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Presented e n s e u q u D y b , y t i u q e e t o m o r p o t to promote equity, by Duquesne d n a y t i s r e v i n U f o s n a e m a d n a e g n a h C e h t , r e b m e t p e S n I In September, the Change and a means of University and h g r u b s t t i P e h T f o s e c a l p g n i t a e r c t a h t t fi o r p n o n l a c o l a , y c n e g A Agency, a local nonprofi t that creating places of The Pittsburgh n i , n o i t a d n u o F . e p o h d n a e d i r p n o i s u l c n i y t i n u m m o c s e t o m o r p promotes community inclusion pride and hope. 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PO artiB cipaH ntsG loI okE ed N E H CoT n fereN nI ce : pulE led R U T A E F Constitution e h t , r e t n e C h g r u b s t t i P o t n i s ’ n o i g e r e h t e g a g n e o t s y a w t a at ways to engage the region’s into Pittsburgh Center, the 2 , 4 2 – 1 2 . t c O y t i n u m m o c t n a r g i m m i g n i w o r g growing immigrant community Oct. 21–24, 2 N E E R G G N I W O R G l a n o i t a N National GROWING GREEN e h t n o e c n e r e f n o C The second r ine h st e tg ao lt lmg n i eg n i r tb of ou , rs t hs i t r ma t an a gr ag i zm inm i et r o np ep iu gs hd n ba orhood d o o h r o ab ndh sg ui pe pn o rte imn i mz iga rg ana t am r tish tsr , u o f o bt rin ge ingm l tl oa gt ets hen i r d n o c e s e h T Conference on the : t n e m d n e m A t s r i F f o s r o t c e s e s r e v i d l a c i t i l o p d n a s r u e n e r p e r t n e entrepreneurs and political diverse sectors of First Amendment: d o o w l e z a H e r c a - 8 7 1 e h t f o t n e m p o l e v e d e R Redevelopment of the 178-acre Hazelwood s m o d e e r F n a c i r e m A f o k c o r d e B ser , it en se em n xr e av mo g � in— � y et i sn u inm itm io ac te ih vt es to revitalize Pitts . bs t us e rr ge t hn i ’s Hill l l i H s ’ inh teg rr esu tsb . s t t i P e z i l a t i v e r o t s e tv hi et ca oi mt i mn i u ns ite y�—n i �gom va erx nme es ne ti , r e s Bedrock of American Freedoms s m r fi s a d r a w r o f y l i d a e t s g n i v o m s i n e e r G Green is moving steadily forward as fi rms t s r i F e h t f o n o i t a r b e l e c a s a w y c a c o v d a , t n e m n o r i v n e , s s e n i s u b l a n o i t a n r o j a m e h t g n o m A Among the major national business, environment, advocacy was a celebration of the First , s n o i t a c fi i l a u q r o f t s e u q e r t n e c e r a o t d n o p s e r District. As in the other communities we’re featuring as s a g n i r u t a e f e r ’ e w s e i t i n u m m o c r e h t o e h t n i s A . t c i r t s i D respond to a recent request for qualifi cations, o t l a r t n e c s a t n e m d n e m A a w o h s s u c s i d o t � — � t i s n a r t d n a n i s g n i r e h t a g l a n o i t a n r e t n i d n a and international gatherings in and transit�—�to discuss how a Amendment as central to s r e p o l e v e d d e fi i l a u q y l h g i h y f i t n e d i o t d e n g i s e d designed to identify highly qualifi ed developers f o y t i l i b a i v e h t g n i n i a t n i a m pa re b t n oa fc s thn o i st p po y rt oi l i jb eo cm tf ,o ae rg tn ia sr ts an de h et ns a tw r er e pb ro t ec nO en i uh rg sr u , b rs et t i sP idents s t n e d i Ps itte sr b , urs gr hu ine On ce tor bp ere r wt asn te h ed n a s t rs ai nt gr ea o, ft mc oe bj ilio tr y op pts i onh t s cf ao n t ber a p main tain ing the viability of o t e m o h y l r e m r o F . t c i r t s i D l l i M s ’ e t i s e h t r o f for the site’s Mill District. 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S . oU o e dh t am no r df those e s o h t fd ron ma thd e o Uo .S.h , r Cao nb adh ag , i Soe un t he h t t fi e inn cle udb et d a leh at d es rst an ne d em xpe ev rto s r p m i top editors from The New York - d l r o w a e m o c e b o t d e n o i s i v n e s i d n a , r e v i R River, and is envisioned to become a world- n o t g n i h s a W e h T d n a s e m i T o h w , y r t n u o c e h t s s o r c a m o r f s s o r c a e r e h w e s l e d n a a c i r e m A America and elsewhere across from across the country, who Times and The Washington e s u - d e x i m e l b a n i a t s u s r o f l e d o m s s a l c who live there. . e r e h t e v i l o h w class model for sustainable mixed-use e c n a r a e p p a o e d i v a d n a , t s o P s e c n e i r e p x e d n a s a e d i d e r a h s h g r u b s t t i P o t e m a c e b o l g e h t the globe came to Pittsburgh shared ideas and experiences Post, and a video appearance a , P L o n o m l A y b d e n w O . t n e m p o l e v e d development. Owned by Almono LP, a e c i t s u J t r u o C e m e r p u S . S . U y b o t t i s n a r t e s u o t s t r o ff e t u o b a o t 3 1 – 1 1 . t c O f o d n e k e e w e h t the weekend of Oct. 11–13 to about eff orts to use transit to by U.S. Supreme Court Justice d r a h c i R e h t d n a s t n e m w o d n E e h t f o p i h s r e n t r a p partnership of the Endowments and the Richard ff o k c i k e h T . g r u b s n i G r e d a B h t u R e r o m e r a t a h t s e i t i n u m m o c d l i u b n o i t a v r e s n o c d n a l s u o i r a v s s u c s i d discuss various land conservation build communities that are more Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The kickoff e h t , s n o i t a d n u o f m u d e n e B e h t d n a n o l l e M g n i K King Mellon and the Benedum foundations, the t n e m d n e m A t s r i F e h T “ , t i m m u s d n a y l l a i c o s , y l l a c i m o n o c e e l b a v i l s ’ n o i g e r e h t t i s i v o t d n a s c i p o t topics and to visit the region’s livable economically, socially and summit, “The First Amendment r o f s c i t o b o R d e c n a v d A e h t d e t c a r t t a s a h e t i s site has attracted the Advanced Robotics for Board of Directors ” , y r u t n e C t s r i F - y t n e w T e h t r o f The Heinz Endowmen. ty sl l wa at sn fe orm n eo dr i fv ron me the H oe wt o arn dy He k e is ni zh En I d. os wk r ma enm td , en sa l t al ba lr isu ht ea dn in 1941, and d n a , 1 4 9 1 n i nd ae th us i rl ab la t las ne , dt mn e am rkw so .d In E hz in si e keH yd nr a otw eo H e h t em no r vf ird oe nm r o ef ns ta aw l ls yt .n e m w o d n E z n i e H e h T for the Twenty-First Century,” s r o t c e r i D f o d r a o B e i g e n r a C d n a ) M R A ( e t u t i t s n I g n i r u t c a f u n a M Manufacturing Institute (ARM) and Carnegie . e n u J n i h g r u b s t t i P n i e c a l p k o o t the Vira I. Heinz Endowment, established in 198 6t . n Ite isd i ts he r pP ros t dun ce t om f w a o dd en epE , fas ms e ir lyd cd oa mmitment t n e m t i m m ao dc dy l ri esm sa f , Ep e ne dd o a w f mo t ec nu d tso r Pp re h st ids i et I n . t6 8 9 1 n i d e h s i l b a t s e , t n e m w o d n E z n i e H . I a r i V e h t took place in Pittsburgh in June. s e Ar nu dt ru éF T.g Hn i er inu t zc a f u n a M s ’ y t i s r e v i n U n o l l e M to community and the common good that began with H.J. Heinz, and that continues to this day. . y a d s i h t o t s e u n i t n o c t a h t d n a , z n i e H . J . H h t i w n a g e b t a h t d o o g n o m m o c e h t d n a y t i n u m m o c o t Mellon University’s Manufacz tun i re inH g. T Fé ur td un rA es . Cs ht an ira mn ae nt r o h c n a t s r fi s t i s a ) I F M ( e v i t a i t i n I The Endowments is based in Pittsburgh, where we use our region as a laboratory for the e h t r o f y r o t a r o b a l a s a n o i g e r r u o e s u e w e r e h w , h g r u b s t t i P n i d e s a b s i s t n e m w o d n E e h T