July 2022 EJGP Newsletter |
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Still trying to enjoy the summer while it lasts? Here are some resources and opportunities in the community you can check out! |
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From the EJGP Project Team Desk |
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2022 Full Network Meeting Schedule |
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Don’t want to miss out on future EJGP meetings? We’ve got you covered. To allow everyone more time to plan to attend our network meetings, we’ve set the schedule for the year! Our meetings will be: Tuesday, Aug 9, 9-10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct 11, 9-10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Dec 6, 9-10:30 a.m. Zoom links and calendar invites will follow. See you there! |
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Platform for an Equitable and Just Greater Pittsburgh |
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With summer starting to wind down and the back-to-school season around the corner, we’d like to uplift the following items from the EJGP Platform: Education 5.6: Extend free childcare options for all. Housing 1.12: Create safe and affordable student housing to relieve pressure on existing housing. |
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The Get the Lead Out campaign has been working with City of Pittsburgh Council people and their offices to build out the Pittsburgh Lead Safety Law. We’ll follow up with more details about implementation when they become available. For more information or if you’d like to get involved, please contact info@gettheleadout.org. |
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Fair Fares for a Full Recovery |
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Image from www.pittsburghersforpubilctransit.org |
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The Fair Fares for a Full Recovery Coalition is developing a proposal for how a Fair Fares program for lower income riders might operate. They are taking into consideration the feedback that they’ve received from bus riders and bus drivers about opportunities and concerns about such a program. They welcome more input and involvement from others! If you would like to join the bi-weekly planning meetings or learn more about the campaign, contact Sam Applefield at sam@pittsburghfoodpolicy.org |
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Our Water Rally & Resource Fair |
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The Our Water Campaign will be hosting a Water Rights Rally in Hazelwood on Friday, July 29th from 6-8pm at the S&R Parking Lot, 4915 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15207. “We want to gather people together to speak to the importance of water as a right so that all people are empowered to demand their basic rights. Alongside water assistance we will also have organizations tabling to connect folks with other useful resources related to lead abatement, landownership and food access.” |
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"Despite being awarded the title of “America’s Most Livable City,” Pittsburgh and the surrounding region continue to struggle with pay equity, especially when it comes to women of color. Employers in the Greater Pittsburgh region have the power to close the gender pay gap." The Level Up campaign will be asking companies throughout the Pittsburgh region to take the Pay Equity Pledge. This pledge, developed by a working committee of local businesses, nonprofits, and organizations dedicated to racial, gender, and economic justice, has five pillars: Commit to supporting, promoting, and engaging in pay transparency early during the hiring process. Ensure a fair and equitable hiring process by eliminating desired salary and salary history questions from the application process. Provide annual company-wide diversity trainings to address, reduce, and educate about unconscious biases and associated barriers that impact hiring, promotion, and organizational culture. Undertake an annual review of gender and race pay differences among employees performing comparable tasks requiring similar levels of responsibility, skills, complexity, and working conditions and considering levels of education, prior experience, skill, and company tenure. Commit to reviewing policies and practices to ensure compliance with The National Labor Relations Act of 1935.
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Partners for Places Mini Grants |
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The Funders Network (TFN), in partnership with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, is pleased to announce a new round of Partners for Places Mini Grants!
These grants are available to help local governments, place-based funders, and frontline community groups build relationships, align around project ideas — and ideally develop a proposal that centers racial equity in water, sustainability, and/or climate action work. Partners for Places Mini Grants are designed to strengthen the relationship between the three partners in order to aid in the development of a full and jointly developed Partners for Places matching grant proposal. Applicants can receive up to $20,000 in funding, which can be used to hire experts and/or to bring together local government water and/or sustainability department leaders, local funders, and frontline community groups. This grant requires the hiring of an equity expert to facilitate the integration of equity principles in the collaborative partnership processes. Frontline community members may be compensated for their participation. |
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Pittsburgh Launches Initiative to Bring More Diversity to City Boards |
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Pittsburgh officials are working to increase diversity on city boards and commissions. A new volunteer initiative called EngagePGH could help increase access to the application process. As part of the project, Pittsburgh residents interested in serving on a local board or commission can fill out a form detailing their skills, background and interests. In a statement, city officials said the open application process is meant to ensure that “Black, Indigenous, Latino/Hispanic, Asian, people of color, women, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, individuals with a disability, and individuals from across city neighborhoods have equal opportunities to serve the City of Pittsburgh.” |
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Sign on to the Food Justice Fund |
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Support the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council by signing on to their letter to Mayor Gainey and the City Council supporting the creation of a Pittsburgh Food Justice Fund. The fund will increase public investment in grassroots efforts to address food apartheid and support the development of a just, equitable, and sustainable food system. The fund would utilize a simple, accessible application process, and would be open to anyone living or working in the City of Pittsburgh. There would be community oversight over the distribution of funds, and prioritization for projects that are led by and/or benefit people of color. A range of projects could be supported through the Food Justice Fund, including: Expand urban farming Develop community markets and/or mobile markets Aggregate local farm fresh foods Reduce food waste Deliver cooking demonstrations and nutritional education Build capacity and provide technical support for farmers, business owners, and other food related organizations
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TeenBloc Youth Organizaing Academy (YOA) |
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Have you signed up any rising 8th-12th grader you know for our annual TeenBloc Youth Organizing Academy (YOA)? The YOA will run from August 8th-12th from 10am-2pm at CoLab18 on the Northside. Teens will get the chance to engage in creative projects around advocacy, social justice, educational equity, and community leadership. We have a few slots left, so we extended registration through the end of this week - be sure to complete this form before the end of the day Friday (7/29)! |
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Need Mortgage Relief From the Financial Impact of COVID-19? |
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EJGP Games #3 Think you can solve this word scramble? Click the image below to find out! |
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Join the Network and Share Your Neighborhood and Topic Area Updates and Information! |
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