Opportunity for analysis building, please share! Challenging White Supremacy (for white people) Drop In Study Group First session – Tuesday, May 7 pm at the Glitterbox Theater Bloomcraft Building, 460 Melwood Ave, 15213, which is accessible from bus routes 77 (Baum & Melwood stop), and the 54, 71A, 71C, and 82 (Centre & Melwood stop). Some parking… Continue reading WHAT’S UP?! Study Group – Drop In Version Starting Soon
WHAT’S UP?! has been going through a process of reorganizing and restructuring since December that was open to anyone who was interested in being a part of that effort. We invite you to read over the agendas/notes from those gatherings. Meeting I – Dreaming and Visioning Meeting II – Deciding How to Decide Meeting III… Continue reading What’s Up with WHAT’S UP?! (And Next Open Meeting 3/23)
Members have been sharing resources from online to help us process, heal, and take action following the outcome that Trump will be the next president, and to address the rise in hate and bigotry that has been increasing. Please feel free to use and share these, and comment with any others you have found helpful.… Continue reading Post-election Resources
Hi Bill, I wrote you this open letter last year when i saw you at Columbus Day in Bloomfield. Not sure if you saw it. Sending again in hopes you will choose not to walk in the Columbus Day Parade. This is one small way you could stand in solidarity with the indigenous people protesting… Continue reading Bill Peduto, Please Don’t March in Columbus Day Parade
Thank you to everyone who attended the WHAT’S UP?! Pittsburgh Open Meeting on July 11 in the wake of the police murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. If you couldn’t attend, but were interested – we thank you too. Nearly 100 people came together for this gathering and we’re especially grateful to those who… Continue reading Recap from July 11 Open Meeting
Please join us Monday, July 11 at 7 pm for a WHAT’S UP?! Pittsburgh Open Meeting. The meeting will focus on the latest extrajudicial killings of Black people by police, esp. the recent murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. We will gather for a short time to meet each other, find out more about WHAT’S… Continue reading Open Meeting July 11, 7pm
Roxane Gay JULY 6, 2016 – Published on New York Times OVER the past several years, we have borne witness to grainy videos of what “protect and serve” looks like for black lives — Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Eric Garner, Kajieme Powell, to name a few. I don’t think any of us could have imagined… Continue reading Alton Sterling and When Black Lives Stop Mattering