Initiative (MFI) as its fi rst anchor tn ea nm ar i na th sC . development of solutions to challenges that are national in scope. Although the majority of our r u o f o y t i r o j a m e h t h g u o h t l A . e p o c s n i l a n o i t a n e r a t a h t s e g n e l l a h c o t s n o i t u l o s f o t n e m p o l e v e d e h t Tn ei rh et si a w H s ee inc za p s r i e h t g n i t c u r t s n o c e r a h t o B Both are constructing their spaz cn i ee s H w a is te hr ie nT the giving is concentrated within southwestern Pennsylvania, we work wherever necessary, including g n i d u l c n i , y r a s s e c e n r e v e r e h w k r o w e w , a i n a v l y s n n e P n r e t s e w h t u o s n i h t i w d e t a r t n e c n o c s i g n i v i g , g n i Cd hl i au ir b E m9 1 e l rl ii tusM c i r o t s i h e h t f o l l e h s l l i m l e e t s steel mill shell of the historic Ms u t ii lr l e 19m E b r i ua ilh dC ing, d n a t c i r t s i D l l i M e h t n i d e t a c o l s i h c i h w , e v o b a state wide and nationally, to fulfi ll our mission. . n o i s s i m r u o l l fi l u f o t , y l l a n o i t a n d n a e d i w e t a t s above, which is located in the Mill District and That mission is to help our region become a just and equitable community in which all of its s t i f o l l a h c i h w n i y t i n u m m o c e l b a t i u q e d n a t s u j a e m o c e b n o i g e r r u o p l e h o t s i n o i s s i m t a h T t n e m Jp ao ml e v s e MD . l Wa i ar lt ts onu d n I l a n o i g e R e h t y b d e n w o owned by the Regional Indun o st tl ra iaW l . DM e s ve lm oa pJ ment Vice Chairman Emeritus citizens thrive economically, ecologically, educationally, socially and culturally. We also seek to o t k e e s o s l a e W . y l l a r u t l u c d n a y l l a i c o s , y l l a n o i t a c u d e , y l l a c i g o l o c e , y l l a c i m o n o c e e v i r h t s n e z i t i c s u t i r e m E n a m r i a h C e c i V . a i n a v l y s n n e P n r e t s e w h t u o S f o n o i t a r o p r o C advance knowledge and practice in the fi eld of philanthropy through strategies that focus on our r u o n o s u c o f t a h t s e i g e t a r t s h g u o r h t y p o r h t n a l i h p f o d l e fi e h t n i e c i t c a r p d n a e g d e l w o n k e c n a v d a Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Christopher D. Heinz priorities of Creativity, Learning and Sustainability. . y t i l i b a n i a t s u S d n a g n i n r a e L , y t i v i t a e r C f o s e i t i r o i r p z n i e H . D r e h p o t s i r h C John Heinz In life, Howard Heinz and Vira I. Heinz set high expectations for their philanthropy. Today, the e h t , y a d o T . y p o r h t n a l i h p r i e h t r o f s n o i t a t c e p x e h g i h t e s z n i e H . I a r i V d n a z n i e H d r a w o H , e f i l n I z n i e H n h o J Sasha L. Heinz Endowments is committed to doinE g tC he N saE meL . OL uE r cC haX rgeE is tG o bN eI dZ iliI genN t, G thoO ugC htE fulR and creative e v i t a e r c d n a Rl u f Et h Cg u Oo h t G , t Nn e g Ii l i Zd Ie Nb o Gt s i Ee g r Xa h Cc r Eu LO . Le m Ea s N e h Ct g En i o d o t d e t t i m m o c s i s t n e m w o d n E z n i e H . L a h s a S María Marteinsdóttir in continually working to set new standards of philanthropic excellence. Recognizing that none of f o e n o n t a h t g n i z i n g o c e R . e c n e l l e c x e c i p o r h t n a l i h p f o s d r a d n a t s w e n t e s o t g n i k r o w y l l a u n i t n o c n i r i t t ó d s n i e t r a M a í r a M our work would be possible without a sound fi nancial base, we also are committed to preserving g n i v r e s e r p o t d e t t i m m o c e r a o s l a e w , e s a b l a i c n a n fi d n u o s a t u o h t i w e l b i s s o p e b d l u o w k r o w r u o e Dv i at i ms oo np , Ac hi t era nem a r d o t d e l e v a h s r e d a e l l o o h c s d n a t s u r T l a r u t l u C h g r u b s t t i P e h t f o t n e d i s e r p s a d e v r e s . R l o r a C e h t f o s t n e i p i c e r s ’ r a e y s i h T s r o n o H s t r A Arts Honors This year’s recipients of the Carol R. served as president of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and school leaders have led to drame n ar e tih cA , pn o sm ita ivD e and enhancing the Endowments’ assets through prudent investment management. . t n e m e g a n a m t n e m t s e v n i t n e d u r p h g u o r h t s t e s s a ’ s t n e m w o d n E e h t g n i c n a h n e d n a n Ci as ron i l a Rg . Bd ron wa ns m o o r s s a l c l o o h c s c i l b u p n i e g n a h c f o n o i t c e s ” t h g i l - d e r “ a f o n o i t a m r o f s n a r t e h t g n i r u d r e h p a r g o t a m e n i c e r a s d r a w A t n e m e v e i h c A n w o r B Brown Achievement Awards are cinematographer during the transformation of a “red-light” section of change in public school classroomsn aw no r dB . gR a l ino r sa iC n e s o Jah rew d t Ls i . Cg o l ho nh c y s p a , o u K g n i M ; y t i s r e v i d r e h c a e t l a r u t l u C d e z i n g o c e r y l l a n o i t a n e h t h mo t an i g an ziw no et in s aw po uD blication of The t He es ind zn Ea nr do t wc me r i end tsn . o Ai t t c thu ed Eo r ndp oe wr t ma ee nh tsT , wy t i e aC red n coa mmitted d e t t i m m ao c n de r Ca e ityw , Ts t hn ee am trw eo pd n roE de uh t c t tiA o . ns t dn e irem cw to d rn aE nz dn i se eH t e h T f o n o i t a c i l b Du op wa s ni te on wi z na g ina tom h the nationally recognized Cultural teacher diversity; Ming Kuo, a psychn o h lo gC . isL t d we r ha J ose Judith M. Davenport t r o p n e v a D . M h t i d u J n o e c a p s n e e r g n a b r u f o t c a p m i e h t n o h c r a e s e r d e s a b - s t r a r o f l e d o m a s a d e v r e s s a toh ph rc oi mh ow t , int gc i lr et as i rnD ing in philan te hh rt o pr yo f a nd de t inc e tl he s s ps ea ciw fi co fih ew l d, i sr re ei pr r ree sF eny tn eo dT br ye on ug ri gs re ad ntmaking g n i k a m t n da er sg ir gu no ey rb Td oe nt yn e Fs ee r rrp ie er rs i,d l we hfi oc fi wi c ae sp s se h lt e cn i t ed dn a foy rp o tr hh et n a l i h p n i g n i Dn r isa te rl icg tn i ,t wo hm io cr hp ho t as served as a model for arts-based research on the impact of urban green space on Franco Harris s i r r a H o c n a r F n a b r u g n i g n a h c s i h t l a e h l a t n e m d n a l a c i s y h p . t n e m p o l e v pe rod ge r ay mt i sn . Au sm anm eo xc pressio nt s oi ft r tha ay t r ca omn i l mp i itc ms i ed nr te , t thn i i s d pn uba , lir co atn ioo nh it ss i nt tr ea n dd ee dh ts i ol sb ha at rs ee information n o i t a m r o f n i ee sr ta ah bs lo ist hd ee dd n ae rt tn i ss ti hn oo i nt a oc ri l , ab u np d s i inh t t , et rn de ism ct i ipm linm o ac r t ya ah t r tf io s tn o i s s e r p cx oe mn a ms uA . ns itm ya r eg do r ep velopment. physical and mental health is changing urban Wendy Mackenzie about signifi cant lessons and insights we are deriving from our work. . k r o w r u o m o r f g n i v i r e d e r a e w s t h g i s n i d n a s n o s s e l t n a c fi i n g i s t u o b a e i z n e k c a M y d n e W , n So him rle eL y Mh p .l Ma R a ; lcy oc mi l o p n g i s e d e p a c s d n a l d n a t s e r o f g n i g r e m e e h t d e v i e c e r o h w , y e l s m r o W a h s i l A Alisha Wormsley, who received the emerging forest and landscape design polim co yc l ; a RaM l. phM y Le l r mi h oS n, r Jao t ma er su Ec . d Ron ha rt s i t r a l a u s i v , r e t i r w , r e h p a r g o e r o h c a l a n o i t a r i p s n i r e h t o n A s e r u s a e Er dT i tl oa rin ao li tt ea amn r e Lt inn dI a Braund, J oh0 1 n . 