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Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
People push for community engagement during 27th annual ‘Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit'
An event was held in Pittsburgh to gather people interested in furthering the causes of social and racial justice. The 27th Annual 'Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit' was held at the Community College of Allegheny County on the North Side on Saturday. This year's theme was 'People, Power and Progress' and focused on community engagement. The summit included panel discussions and a speech from Jasiri X, a musician and activist who founded 1Hood Media Academy. The organization focuses on building community through art, education and social justice. 'There's just a lot of energy that brings people from all over the city and different parts of the region together to say, 'Hey, what are the needs that are out there that we can help meet together,'' said Programming Chair of the Racial Justice Planning Committee Kevin Jabro. Organizers hope to connect more people with community-based organizations and get them involved in social justice work in the city, county and state. Click here to learn more about the 27th Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
CBS News
23-02-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Hundreds turn out for 27th annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit
Hundreds came to the CCAC Allegheny Campus on the North Side for the Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit on Saturday. It is 27 years of banding together, meaning 27 years of community. "You never know when you initiate something, what's going to happen," Tim Stevens, founder of the Black and White Reunion and the Racial Justice Summit, said. Nearly three decades later, people of all races and backgrounds come together for what Stevens started. "Our initial logo was building bridges, so that's what we're going to do today," he said. Saturday's theme was "People, Progress, and Power." "We're trying to figure out how do we get people? Like just, civilians more engaged in the sort of work that it means to like, move political and social justice movements forward," Kevin Jarbo, programming lead of the Summit Planning Committee, said. There were around 12 to 13 workshops on Saturday. "Housing issues, food justice, health equity," Stevens said. "Understanding the recent changes to immigration, that's a big deal right now, climate justice." Jarbo is one of the organizers. He said that while the lack of progress can sometimes be discouraging, there are also bright spots. "Unless you're actually doing the work, you're not seeing incrementally, like gradually, how little-by-little it takes and how long it takes," he said. "You start to see more like coalitional kind of activity and progress be made." Stevens says a lot of that requires being politically engaged. It was one of his messages nationally, but especially at the local level. "We have to keep our energy up," he said. "Even if we have to refocus, if we have to go sit down for a minute, we have to come back and we have to keep fighting."
