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August 2024

Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh Joins Congresswoman Summer Lee For Press Conference and Roundtable Discussion with CFPB Director Chopra to Fight Back Against Junk Fees and Protect Low-to Moderate-Income Families

2024-09-09T17:22:27-04:00August 6th, 2024|Advocacy/Policy, Public Hearings and Testimonies|

**For Immediate Release** Kyla Gill, Kyla.Gill@mail.house.gov Vaibhav Vijay, Vaibhav.Vijay@mail.house.gov Congresswoman Summer Lee Hosts Press Conference and Roundtable Discussion with CFPB Director Chopra, Local Leaders, and Community Advocates to Fight Back Against Junk Fees and Protect Low-to Moderate-Income Families [Original article: https://summerlee.house.gov/posts/congresswoman-summer-lee-hosts-press-conference-and-roundtable-discussion-with-cfpb-director-chopra-local-leaders-and-community-advocates-to-fight-back-against-junk-fees-and-protect-low-to-moderate] Pittsburgh, PA – August 6th, 2024 – Today, Congresswoman Summer Lee joined Consumer Financial [...]

June 2024

Innamorato clarifies details of ‘500 in 500’ housing plan after criticism

2024-06-25T14:14:40-04:00June 25th, 2024|Making News|

Original article by Steve Bohnel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published on June 10, 2024 Criticism of a new housing initiative introduced by Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato last week has prompted the county’s chief elected official to offer more specifics about its implementation — suggesting that homeless people will not be lodged in senior living [...]

April 2024

SEEN: Urban League Leadership Awards dinner raises over $400,000

2024-04-22T09:44:28-04:00April 22nd, 2024|Making News|

Originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on February 21, 2024 More than 400 guests helped to raise over $400,000 for the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh’s programs and services during the 28th annual Ronald H. Brown Leadership Awards dinner at the Rivers Casino, Friday night. The dinner was chaired by second lady of Pennsylvania Blayre [...]

Take Charge of Your Health Today: Black fathers

2024-04-22T09:34:26-04:00April 22nd, 2024|Courier Op-Eds, Making News|

Originally published in the New Pittsburgh Courier on February 28, 2024 CARLOS T. CARTER  In this month’s Take Charge of Your Health Today (TCYHT), we’re focusing on the critical parenting role of Black fathers, including the support they need to pass along their own confidence and resilience to their children. Engaged Black fathers are supremely [...]

Take Charge of Your Health Today. Be Informed. Be Involved…Black men’s health

2024-04-22T09:31:22-04:00April 22nd, 2024|Courier Op-Eds, Making News|

Originally published in the New Pittsburgh Courier on March 27, 2024CARLOS T. CARTER  The Community Health Series Partnership (CHSP) has always made a point to center its information on the health and wellness of the Black community at large. This month, we’re focusing specifically on the health of Black men — a topic the Urban League of [...]

Take Charge of Your Health Today: Racial Trauma

2024-04-22T09:25:44-04:00April 22nd, 2024|Courier Op-Eds, Making News|

Originally published in the New Pittsburgh Courier on November 15, 2023. CARLOS T. CARTER This month, Take Charge of Your Health Today is focusing on intergenerational and racial trauma, it’s impact on the Black community, and ways to help people break the trauma cycle and begin the healing process. We asked Carlos Carter, President and [...]

Snowstorm? No match for annual Ronald H. Brown Leadership Awards Gala

2024-04-22T09:22:17-04:00April 22nd, 2024|Making News|

Originally published in the New Pittsburgh Courier on March 9, 2024. URBAN LEAGUE RON BROWN LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS—Derrick Tillman, Alexandra Jones, Leah Lizarondo, Carmen Anderson. (Photo by J.L. Martello) Urban League’s annual event sees more than 400 attend, $400,000 raised Neither frigid temperatures nor a winter storm advisory kept the more than 400 celebrants from [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh and Education Law Center Call for Action to Address Racial and Disability Discrimination in Highlands School District

2024-10-21T10:25:26-04:00April 18th, 2024|Advocacy/Policy, Making News|

Photo by Tawnya Panizzi, Valley News Dispatch/Tribune Review Articles on this topic: WESA: Click here. Tribune Review: Click here Post-Gazette: Click here. [Pittsburgh, PA - April 11, 2024] - The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh (Urban League) and the Education Law Center-PA (ELC) have jointly sent a letter to the Highlands School District — following [...]

As Pittsburgh’s homeless crisis continues to escalate, finding solutions has proven difficult

2024-04-18T08:43:47-04:00April 18th, 2024|Making News|

Originally published on April 3, 2024 in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette As the city grapples with a growing homeless population, some local service providers and Pittsburgh city officials have different ideas on solutions, and those conflicting priorities threaten to prolong an already escalating crisis. City and county officials have advocated for ideas such as building tiny houses [...]

Urban League’s East Hills Family Support Center ‘reintroduced’ to its residents

2024-04-18T08:39:38-04:00April 18th, 2024|Making News|

Originally posted on April 12, 2024 in the New Pittsburgh Courier Urban League’s East Hills Family Support Center ‘reintroduced’ to its residents Some of the staff of the Urban League’s Family Support Centers, which are located in East Hills, Duquesne and Northview Heights. A “Dress for Success” event was held, Feb. 28, at the East [...]

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