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De l sia gu n:n Ln aa n de eh st bg ern gi r Du ed sie gr nt a e h T y t i C s ’ h g r u b s t t i P t a at Pittsburgh’s City Theatn rg ei s de uD rig nr e gb ts he ed n aa nL n: n ug ai s l e D . r e m l o T y e gn t rr ou uo pC , or e fl l po eR ot t po lc eS who are leaders in their fi elds have whose body of work interweaves movement, media, l a b o l g a , n o s a M i r r e h S ; e g a u g n a l d n a s t r a l a u s i v l a n o i t p e c x e r o f s d r a w A z n i e H h t i w Ad be oz i un t g tho ec ce r o vn ee r e Ob scar-winning actor Denzel Washington partici. py an teo d m ine r the ec Ss ed pr ta emw a ber r e b awm e at rp de sS ce eh t r en i m d oe t na yp .i c i t r a p n o t g n i h s a W l e z n e D r o t c a g n i n n i w - r a c s bO e r ee nv o rec ce oh t g t nu izo eb dA with Heinz Awards for exceptional visual arts and language; Sherri Mason, a global e s o h w n o i t u l l o p c i t s a l p o r c i m r e t a w h s e r f n o t r e p x e . e b o l g e h t s s o r c a e l p o e p f o s e v i l e h gt r og un i dt -c be l eff sa s ink r g o cew remony fos rd tr ha e w chA ildn hw oo r dB h. oR m l eo r oa f tC h e h lat t, er a Pue ly i tzh et rn Pe rv ize es - ws t ii n nn I ing-playwright t h g i r w y a l p - g n i Inn n ii tsw - se ez i vr eP nr te hz t i yl eu P a re ,t ta l h e h Ct f ao r oe l m Ro .h Bd ro o wh nd l i Ah c w e ah rt dr so f y n o m e r we c o g rkn i s as ffe l eb c- td in u go r tg he lives of people across the globe. expert on freshwater microplastic pollution whose d n a s c i t s a l p o r c i m f o s s e n e r a w a g n i s i a r s i h c r a e s e r e h t , n o i t a d n u o F y l i m a F z n i e H Ae uh gt u f sto Wt c ile sj oo nr . p M rA . 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We x ee ar ti he eh rt i nr go tf ht es i rt ar ina bg en si idg r e e Mm r.e Washington n o t g n i h s a W e. r mM e e rgd i is ne gb an i ra tr i se th ft og rn i tr he eh it ra ee xeW . mr e t pn lae rc ys t ar ra tid sn ta i c m au ce hs iu evm ea -o t n i d o ao wh r ao rb dh sg i e wn et rc i er t es i stD ablished in 1993 in honor of the other contaminants in U.S. freshwater systems ; d l r o w e h t d n u o r a s e g n a h c y c i l o p o t g n i d a e l d n a s l a u d i v i d n i e t a r b e l e c o t I I I z n i e H wn ah so J a. mH a. icn ae JS ohe t na sl on, a junior a td Pe it tr so bp urp gu hS C. rk er ao tivw ee ar nu dt u Pf e r fo f rme s ii ngm Ao r tp s 6d -n 12a . s Ct on ve erm photo o t o h p mr e ev no tC s . a2 1 n- d6 s pt r oA mg n ii sem r fo f r e fP u td un ra ee wv i t oa re kr .C Sh ug pr u pb os rt t i eP dt a r o i n u j a , n o ls an teh o SJ ea nc i .a Hm .a J os ha nw Heinz III to celebrate individuals and leading to policy changes around the world; e s o h w r u e n e r p e r t n e l a i c o s a , g r e b n e t t o R a d n i L e h t ; s e i t i n a m u h d n a s t r a e h t n i s bt yn Re em ne ev e Ri oh sc ea n sr to ef el. h g r u b s t t i P e h T d n a s t n e m w o d n E z n i e H e h T y b by The Heinz Endowments and The Pittsburgh . l e fe ot rs n ae cs ho iR e ve e n me eR ny tb s in the arts and humanities; the Linda Rottenberg, a social entrepreneur whose c i m o n o c e g n i d i v o r p s i , r o v a e d n E , t fi o r p n o n l a b o l g ; y c i l o p c i l b u p ; n o i t i d n o c n a m u h e h t ; t n e m n o r i v n e a e r a s d r a w A n w o r B . R l o r a C e h t , n o i t a d n u o F Foundation, the Carol R. Brown Awards are a environment; the human condition; public policy; global nonprofi t, Endeavor, is providing economic g n i p o l e v e d n i s r e n w o s s e n i s u b o t y t i n u t r o p p o . t n e m y o l p m e d n a y m o n o c e e h t , y g o l o n h c e t d n a s t s i t r A l a n o i s s e f o r P n i g n i t s e v n I e h t f o t n e n o p m o c component of the Investing in Professional Artists and technology, the economy and employment. opportunity to business owners in developing e n i r a m a , a l a S c i r n E d n a ; . S . U e h t d n a s e i r t n u o c f o e z i r p h s a c d e t c i r t s e r n u n a s e v i e c e r h c a E f o r e b m u n l l a m s a g n o m a s i h c i h w , m a r g o r P Program, which is among a small number of Each receives an unrestricted cash prize of countries and the U.S.; and Enric Sala, a marine e c n e i c s f o n o i t c e s r e t n i e h t t a g n i k r o w t s i g o l o c e . 0 0 0 , 0 5 2 $ - n a l i h p t c e r i d e d i v o r p t a h t n o i g e r e h t n i s e v i t a i t i n i initiatives in the region that provide direct philan- $250,000. ecologist working at the intersection of science e n i t s i r p g n i n i a m e r s ’ d l r o w e h t t c e t o r p o t y c i l o p d n a , s n i k t A n a m r o N e r a s t n e i p i c e r s ’ r a e y s i h T d e m a n e r a y e h T . s t s i t r a l a u d i v i d n i o t t r o p p u s c i p o r h t thropic support to individual artists. 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4 THE HILL 28 HELP AND HOPE 45 GUIDING TO GREATNESS Overlooking Pittsburgh’s Downtown is the Hill Heads of social services agencies in the Hill District Three former Heinz Fellows used their District, a community with a storied history say improving surroundings without addressing experience in the Endowments-sponsored that is pushing to overcome past injustices to human needs would render development eff orts in education fellowship to create 1Nation achieve a hopeful and fairer future. the neighborhood hollow. So, their organizations Mentoring and continue making an impact are committed to fi lling in the gaps. on local youth. 14 VIEWS FROM THE HILL What will it take to ensure that attractive, 33 KEEPING HOUSE 46 SINGLED OUT equitable development fl ourishes in the Hill The Hill House Association is a valued neigh- Heinz Endowments–funded research showing District? Six community leaders off er their borhood institution in the Hill District. That’s why racial disparities in local school suspension rates perspectives on what’s needed to help the organization offi cials are willing to sacrifi ce some is boosting eff orts to use alternative approaches neighborhood thrive. assets to keep it in the community. in evaluating and addressing student behavior. 19 UPTOWN ASPIRATIONS 34 HILL STREETS 50 A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBOR Although Uptown’s boundaries have been New housing has been springing up in isolated This year’s commemorations of the 50th debated, many agree that its transformation into patches in the Hill District for about two decades, anniversary of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” an “eco-innovation district” should provide but now eff orts are being made to tie the have highlighted both the insightfulness economic, environmental and social benefi ts development together while keeping longtime of Fred Rogers and his remarkable legacy. to current residents and businesses. residents in the neighborhood. 20 ART IMITATING LIFE 40 TO LEARN & TO BLOSSOM 58 HERE & THERE The arts have always played a signifi cant role in Lyric Murphy and Sydnee Patterson Thomas shaping the Hill District’s narrative, and they are among the Hill District students who benefi t continue to make important contributions to the from neighborhood after-school programs and neighborhood’s economic and environmental from the providers’ involvement in the HYPE development. network, which allows organizations to collaborate on services and training.

