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Sharpening Our Critical Racial Equity Health Lens Through The Prism Of The Black Equity Coalition (BEC)
View a recording of the call here “The BEC work is near and dear to my heart. The purpose of this work is to identify transformational opportunities to build new networks that optimize the assets of people of color differently that takes into account the...
Boom & Bust: The Swiss Army Knife Approach to Creative Advocacy
“This was a great presentation that lends itself to strategic alignment around the work that is already being done in the sector, having some level of specificity as to which groups are being targeted, in this case, the (Creative) Arts. It’s one thing to talk about...
Leaning Into Leadership Circles With Slippery Rock University: Creating A Space For Community To Happen
“We’ve been working with Alice… to explore how we weave together the work of universities on the ground with nonprofits to build ecosystems and safety nets that increase academic proficiency from a grass roots orientation. For the past 57 months, we’ve been focused on...
Building A Better Strategic Plan: A Blueprint for Community Transformation
View a recording of the call here! “Communities like Homewood and Larimer which have been dis-invested in for over 40 years, creating two of the poorest census tracks in the City of Pittsburgh. As a result, such communities become inundated with people who want to buy...
Your Voice, Your Vote: Rocking With The Jefferson Votes Initiative
View a recording of the call HERE. “The stakes are much higher. People need to be informed decision-makers. Every time these elections roll around, there’s a distinct impact on quality of life... And if we don’t prepare non-profits to become more agile and iterative,...
A Call For Human Centered Design: Co-Creating the Call for Community Solutions with our Network
“As we enter our 5th pivot toward transformational leadership, I remain enamored by the support that this following and (CCS) platform affords as it is an opportunity for us to provide cogent feedback and direct access to support systems that we think are relevant....
Bridging the Equity Gap in Allegheny County: An Exclusive Roll-out of the Equity Intelligence Platform (EIP)
View a recording of the call here! “We want this to be a tool that’s useful in Pittsburgh, and useful at the community level - that’s what this platform is set up to do. We want conditions on the ground to improve. We want lives to move in a positive direction. We...
GPNP Nonprofit Spotlight – Catapult Greater Pittsburgh
"Focusing on interrupting crises and barriers to opportunities that can bear the fruit of wealth-building helps families to stabilize so that they have increased bandwidth to focus on short-term and long-term goals of homeownership and entrepreneurship. "- Tammy...
GPNP Nonprofit Spotlight – Foster Love Project
Foster Love Project has been changing the lives of children in foster care throughout Western Philadelphia since 2014. For their efforts to provide children with clothing, toys, shoes, and other necessities, and for continuing to meet that demand while making critical...
GPNP Nonprofit Spotlight – 412 Food Rescue
In Pittsburgh, 412 Food Rescue prevents perfectly good food from going to waste. They were nominated for Excellence in Collective Impact during the 2021 GPNP Annual Meeting due to their ability to galvanize and mobilize the community around common goals. They...
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