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Open Letter to the City of Pittsburgh, the NFL, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Civic Leadership City of Pittsburgh Equity and Community Commitment For many years, the City of Pittsburgh and neighborhood representatives have acknowledged the importance of equity, inclusion, and reinvestment in underserved communities. Local residents and community leaders, particularly within historically marginalized neighborhoods, have done their part by developing comprehensive community plan

A movement is taking shape. Across neighborhoods, cities, and regions, Black men are beginning to come together in broader coalitions and alliances, coalescing and pulling together resources, wisdom, and social capital that have too often been fragmented or isolated. Despite the diversity of our backgrounds, beliefs, and lived experiences, a shared truth sits at the center of this moment. Black men are standing up and speaking up. Brother 2 Brother Like most Black people in t

For over 500 years, Black people in America have endured a relentless campaign of systemic oppression , an engineered effort to erase identity, culture, and history . From the brutalities of slavery to the insidious policies of Jim Crow , from the economic entrapment of sharecropping to the dehumanization of convict leasing , the Black experience in America has been shaped by structures designed to marginalize, exploit, and silence. These systems were not accidental, they wer