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IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS: SECOND OF A THREE-PART SERIES FEATURING HOMEWOOD, THE HILL DISTRICT AND HAZELWOOD

his second installment of our magazine’s “In the Neighborhoods” series takes a look at Pittsburgh’s Hill District community, often referred to informally as “the Hill.” Once a prime destination for immigrants from Europe and African American migrants from the South, the Hill District has been known over the Tyears for reasons ranging from its international jazz legacy to struggles common to urban communities where the majority of residents are lower income. The Hill also has served as the inspiration for highly regarded creative projects that include Steven Bochco’s Emmy-winning television series “Hill Street Blues” and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright August Wilson’s drama collection “American Century Cycle.” Today, the Hill District is a place where a variety of cultural, social and economic visionaries are trying to shape the neighborhood’s next act so that it fairly refl ects the talents and desires of the community. The Heinz Endowments and other philanthropies in the Pittsburgh region are working with residents to support revitalization efforts in the Hill District, which is being featured in our neighborhood series along with Homewood and Hazelwood. The Endowments selected these three communities to receive a special investment focus because of their established relationships with the foundation, existing assets as well as challenges, and commitment to create a better future for neighborhood residents. The following pages will introduce some of the people and places that are integral to the transformation of the Hill.

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5865_TXT_C1.indd 5 12/19/18 8:20 AM 6 he Hill District of Pittsburgh neighborhood engagement at the Hill House Association, is more than just a place to a social services agency in the Hill District. which Terri Baltimore has “I’ve worked at Hill House since 2007 as an employee, dedicated the last two-and- but from 1992 until 2007, I ran a program here to serve a-half decades of her life. It is women in recovery. From 1985 to 1989, I worked for a place that has always drawn another organization that was based at the Hill House, her, a place that always felt and as a high school student, I came here to participate like home. in other programs.” She can describe the A neighborhood of rolling slopes overlooking Pitts- ground breaking history of burgh’s Downtown, the Hill, as it is informally known, is the neighborhood’s Freedom still a beacon attracting interest locally for its historic legacy 1914 House Ambulance Service and current social and cultural activities, Ms. Baltimore Before public housing was of the 1960s — the city’s fi rst said. built in the Hill District, many lower-income and working-class mobile emergency medicine “I probably do anywhere between 30 and 40 tours residents lived in tenement program, which became a a year for visitors, which consist mostly of people in buildings divided by common national model for emer- Pittsburgh who have never been to the Hill,” she noted. areas. gency medical transport and But it is the Hill District’s future, potentially fore- care. She can share stories about actor Vin shadowed by its prime real estate location and slowly 1932 Based in the Hill District, the Diesel’s grandfather who played for the changing demographics, that has community leaders Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball Pittsburgh Crawfords Negro League base- and philanthropies like The Heinz Endowments and the team was highly regarded in the ball team in the 1930s. Ms. Baltimore recalls McAuley Ministries Foundation partnering to ensure that Negro League and eventually had several National Baseball so much detail about the Hill District it’s as longtime residents are able to participate in and benefi t Hall of Fame inductees, including if she transcended time and lived through from revitalization efforts. Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and much of its history. “There are 28 acres situated between Downtown and James “Cool Papa” Bell. “I’ve spent half my life here, and for the the Hill District, and depending upon your orientation, last 26 years, I’ve been rooted in this place,” CEOs who see the site from their executive suites see it as 1946 The nightlife in the Hill District said Ms. Baltimore, a native of Pitts burgh’s an opportunity to expand the reach of Downtown,” said was legendary in the middle of East Liberty community and director of Rob Stephany, the Endowments’ director of Community the last century. Several venues, & Economic Development. “Residents vividly including the Roosevelt Theatre, showcased performances by jazz remember the site as an important and inte- artists such as Duke Ellington, gral part of their neighborhood. As parking while restaurants like Stanley’s lots transform into new things, like parks, Tavern provided food late into the evening. offi ce buildings and new housing, people are questioning, ‘Is it built for us, or is it not built 1955 for us?’ ” Wylie Avenue was a bustling Like many Pittsburgh neighborhoods, the thoroughfare in the Hill District Hill District is steeped in a rich cultural history that had thriving businesses

