Happy February! We hope you are settling well into 2024, continuing to build community, and creating new and meaningful connections. Take a few moments to check out monthly newsletter, featuring news and updates from EJGP and around the region, including: As always, please stay connected with EJGP and let us know how we can help uplift your work. You can do so by: |
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From the EJGP Project Team Desk |
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Join us tomorrow for our first Full Network meeting of 2024! |
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We will be hosting our Full Network meeting on Zoom tomorrow, February 6th, from 9 to 10:30 AM EST. The topic for the meeting will be Community Benefits Agreements. What are they? How and why are they used? What are the opportunities and challenges in using them in development projects to promote healthy, people-centered communities? Join us tomorrow to find out! A panel of legal experts and community advocates will lend their thoughts and perspectives on this important subject: Malik Bankston, Independent Consultant and Community Advocate Bob Damewood, Senior Staff Attorney at Regional Legal Housing Services Meagan Niebler, Community Democracy Program Manager atFair Shake Environmental Legal Services Carl Redwood, Community Organizer and Project Director at the Pittsburgh Black Worker Center
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Join us on February 15th for our next Equity Researchers Working Group meeting! |
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The Equity Researchers Working Group will meet from 4 to 6 PM on Thursday, February 15th, at Trace Brewing in Bloomfield. We will meet in the Fireplace Room.
All are welcome to join us to discuss how we can better align research and academic work with community needs in our region! Please email Eric at eric@urbankind.org with questions or if you would like the calendar invitation.
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Save the Date: Join our Advocacy and Organizing Training Cohort for an event on housing resources and issues |
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Our Advocacy and Organizing Training participants chose housing as the focus of their advocacy project. They have decided to hold a housing event on Saturday, March 23rd from 1-3 p.m. (location to be confirmed). The event will include participants and other residents from across the county sharing their experiences with finding, living in, and staying in affordable housing. Our training participants would also like the event to be a place where renters can connect with resources. If you are interested in helping at the event or sharing housing-related resources, please contact jason@urbankind.org. |
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Network and Community Updates |
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Join County Executive Innamorato to share your priorities directly with County leaders |
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County Exec Innamorato’s transition team will be hosting several in-person conversations across the county in February. Meet and engage with County leadership on how they can better deliver on issues that matter to your community. Free food and childcare will be provided. Register now: |
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Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit Rescheduled for Saturday, Febuary 24th |
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The Black & White Reunion will present the re-scheduled 26th Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit online on Zoom from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, February 24. The theme is "From Othering to Bridging: Reconnecting for Social Change". |
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Don’t Forget to Register to Vote for the 2024 Primary Elections! |
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Primary season is well underway in Pennsylvania, with primary elections being held on April 23rd. The last day to register or update your registration is April 8th. |
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Check out this new online tool to connect with healthcare and social services |
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The PA Navigate website is a collaborative effort between state agencies, counties, local non-profits, community organizations, health care and social services. The online tool is meant to be a streamlined location to find resources and referrals. |
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Sign-on letter to PA Gov. Shapiro expressing concerns over emphasis on fossil fuels and lack of equity in new 10-year strategic plan for economic development |
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PennFuture and Conservation Voters of PA are collecting signatures for a letter to Governor Shapiro that raises concerns about the strategic plan and calls for him to follow-through on his campaign platform to forge a new path towards a clean and sustainable economy that supports workers and protects the climate. The deadline to sign the letter is by 12 PM on Wednesday, February 7th. |
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Managing Director, Black Equity Coalition | | |
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Workforce Development Strategist and Everyday Interactions Design Strategist, Trying Together | | |
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Donor Relations Coordinator, 1hood Media (part-time) | | |
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Executive Director, Oakland Planning and Development Corporation | | |
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County’s top health post, vacant for a year, ‘vital’ to Innamorato administration |
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“It’s been hard to get information out from [the Health Department] in the past, and considering it is a department focused on public health, it feels like a lot of that information needs to be made public, and there needs to be clarity on why the department is making certain decisions,” EJGP Director Jason Beery gave public testimony during the January Board of Health Meeting a few weeks ago to uplift our letter to the Board of Health and County Executive transition leadership, underscoring the need for a transparent and community-driven process to find the next Director. |
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What else we are reading… |
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