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City of Pittsburgh Continues to Enforce Fair Housing, Despite Trump Administration Move
The City of Pittsburgh remains committed to fighting housing discrimination, despite recent actions by the Trump Administration to roll back fair housing rules. The Department of Housing and Urban Redevelopment stripped protections from Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) regulations, which are meant to reduce residential segregation, housing discrimination, and unlawful housing practices that were borne out of systemic racism.
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Q&A: Should Teachers Still Assign ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?
Q&A: Should Teachers Still Assign ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?
Q&A: Should Teachers Still Assign ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel turns 60 this month, amid criticism for the way it handles race and racism. Geoffrey Glover from the Department of English offers ways to read the book in the context of today’s social justice movement. (Tom Altany/University of Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh City Council Approves Police Reform Legislation
Q&A: Should Teachers Still Assign ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?
Q&A: Should Teachers Still Assign ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?
On Tuesday July 28, 2020 Pittsburgh City Council finally passed five pieces of legislation sponsored by Council members Rev Ricky Burgess and R. Daniel Lavelle to reform the Pittsburgh Police. Those five pieces of legislation include:
Announcing the Human Equity and Justice Fund
Q&A: Should Teachers Still Assign ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?
Shady Side Academy Discontinues Indian Mascot
The purpose of the Human Equity and Justice Fund (HEJF) is to provide immediate financial support to organizations and movements that are on the frontlines responding to crises that significantly impact the Black community.
Shady Side Academy Discontinues Indian Mascot
Assistance is Available Experiencing Homelessness, Unable to Pay Rent and Mortgages
Shady Side Academy Discontinues Indian Mascot
On June 30, 2020, the SSA Board of Trustees voted unanimously to discontinue the use of the Indian as Shady Side Academy's mascot and the name of its competitive teams, effective July 1, 2020.
Assistance is Available Experiencing Homelessness, Unable to Pay Rent and Mortgages
Assistance is Available Experiencing Homelessness, Unable to Pay Rent and Mortgages
Assistance is Available Experiencing Homelessness, Unable to Pay Rent and Mortgages
Pennsylvanians help is available and encouraged for anyone affected financially by the COVID-19 public-health crisis by taking advantage of rent and mortgage assistance programs available to help people who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of losing their housing.
CMU Alumnus Tommy Oliver Works for Change
Assistance is Available Experiencing Homelessness, Unable to Pay Rent and Mortgages
Assistance is Available Experiencing Homelessness, Unable to Pay Rent and Mortgages
Although Oliver is best known as a filmmaker, he recently made headlines as a photographer. During the recent protests following the death of George Floyd Jr. in Minneapolis, Oliver did not stand on the sidelines but, rather, chose to get involved by documenting the protests. Read his story on CMU...
LIVING AND DYING WHILE BLACK: With a bit of John Lewis on my mind
Notwithstanding the woes of being Black in America, we of good faith will continue to do as John Lewis commanded, i.e., “get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and redeem the soul of America.”
America's First Black (DIGITAL) Beer Festival
Fresh Fest in the nation’s first Black beer festival and second best in the nation, according to USA Today. The annual event showcases the country’s most talented Black brewers, along with breweries from across the globe in collaboration with Black artists, entrepreneurs, politicians, and business owners.
Pittsburgh Public Schools Tackles the Digital Divide in the Era of COVID-19
The report spells out the District’s current computer inventory, what devices are usable for educational instruction, how many devices need reimaging and updating, how many devices have been distributed, and how many new devices are on the way
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Northside Community Development Fund
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Northside Community Development Fund
Northside Community Development Fund to Support Business Owners in the Second Round of the PA Coronavirus Small Business Assistance Program
Social Justice
Northside Community Development Fund
Northside Community Development Fund
Social justice is a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society, as measured by the distribution of wealth, opportunities for personal activity, and social privileges.
The Village
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The Village
It takes a village to raise a child is an African proverb that means that an entire community of people must interact with children for those children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment.
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Not everything is closed in the Burgh because of the pandemic, take a look at some of the upcoming events.
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Launched in August 2009, as an online magazine that connects visitors to the diverse communities in Pittsburgh and the surrounding neighborhoods.