N e i l and often served as the site for that provided a foundation for later genera- neighborhood parades.

A n i e O ’ tions to build on. In the 18th century, people of Chinese, Lebanese, Russian, German, Italian, “I’VE SPENT HALF MY LIFE Jewish and Syrian backgrounds populated the Hill with African Americans migrating from HERE, AND FOR THE the South to the area in the early 19th century. LAST 26 YEARS, I’VE BEEN The resulting ethnic hodgepodge would be a defi ning neighborhood characteristic for over ROOTED IN THIS PLACE.” a century. Terri Baltimore Director of Neighbor Engagement, Hill House Association

Lacretia Wimbley is a Pittsburgh-based freelance writer. This is her first story for h.

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5865_TXT_C2indd.indd 9 12/20/18 1:04 AM 10 The Hill District’s transition into a base ball team, the Hill also was home to But the Civic Arena’s emergence on predominantly African American com- The Pittsburgh Courier, for a time the the city’s landscape also marked the begin- munity began with the Great Migration nation’s largest black-owned newspaper ning of the Hill District’s decline — and in the early 20th century, when somewhere with a peak circulation of more than the intensifying of community efforts to between 1 million and 6 million African 350,000 copies; the city’s NAACP and Urban protect residents and their interests that Americans fl ed the racial oppression and League chapters; and many black churches. continues today. poor economic conditions in southern The neighborhood’s heyday ended “[The Civic Arena construction] states. The Hill District saw an infl ux of in the 1960s. Like a number of African represented all of what is negative in how thousands. Upon their arrival, many sought American communities across the country, you destroy a community,” said Pittsburgh and obtained jobs in iron and steel mills in the Hill District experienced the impact of Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle, who was the city, and during the ensuing decades, civil unrest, such as major rebellions after raised in the Hill District and now repre- the Hill District became the city’s center for the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin sents the community on City Council. Black Nationalism and political advocacy. Luther King Jr. But the event identifi ed “It’s a lesson on what not to do that By 1950, the population in the Hill as more profoundly devastating by many lingers today. You still have people who District became increasingly African neighborhood residents was an extensive, remember living on that site, people who American, with other ethnic groups moving yet short-sighted, redevelopment project. could tell you where on the Lower Hill to different sections of the city and region. Some 8,000 residents were displaced and they grew up, what businesses they used to While some white-owned businesses and several hundred buildings were demolished frequent there, who their neighbors were… white residents remained in the neighbor- in the late 1950s and early 1960s to make It’s been a devastating shock to the psyche hood, the Hill solidifi ed its place as a black way for a municipal arena in the section of not only the Hill District community but enclave in the mid-20th century, gaining of the neighborhood closest to Downtown also of the African American community national and international attention for its known as the Lower Hill. as a whole to know that your government cultural and entertainment offerings. Many families were moved into public could think so little of you that they would Its jazz scene came alive with well- housing as part of one of the largest urban forcefully take your home, and literally known clubs like the Crawford Grill and renewal efforts in the region. In 1962, the cripple and destroy a neighborhood socially Hurri cane Lounge. These venues featured Civic Arena opened as an entertainment and economically.” a vast array of artists, such as Lena Horne, venue hailed for the architectural achieve- In the late 1960s, the fi ght to prevent Billy Eckstine and Mary Lou Williams. ment of having at that time the world’s cultural and demographic loss involved In addition to the Pittsburgh Crawfords, largest retractable stainless-steel roof. Later residents refusing to allow further demo- a premier Negro League professional it became home to the Pittsburgh Penguins lition in the neighborhood, a stand that hockey team. CIVIC DUTY? The large parking lot that currently sits on the former Civic Arena site is an ongoing reminder that the Pittsburgh Penguins have yet to develop the property according to the team’s agreement with the Sports & Exhibition Authority and the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority. So far, the only new construction on the 28 acres for which the Penguins have development rights has been the PPG Paints Arena and its surrounding infrastructure.

5865_TXT_C1.indd 10 12/19/18 2:28 AM While commercial development has been lagging in the Hill District, housing construction has been on the upswing for more than two decades. Townhomes on Dinwiddie Street, top, and the Skyline Terrace development, bottom, refl ect the variety of new housing in the neighborhood.

included erecting a billboard that said “No redevelopment beyond this point.” The Freedom Corner Memorial at the intersec- tion of Centre Avenue and Crawford Street marks that resistance and other civil rights protests that followed. Forty years later, the local Sports & Exhibition Authority and the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority reached an agreement with the Penguins on develop- ment rights to 28 acres of land in the Lower Hill, which included redeveloping the Civic Arena site and constructing a new hockey arena. Hill District community leaders insisted on inclusion in the discussions about the property and negotiated a community benefi ts agreement, the fi rst of its kind in Pittsburgh. The 2008 accord called for $8.3 million in fi nancial resources for neigh- bor hood improvement efforts in the Hill, a number of non-fi nancial benefi ts, and a commitment that residents would have fi rst priority for jobs connected to arena development. Some visible progress has been made. Along with the construction of the PPG Paints Arena and new streets, sidewalks and trigger for the additional tax revenue from led to the construction of a variety of underlying infrastructure, $1 million was the site — and no new funding has been mixed-income housing complexes. provided to help support construction of a generated so far. Although some of those moving into nearby grocery store. Several hundred Hill But even before PPG Paints Arena was these homes have been African Americans District residents were hired for positions built, the Hill District was beginning to who were existing residents as well as new- in the construction and ongoing operations transform. comers, the housing growth has altered the of the new arena. Also, a creative tax sharing In the 1990s, new housing development racial and socioeconomic demographics plan was crafted to set aside 50 percent of began with Crawford Square, a collection in parts of the Hill, forcing a number of all new real estate tax revenue generated by of apartments, townhouses and single- long-term, low-income residents to relo- new development for use in rebuilding a family homes located just above Freedom cate to other parts of the city and county. nearby historic part of the neighborhood. Corner. Residential construction continues Community organizations, neighborhood However, except for the new arena, the to expand deeper into the Hill, and redevel- leaders and current Hill District residents Penguins have yet to develop any other opment over the past two decades of public are now working with developers to ensure buildings on the 28 acres — the needed housing that once defi ned some areas has

