA
First Black Woman to be Named Chief Financial Officer at the URA
Cassandra Cooper, Manager of Diversity and Inclusion for First National Bank
"My faith has sustained me through all of the turmoil I’ve experienced in my career. I’ve learned what it truly means to let go and let God. Any success I have is because I’m committed to treating people the way I deserve to be treated,” said Chief Carter.
Cassandra Cooper, Manager of Diversity and Inclusion for First National Bank
Cassandra Cooper, Manager of Diversity and Inclusion for First National Bank
Cassandra Cooper, Manager of Diversity and Inclusion for First National Bank
"Today, my focus is on addressing the economic disparities that exist, but there is definitely a correlation between economic wellbeing and health..."
Women’s History Month is the perfect time to recognize women’s issues
Cassandra Cooper, Manager of Diversity and Inclusion for First National Bank
Women’s History Month is the perfect time to recognize women’s issues
"In the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, I can tell you we are going in the right direction in terms of addressing important issues that impact the daily lives of women who have been historically underserved, underrepresented, misunderstood, ignored and generally not heard.
Greater Pittsburgh Pay Equity Campaign
Cassandra Cooper, Manager of Diversity and Inclusion for First National Bank
Women’s History Month is the perfect time to recognize women’s issues
In Pittsburgh, the pay gap between Black women and white men is greater than the national average.
Pittsburgh's Black women are five times more likely to live in poverty than Pittsburgh's White men.
around the burgh
PPS Early Childhood Education Programs
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania names new President and CEO
CMU Ph.D. Candidate Pivots from Modeling Earth to Galactic Ideas
The Pittsburgh Public Schools Early Childhood Education Department provides children, birth to five, with a comprehensive program designed to reinforce and respond to the unique strengths and needs of each individual child and family. Kimberly Russo Joseph, Executive Director shares more detail information about how these programs are helping children in Pittsburgh thrive early on.
CMU Ph.D. Candidate Pivots from Modeling Earth to Galactic Ideas
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania names new President and CEO
CMU Ph.D. Candidate Pivots from Modeling Earth to Galactic Ideas
Ann-Marsha Alexis, a first-year Ph.D. student in physics at Carnegie Mellon University, has been awarded the John Peoples Jr. Fellowship in Physics. The fellowship provides a stipend and allows first-year graduate students to explore research in their first semester.
"I really like the department. It's very supportive, and a lot of the research is interesting to me," said Alexis, who graduated from Wellesley College with a bachelor's degree in computer science.
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania names new President and CEO
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania names new President and CEO
Catapult and PHFA launch new program to increase Black homeownership
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania is pleased to announce our new President/CEO, Monique McIntosh. “I am excited for this tremendous opportunity to lead Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania,” she said, “It’s an amazing organization with a long, storied history of providing valuable services to improve the quality of life for people in our region.
Catapult and PHFA launch new program to increase Black homeownership
Catapult and PHFA launch new program to increase Black homeownership
Catapult and PHFA launch new program to increase Black homeownership
Catapult Greater Pittsburgh has partnered with the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) and others to create a new mortgage product and program designed to increase Black homeownership in Allegheny County.
Swearing-In Ceremony & Celebration: Rep. Summer Lee
Catapult and PHFA launch new program to increase Black homeownership
Swearing-In Ceremony & Celebration: Rep. Summer Lee
Rep. Lee becomes Pittsburgh’s first Black member of Congress and the first Black woman to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in U.S. House of Representatives.
YWCA Racial Justice Challenge
Catapult and PHFA launch new program to increase Black homeownership
Swearing-In Ceremony & Celebration: Rep. Summer Lee
Tools and resources to help discover how racial and gender injustice impacts our communities, and to help identify ways to dismantle inequities.
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Notable Pitt women you should know this Women’s History Month
Notable Pitt women you should know this Women’s History Month
Pittsburgh Technical College (PTC) President/CEO Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith honored
Notable Pitt women you should know this Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, learn about the lives of just a few of the incredible Pitt women whose path-forging work changed our past — and is shaping our tomorrow. Black women who helped to pave the way for future generations of young women wanting to pursue higher education degrees.
Creative Development Awards fund Pittsburgh-based artists
Pittsburgh Technical College (PTC) President/CEO Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith honored
Pittsburgh Technical College (PTC) President/CEO Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith honored
Pittsburgh artists spotlighting those living with accessibility challenges, exposing the effects of the war in Ukraine on Russian children, or helping youth learn to produce music by arranging and performing orchestral versions of hip-hop and pop songs are among the 15 new recipients of The Heinz Endowments’ Creative Development Awards.
Pittsburgh Technical College (PTC) President/CEO Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith honored
Pittsburgh Technical College (PTC) President/CEO Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith honored
Pittsburgh Technical College (PTC) President/CEO Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith honored
Pittsburgh Technical College (PTC) President/CEO Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith was honored last night as a City & State Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Power 100 recipient at an event at Olive or Twist downtown. The event honored the city’s top political influencers in government, advocacy, media, health, education, business and more.
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featured events
EmployHER Pittsburgh Spring Opportunity Fair
Jeremiah's Place 2023 Helping Hands Celebration
EmployHER Pittsburgh Spring Opportunity Fair
Monday, March 27 from 10am-2pm & 3pm to 7pm
EmployHER Pittsburgh is a collaborative initiative between Dress for Success Pittsburgh, New Century Careers and When She Thrives aimed at providing access to better employment, personal development and educational opportunities for women in Allegheny County.
