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Monday, November 26, 2018
#GivingTuesday originated back in 2012 as an awareness campaign to counter the consumer spending of the holiday season. Last year alone, an estimated $274 million was raised online in the U.S.
Which Pittsburgh organizations deserve the cash this year? Well, if we're being honest, almost all of them.
We recommend browsing through the full list if you have time. Visit givingtuesday.org and type in your location to browse through a list of participating local organizations, broken down into types: corporation, faith-based organization, foundation, nonprofit, school, small business, and universities. Each lists their website so you can do your research before Tuesday.
Short on time? If you want to give, but don't have the time to look through all 300 of the local organizations participating, we've highlighted a few worthy nonprofits, broken down into categories, to get you started.
Tags: Pittsburgh , nonprofits , #GivingTuesday , charity , Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh , Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh , Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh Action Against Rape , Casa San Jose , Grow Pittsburgh , Hello Bully , Animal Friends , Artists Image Resource , Image
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
The Muslim community raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. Pittsburgh Catholics organized special collections. Black and Latino activists joined the Jewish community in mourning and in marching. Celebrities like Tom Hanks and Michael Keaton recently joined the cause, too.
Now, the Indian Community Center in Carnegie is doing its part. Yesterday, the center organized an interfaith prayer for the Tree of Life victims that brought together Indian-American Muslims and Hindus, as well as non-Indian people from Carnegie. More than 150 people attended.
And today, the center is continuing its support efforts with a brass band concert, where proceeds will go to the Tree of Life congregation to assist victims and their families.
Krishna Sharma runs the Indian Community Center, which functions as a gathering space for the Pittsburgh’s large Indian community. She says it's important for the Indian community to support the victims.
The concert will feature the River City Brass Band, which plays a variety of Big Band music. Sharma says the concert will also include traditional Indian music, as a way to showcase Pittsburgh’s diversity and spirit of the aftermath of the Tree of Life shooting.
Ashkay Hari will provide vocals for the show. The concert starts at 7 p.m., and is preceded by a light dinner at 6 p.m. A flier for the event is shown below.
Music Night at the Indian Community Center, 6 p.m., 205 Mary St., Carnegie. $15. facebook.com/paicc/
Tags: Pittsburgh , Tree of Life synagogue , Indian Community Center , Tree of Life , River City Brass Band , Ashkay Hari , Krisnha Sharma , Image
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Many family members of the victims have remained quiet in their time of mourning. This mass shooting is believed to the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the history of the United States, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Bernice and Sylvan Simon were 84 and 86 years old respectively. They were married at Tree of Life 62 years ago. Their children wanted to share their feelings about the death of Bernice and Sylvan. A statement from the children was sent to City Paper from KDKA, who asked CP to share it here:
Tags: Tree of Life synagogue , Squirrel Hill , Bernice Simon , Sylvan Simon , Pittsburgh , mass shooting , KDKA , Jewish , Image
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Teams of volunteers from all over Pittsburgh are ready to clean up the streets for the second annual Garbage Olympics.
Garbage Olympics co-organizer Alicia Carberry, describes it as a “friendly competition to get as much litter out of Pittsburgh as possible” and as a way to raise awareness of the fact that neighborhood groups are able to receive cleanup resources from the Department of Public Works.
“It’s a driven effort to complement what the [City of Pittsburgh] already does and is getting better at,” says Carberry, who co-organizes the event with Lena Andrews.
She points out how the city has tried to eliminate litter with the launch of smart receptacles that use sensors to tell when a block needs more trash cans. But more can be done.
Tags: garbage olympics , trash , litter , Alicia Carberry , Clean Pittsburgh Commission , Image
Monday, July 2, 2018
More than 100 protesters shut down an intersection in East Liberty around noon Sunday. It was the latest of about a dozen protests in the wake of the shooting death of Antwon Rose Jr., killed by East Pittsburgh officer Michael Rosfeld on June 19. The Sunday demonstration was focused on the faith community’s role in advocating for the late Rose.
Tags: Pittsburgh , Fourth of July , Antwon Rose , Michael Rosfeld , East Liberty Presbyterian Church , religion , immigration , travel ban , family separation , Donald Trump , East Pittsburgh police , Allegheny County , Image
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Tags: Pittsburgh , Antwon Rose , East Pittsburgh Police , gun violence , Summer Lee , Mike Doyle , Conor Lamb , Ed Gainey , Jake Wheatley , Rich Fitzgerald , Bill Peduto , Juneteenth , protest , Image , Slideshow
Thursday, June 21, 2018
On Thursday afternoon, Ford sat in his wheelchair at the Allegheny County Courthouse amid thousands protesting the shooting death of Antwon Rose.
“This is painful for me,” Ford said. “I fought for six years and I didn’t think this would be happening.”
Tags: Antwon Rose , East Pittsburgh Police , Allegheny County Courthouse , Pittsburgh , Leon Ford , Stephen Zappala , Brandi Fisher , Jasiri X , Alliance for Police Accountability , police shooting , unarmed , Image
Friday, June 15, 2018
After a pleasant mile-long ride on Penn Avenue’s protected bike lane, the lane abruptly ends at 16th Street in the Strip. From there, the protected bike area disappears and riders are forced to navigate crowded roads, alleys with poor visibility and several turns just to get to the shops a few blocks away. It’s not for the faint of heart.
“It’s a no man’s land,” says Eric Boerer of bike-advocacy group Bike Pittsburgh of the bike route into the Strip District.
Tags: Pittsburgh , bike lanes , Strip District , Lawrenceville , Bike Pittsburgh , Uber , autonomous vehicle , Image
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Last week, Anderson and 200 others rallied in Harrisburg and called for the Pennsylvania state government to ensure no cuts were made to Medicaid or the food-stamp program. On June 4, about 30 of the protesters exited the Capitol building, and held a “die-in,” where protesters laid down in front of the doorway until they were arrested. Anderson says getting arrested was necessary to send a message to lawmakers that our current health-care system is not adequate.
“I am a therapist and work with people who can't always get therapy because of our broken health-care system,” says Anderson. “It seems in this country we need to disrupt everyday life to get the obvious done.”
Tags: Pittsburgh , Harrisburg , universal health care , Affordable Care Act , Medicaid , Lizzie Anderson , Poor People's Campaign , Pennsylvania General Assembly , Image
Monday, June 11, 2018
And today, Pittsburgh's branch of the Sex Workers Outreach Project, is hoping to educate people about the potential issues of Allegheny County's condom-criminalization practices.
Tags: Pittsburgh , Sex Workers Outreach Project , Allegheny County , condoms , Persad Center , Image