5865_TXT_C1.indd 11 12/19/18 2:28 AM 12 that future development allows those living in the rede- Still, Mr. Stephany of the Endowments, veloped areas to stay there. which has invested more than $19.7 mil- As new homes were being built across the Hill, other lion in various Hill District projects and capital projects begun or completed have been more programs over the years, cautions that community-focused, with the primary aim of benefi ting rebuilding the community requires a high those who made the neighborhood their home for years. level of intentionality and tactical action, They include construction of the Thelma Lovette YMCA, even as the process moves slowly. the Jeron X. Grayson Community Center, August Wilson Mr. Lavelle, for example, noted that it Park and the Hill House Senior Services Center. Plans is important for African Americans from also are underway to redevelop the New Granada Theater, the Hill District community to participate another entertainment venue that in recent decades has in the redevelopment of the former Civic fallen into disrepair but once hosted jazz greats of the last Arena site in terms of both construction century. and investment. Since 2008, the McAuley Ministries Foundation has And the Rev. Paul Abernathy, director awarded $12 million to these and other community of FOCUS Pittsburgh and an Orthodox improvement projects as well as out-of-school-time Christian priest, said that while the dif- programs, and health and safety house renovations for ferent construction projects continue in low-income homeowners. the Hill, his organization is working to “We believe that the Hill District is an important and address deeper issues in the community. historic neighborhood that deserves invest ment to build FOCUS — Food, Occupation, Clothing, and restore community assets,” Executive Direc tor Michele Understanding and Shelter — provides ser- Cooper said. “We have also invested in human and social vices designed to heal residents of trauma services because it is equally impor tant to invest in people.” caused by factors such as physical violence, Among the other initiatives intended to preserve the mental health problems or community community’s assets and support its people there is the res- displacement that could make it diffi cult toration of the home of for individuals to fi nd jobs, housing or Pulitzer Prize– winning simply have healthy mental/emotional lives. playwright August If these problems are addressed effec- WE BELIEVE THAT THE HILL DISTRICT Wilson, a Hill District tively, Rev. Abernathy contended, they IS AN IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC native who brought could change community outcomes on a international attention larger scale. NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DESERVES to his former neighbor- Carmen Anderson, the Endowments’ INVESTMENT TO BUILD AND RESTORE hood, where most of his director of Equity and Social Justice, said plays were set. Plans that though the Hill District still faces its COMMUNITY ASSETS. WE HAVE ALSO call for transforming challenges, the good will and enduring the Wilson house into hope that exists stems from the people in INVESTED IN HUMAN AND SOCIAL a cultural center for the community. SERVICES BECAUSE IT IS EQUALLY performances, exhibits “We sometimes struggle with a balance and other activities. between what is, what was and what could IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN PEOPLE.” And the Sports & be,” Ms. Anderson said. “It’s important that Michele Cooper executive director Exhibition Authority public–private partners keep their commit- McAuley Ministries Foundation has proposed an I-579 ments so that progress for the community “Cap” Urban Connector as a whole can be accelerated. Project, connecting the neighborhood to Downtown. Plans “But I believe there have been and include the creation of a park with artistic design elements will always be committed individuals and paying homage to African American culture in the Hill organizations in the black community — District. With a commitment of $19 million in federal wherever we are — who are dedicated to funds, the park would be built between two bridges that ensuring that our children are safe, have cross over the highway adjacent to the neighborhood. places to play, have places to learn and grow, and the Hill is no exception.” h

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5865_TXT.indd 13 12/15/18 12:54 AM Economic development in the Hill District: I don’t see the Hill District as having the kind of development that Lawrenceville, the South Side and other city communities have enjoyed. One 14 reason is the slow increase in capital income and employment. There’s a direct correlation between per capita income and homeownership and between homeownership and public safety. There is a direct relationship between those things and investment by the business community. That has to improve. Has there been some progress? Yes. Is there investment in the works? Yes. But it hasn’t been fast enough and deep enough.

Places ripe for development: When you look at what the Hill CDC proposes for rebuilding Centre Avenue, the business corridor, the Lower Hill development, the Herron Avenue corridor and the Herron-Milwaukee Street corridor, you see great opportunity for reinvest- ment, development and substantive growth.

Avoiding gentrifi cation: We have to create real employment opportunities for the current residents in the Hill so they can have family-sustaining careers and aff ord to stay where they are. It is real that individuals with resources are going to look for investment opportunities. But it is critical that residents have the requisite skills and opportunity so they will not be displaced. DeWitt Walton COUNCILMAN, ALLEGHENY COUNTY