KST Presents: Shamel Pitts
Jeremiah's Place 2023 Helping Hands Celebration
EmployHER Pittsburgh Spring Opportunity Fair
Kelly Strayhorn Theater is pleased to announce the return of 2020 Guggenheim Fellow in Choreography Shamel Pitts. Last seen at the newMoves dance festival in 2018, Pitts is back in the burgh with his arts collective TRIBE for a presentation of the artist’s evening-length multidisciplinary performance work BLACK HOLE: Trilogy And Triathlon.
Jeremiah's Place 2023 Helping Hands Celebration
Jeremiah's Place 2023 Helping Hands Celebration
Jeremiah's Place 2023 Helping Hands Celebration
Jeremiah's Place protects children and strengthens families by providing a safe haven of respite, health, renewal, and support for children when their families are experiencing a critical need for childcare.
Diversity in Action
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Hires first Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Hires first Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Hires first Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility
After an extensive national search process, Andrew Medlar, President & Director, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, announced the appointment of Deborah J. Rogers, Ph.D. as the Library’s first Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEA).
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust names new president and CEO
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Hires first Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Hires first Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Board Chair Richard Harshman announced Kendra Whitlock Ingram has been named the Cultural Trust’s new President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing retiring President and CEO J. Kevin McMahon.
Ingram will be the second female President & CEO and first person of color to be at the Cultural Trust’s helm in its 38-year history.
THE BIG WOKE LIE
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Hires first Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility
THE BIG WOKE LIE
Essentially, stay woke was a call for Blacks and other oppressed people to be conscious of the systemic sources of oppression and, in turn, determine what must be done for it to be overthrown. Because of woke’s profound implications for realizing equity and social justice, ultra conservative, far right, and often ignorant Whites stole woke and began using it as an omnibus term for everything with which they disagree.
Racial equity
Regional Coalition Earns Recognition for Work to Close Equity Gaps in Technology
Pitt’s Pre-Health Scholars Program commits to increasing diversity in health professions
Regional Coalition Earns Recognition for Work to Close Equity Gaps in Technology
“We are fortunate to have so many partners who have come together to work on the strategy to address the digital divide in our community. This work is critically important to ensure that all in our region have access to broadband and technology that will allow them to avail themselves of the opportunities that exist in the county and city,” said County Executive Rich Fitzgerald.
Advancing Racial Equity across the FOOD SYSTEM
Pitt’s Pre-Health Scholars Program commits to increasing diversity in health professions
Regional Coalition Earns Recognition for Work to Close Equity Gaps in Technology
Longstanding structural and institutional racism has excluded black, Indigenous and people of color, (BIPOC) from fair access to land, financial resources, information, political standing, and educational and professional opportunities. During the last several years, Congress has passed, and the USDA has implemented numerous policies and initiatives designed to repair harms and prevent future discrimination.
Pitt’s Pre-Health Scholars Program commits to increasing diversity in health professions
Pitt’s Pre-Health Scholars Program commits to increasing diversity in health professions
Pitt’s Pre-Health Scholars Program commits to increasing diversity in health professions
The program supports underrepresented undergraduates with advising and mentoring to ensure their retention and success. The first Pre-Health Scholar cohort welcomed 16 first-year and sophomore undergraduate students interested in pursuing medicine, dentistry, physical therapy and more. Hergenroeder said faculty across Pitt’s Schools of the Health Sciences are invested in the initiative and their partnerships enabled students to be matched with a professor working in their desired fields.
book recommendations
Belonging A Daughter's Search for Identity Through Loss and Love By Michelle Miller
The Way Home A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family with over 100 Recipes, by Kardea Brown
The Way Home A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family with over 100 Recipes, by Kardea Brown
The award-winning journalist and co-host of CBS Saturday Morning tells the candid, and deeply personal story of her mother’s abandonment and how the search for answers forced her to reckon with her own identity and the secrets that shaped her family for five decades.
Though Michelle Miller was an award-winning broadcast journalist for CBS News, few people in her life knew the painful secret she carried: her mother had abandoned her at birth.
The Way Home A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family with over 100 Recipes, by Kardea Brown
The Way Home A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family with over 100 Recipes, by Kardea Brown
The Way Home A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family with over 100 Recipes, by Kardea Brown
Kardea Brown, the breakout star of Food Network’s hit show Delicious Miss Brown celebrates the Gullah/Geechee culinary traditions of her family in this spectacular cookbook featuring 125 original mouthwatering recipes and gorgeous four-color photos.
The Way Home brings a taste of the Lowcountry South home, offering flavor-packed dishes everyone will enjoy such as: She-Crab Soup
Seafood Potato Salad
Crabcake Benedict....and more delicious food from Miss Brown.
Negotiating a Historically White University While Black, by Jack L. Daniel
The Way Home A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family with over 100 Recipes, by Kardea Brown
Negotiating a Historically White University While Black, by Jack L. Daniel
It is not difficult to identify acts of overt racism in America today. They are blaring and clear violations of civil and human rights. Unfortunately, as a nation, our attention is so focused on mitigating overt racism that we ignore micro-aggressions against people of color -- acts of racism that are equally as damaging but harder to identify because they operate within the law. This book unpacks many of the difficulties awaiting a person of color in academic spaces, allowing the reader to experience the types of micro-aggressions that subtly maintain a “Whites only” culture within academia.