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Call & Appeal
Where critical community issues meet actionable solutions. At its heart, this space is dedicated to highlighting challenges affecting our neighborhoods, addressing systemic barriers, and offering practical steps that empower collective action.
EDUCATION JUSTICE!! A CALL TO RECLAIM LEARNING FOR LIBERATION
What is education today, if it does not serve our underserved Black students? From Brown v. Board of Education to the post-Reconstruction era , our ancestors, many of them newly freed, built Freedom and Liberation Schools to teach truth, culture, and survival. They understood that education was not just about reading and arithmetic; it was about reclaiming identity and resisting erasure. Today, we face a new enemy, the Education Industrial Complex , systems controlled by c
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1 day ago3 min read
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: Joy Degruy
Dr Joy DeGruy In every community, there are people who help us see more clearly, who give us the language and tools to understand what...
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Jun 102 min read
MESSAGE TO BLACK LEADERSHIP
A united community standing together in purpose, power, and possibility. THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF BLACK POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC...
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May 134 min read
Solidarity of Black Men
Given by T. Rashad Byrdsong, President & CEO - Community Empowerment Association, Inc. 400 Lexington Avenue, Bldg. 500, Pittsburgh, PA...
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Apr 163 min read
The Healing of Black Men and Boys
Guiding with love, strength, and wisdom. Nurturing the next generation. The disappearance and absence of Black men from the home has...
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Apr 162 min read
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION POWER SERIES!
March Community Conversation Black voices united to address systemic structural barriers that marginalize the Black community. Key issues...
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Apr 41 min read
The Black Arts Movement
Poet Imamu Amiri Baraka The Black Arts Movement was created from a group of politically motivated Black poets, artists, dramatists,...
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Mar 62 min read
Black Community New Year's Resolution!
A call for unity, action, and self-determination to combat disparities, rebuild, and reclaim the humanity, culture, and future of Pittsburgh
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Dec 30, 20242 min read
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