5865_TXT.indd 14 12/15/18 12:54 AM 15 ith its celebrity-attracting jazz clubs, internationally deal the Pittsburgh Penguins struck with the city for a new hockey recognized black-owned newspaper, and variety of venue to replace the Civic Arena. It included a master plan that social and recreational activities catering to African residents contributed to and approved in contrast to decades W American residents, the Hill District was Pittsburgh’s earlier, when urban renewal steamrolled ahead without either center of African American culture from the 1920s through the their input or consent. 1940s. But the city’s “renaissance,” begun in the 1950s, led to harsh There have been encouraging signs since. The I-579 highway consequences for the community from which, in many respects, that cut off the Hill from Downtown is being capped and designed it hasn’t recovered. as a green passage with a park, trails and other amenities to restore Bulldozers razed some 100 acres of the Lower Hill to accom- that lost connection. The Energy Innovation Center, opened in modate the vision of a cultural center, a new home for the sym- 2015 in a former trade school, restores training opportunities and phony and ballet with a state-of-the-art public arena and luxury exposure to jobs and careers in the building trades, utilities and apartments. It quickly other sectors. displaced hundreds of Neighborhood entre- businesses from the heart pre neurs and efforts to of neighborhood com- assist them are emerging, merce and 8,000 people particularly in the arts. The who lived there. nonprofi t artisan boutique Only the Civic Arena VIEWS Ujamaa Collective offers was built. Much of the rest space, education and sup- was left for parking. The port to help black women Hill became a laboratory FROM THE grow as artists, entrepre- for researchers to study neurs and community the aftershocks of poorly leaders. Plans for Nafasi on executed urban renewal. Centre are moving forward One of them, Dr. as a workspace and arts Mindy Fullilove, a research business accelerator where psychiatrist and a professor artists live, learn and create. of Urban Policy and Health But there have been at The New School in New HSIX COMMUNITY LEADERIS DISCUSS LECONOMIC DEVELOLPMENT IN THE HILL setbacks as well. York, found common DISTRICT AND HOW TO ENSURE THAT LONGTIME RESIDENTS Revitalizing the com- themes in the destruc- ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS AND BENEFIT FROM THE CHANGES. mercial district remains tion of large, established BY JEFFERY FRASER. PHOTOS BY ANNIE O’NEILL a struggle, and several neighborhoods. Her fi nd- existing businesses face a ings, which included her study of the Hill District, became a hard road to survival. The Hill House Association, whose roots book, “Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts trace back to the early–20th-century settlement house move- America and What We Can Do About It.” ment, recently announced that it must sell four properties to An immense rupture in a community infl icts psychological avoid fi nancial collapse. wounds similar to the traumatic stress seen among victims of hur- The 28-acre former Civic Arena site in the Lower Hill remains ricanes, tornadoes and fl oods, Dr. Fullilove determined. It changes undeveloped 10 years after the signing of the CBA that grew from how they had come to see the world, disrupting their senses of concern over what would become of that prime acreage. Poverty attachment and identity. It undermines their trust and leaves them and joblessness remain stubbornly high. And the level of economic angry and frustrated that their neighborhood was taken from growth recently experienced in other city neighborhoods, such them. Relationships, and social, emotional and fi nancial resources as Lawrenceville and East Liberty, hasn’t been seen in the Hill are weakened. The effects can last for generations. District. In the Hill District, however, the experience also hardened In the following pages, six people intimately familiar with the neighborhood resolve. First, residents rallied to resist and suc- Hill District share their perspectives of the neighborhood and its cessfully block later attempts by the city to take more of the economic future. They consider the complexities, the hopes and neighborhood to expand the proposed cultural district. Decades dreams of its residents, their desire to preserve the Hill’s identity later, they demanded, negotiated and won the fi rst community as it moves forward, and the challenges of restoring the historic benefi ts agreement in Pennsylvania, signed in 2008 as part of a neighborhood to the vibrancy it once enjoyed. h

Jeff Fraser is a Pittsburgh-based freelance writer and frequent contributor to h. His stories in the first issue of this year examined what it means for Pittsburgh to advance as a technology innovation leader in terms of providing employment for current local workers and creating a city of the future that is sustainable and just.

5865_TXT_C1.indd 15 12/19/18 2:28 AM Economic development in the Hill District: The Hill District is well positioned for growth and development. The community has been very intentional about making sure there is a bottom-up plan for future development, which is evident in their master plan and other studies they’ve done that serve as a blueprint going forward. What is lacking is the investments in those institutions and people to see all of their plans to fruition.

Places ripe for development: The Centre Avenue corridor: The Poise Foundation has been making investments around business support, housing and commercial development and building stabilization, particularly along that corridor. There is interest among businesses around being in the Hill District. There are buildings owned by people who want to improve them, get them back on the market, but need some help, some investment. There’s a lot of interest among residents in seeing that corridor come to life.

Avoiding gentrifi cation: It is critical that the people and institutions in the neighborhood are empowered, invested in and given the opportunity to lead revitalization. That is the way to ensure that gentrifi cation and displacement Karris Jackson doesn’t happen. If any neighborhood in the city is CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, POISE FOUNDATION able to pull off revitalization that doesn’t result in displacement and gentrifi cation, it’s the Hill.

Economic development in the Hill District: When I think of neighborhoods that have experienced robust economic growth and development in recent years, Lawrenceville Michele Rone Cooper and East Liberty come to mind. The Hill District is seeing slower EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MCAULEY MINISTRIES FOUNDATION growth. There is a blueprint for what that development should look like, but there has not been the level of public and private investment that we see in other neighborhoods.

Places ripe for development: Centre Avenue, an east–west corridor, is defi nitely one place, and Herron Avenue, which is a north–south corridor, is another. The Hill District is such a valuable and strategic location, and it is surrounded by large institutions that have the potential to invest in the community.

Avoiding gentrifi cation: I’m optimistic by nature. I believe if you recognize the issue you can plan to mitigate it. We know neighborhood gentrifi cation isn’t a risk for communities where you see investment in those communities. But gentrifi cation is a concern in the Hill District. I think working with the city and developers we can make sure that doesn’t happen. It’s not an either-or. It’s an opportunity to be thoughtful and be a leader in Pittsburgh and nationally on how you can encourage investment without displacement. I think the Hill District is poised to demonstrate that.

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Carl Redwood Jr. BOARD CHAIRMAN, HILL DISTRICT CONSENSUS GROUP

Economic development in the Hill District: I still have concern that economic development and growth always comes at the expense of low-income people. That has been the case in the Hill. There was a plan put in place, and the original part of that plan was to displace the folks from the Lower Hill, to get rid of 8,000 people to make way for a parking lot. A similar process has continued. Most recently, it’s been the destruction of public housing.

Places ripe for development: One potential area for economic growth is the large student market normally served by Oakland that could become part of the Hill District. We already see students living in the Hill. The Herron Avenue corridor has a lot of traffi c and could be developed. The Lower Hill parking lot is a development site, but, again, the question is for whom?

Avoiding gentrifi cation: It may get to a point where there aren’t many economically vulnerable people left to displace. You go through a process of displacing folks, and you get to a point where you can turn around and say there aren’t many people left to displace and act like you are starting from square one.

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Marimba Milliones PRESIDENT AND CEO, HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Economic development in the Hill District: place and performance), and All In Pittsburgh. Avoiding gentrifi cation: Most development in the Hill District has Those things are great. Now, the important thing There are structural inequities around access focused on housing. That’s been a source of is to connect those aspirations to public policy in to aff ordable health care, access to quality concern for the community because commercial a tangible way. We have enough evidence that education and a livable wage that are a challenge revitali za tion is critical to our ability to have aspirations alone do not transform communities. to an anti-displacement philosophy. However, as the well-rounded economic development that those are being resolved, there are strategies for shapes a neighborhood by providing amenities, Places ripe for development: communities and governments that prevent or services and access to commerce. Extensive planning has gone into the commercial limit gentrifi cation, such as inclusionary zoning, Public agencies, philanthropic organizations, revitalization of the neighborhood. The Centre requirements for aff ordable housing in new and community-based organizations have been Avenue business corridor, Herron Avenue development. These practices have been used engaged in a conversation around equitable corridor, the lower Hill District�—�those commercial in other cities. development. You hear about p4 (people, planet, opportunities are what the community most desires to see move forward.

Diamonte Walker DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE AND COMPLIANCE, MINORITY- AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF PITTSBURGH

Economic development in the Hill District: There’s been aff ordable housing development. What we haven’t seen is the revitalization of the business corridor, the main artery of the neighborhood, and a reasonable amount of market-rate development. My family has been in the Hill District for more than 100 years. It’s a self-determining community. People want to have control over and infl uence neighborhood identity. They might not think every development is right for the neighbor hood. People are aware of the reality of gentrifi cation and want to make sure that what happens strengthens the neighborhood fabric. While you have factions that want to see an opportunity-rich neighborhood, better schools and housing choices, others are fearful of what that might mean because they don’t want people to be priced out.

Places ripe for development: On the housing front, Schenley Heights has potential for the development of aff ordable and market-rate homeownership. It’s historically an affl uent African American homeownership area, but we’ve not thought about it in that way.

Avoiding gentrifi cation: It’s as though you have two false choices: stagnation or gentrifi cation. I think the Goldilocks zone is neighborhood revitalization that grows people in place and grows the public–private partnerships that make that happen.

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innovation economy. Half of U.S. science, technol- ogy, engineering and mathematics jobs in that sector don’t require a four-year degree and pay $53,000 on average, according to a Brookings Institute study. “As [Uptown] gets built out and becomes economically healthy, it’s going to present new opportunities to the Hill District,” Ms. Mondor added. But the link between the eco-innovation district and greater Hill District could be better, said Marimba Milliones, president and CEO of the Hill Community Development Corporation. “The approach to devel- o t G l d s m i h

S c opment doesn’t fully consider Uptown as part of the Hill District. It focuses on connecting Downtown to West Oakland, not fortifying the north–south con- f there is a Pittsburgh neighborhood hiding training and job opportunities for local residents. The nections with the Hill. I think that’s an oversight.” in plain sight, it is Uptown. Port Authority of Allegheny County has plotted bus The risk of gentrifi cation accompanies initiatives It rests between Oakland and Downtown lanes and designed stations for a rapid-transit bus that hope to raise the value of neighborhoods such and is also known as the Bluff , Soho or system that is expected to help thin car traffi c and as Uptown. As real estate values rise, so do hous- simply part of the Hill District, depending on pollution. ing costs, and the neighborhood is already seeing who is doing the talking. Chances are, most And Uptown residents endorsed an eco- evidence of that, Mr. Wingenfeld said. Ipeople who live in the city have been there, passing innovation district master plan that refl ects their Many Uptown residents are particularly vulner- through without stopping as 39,000 motorists do desires and concerns�—�a plan they helped shape able to rising housing costs. According to Uptown every day on the Boulevard of the Allies alone. through a two-year engagement process that saw Partners data, 21 percent of housing units are sub- Some 1,400 people call the often-overlooked 550 of them participate in planning events and sidized aff ordable housing and all are rentals. Many neighborhood home, not counting students and 700 complete surveys. The process also included other residents live in units that are “naturally” inmates at the Allegheny County Jail. And for 50 interviews and more than 25 focus groups with aff ordable due to their condition and other factors. the past few years, these residents had a hand in community stakeholders. “For us, the challenge is fi nding ways to make reinventing it in ways that are attracting national “It gave residents, business owners, nonprofi ts sure that long-term residents of Uptown can stay if attention. and institutions a chance to envision what Uptown they want to and not get pushed out,” said Andrew Uptown is the city’s fi rst attempt to create a could be and express what they hope it will be,” said McElwaine, vice president of Sustainability at The sustainable, people-friendly eco-innovation district. Joseph Wingenfeld, program manager for Uptown Heinz Endowments. It combines bottom-up planning focused on social Partners of Pittsburgh, a local community group. Uptown Partners recently hired a community equity and the well-being of those living in the com- “Changes are being proposed, and they should be engagement and outreach staff member, with sup- munity with strategies and infrastructure to attract a part of that change. There’s a lot of energy in this port from the Endowments, to ensure that the voices, companies, innovation and jobs. neighborhood.” interests and concerns of residents remain in the While eco-innovation districts typically target The blueprint includes dozens of projects large forefront as projects in the master plan are rolled out. well-capitalized, single-site, former industrial or and small, some more challenging than others. And the city is off ering developers incentives, commercial property, the Uptown plan is applying Lanes for car traffi c, for example, will be pared in such as relaxed density restrictions, to add aff ord- the concept to an existing urban neighborhood with favor of bus lanes and infrastructure that encourages able housing to their new market-rate developments. residents, businesses and its own character. That biking and walking, enhances pedestrian safety, and Other strategies for addressing housing aff ordabil- makes Pittsburgh’s plan exceptionally challenging. curbs pollution. In Uptown, the rate of people killed or ity, such as establishing a land trust, are also being Also, half of the strategy is focused on commun- severely injured in car crashes and the concentration explored. ity empowerment, self-determination, wealth-build- of black carbon in the air are among the highest in Whether the Uptown Eco-Innovation District ing, preservation of assets and aff ordability while the city. Other strategies include reviving the com- becomes a national model will depend on how improving environmental conditions, explained mercial corridor and attracting new retail tenants and successful it is in overcoming the neighborhood’s Christine Mondor, chairperson of the City Planning innovation companies. A civic plaza is also on the solvable physical challenges in a way that allows Commission and principal at the architectural fi rm, list, as are better stormwater management and more residents to share the benefi ts of new prosperity, evolveEA. “That’s acknowledging this is a commu- parks and green space, which Uptown’s 37 percent Ms. Mondor said. nity. It’s not a blank slate. Our strategy is diff er ent rate of vacant and underused land suggests can be “Pittsburgh is at a great point,” she asserted. from others.” accommodated. “We are growing at a pace that we can see things The initiative has gained momentum since city The benefi ts of such improvements won’t likely emerging fast enough to infl uence them, and we are offi cials put it in motion four years ago. UPMC Mercy be exclusive to Uptown. learning from other cities that are growing faster.” h Hospital, a neighborhood anchor, recently announced As a natural extension of the university-rich a $400 million expansion plan that includes a new corridor through Oakland, a revitalized Uptown will eye hospital and a nonbinding agreement calling for be a welcomed complement to the neighboring community, which is driving the city’s emerging

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Julia Fraser is a Pittsburgh-based freelance writer. This is her first story for h.

5865_TXT_C1.indd 21 12/19/18 2:28 AM Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington, left center, was a featured guest at the September “ground blessing” ceremony that marked the beginning of restoration construction at the childhood home of the late Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright August Wilson. Mr. Washington presented $5 million in contributions from celebrities as part of his fundraising eff ort for the project. During the event, Jamaica Johnson, a junior at Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12 performed a monologue from Mr. Wilson’s play “King Hedley II.” o s e n t l e n R R

t’s hard to overstate the signifi cance of August Wilson,” said Paul Ellis, Jr., Mr. Wilson’s nephew and executive director of the nonprofi t August Wilson House. “His life and his work are closely intertwined with the history of the Hill District. Its bustling nature, cultural vitality, [and history of urban renewal leading to resident] displacement are the perfect recipe for provocative representation in his plays. People in the Hill District are aware of that history.” Plans for restoring the childhood home of the late Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright are being drawn with an offi cial capital campaign to follow. The project already has attracted high-profi le donors, such as actors Denzel Washington, Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, as well as local philanthropic support, including grants from the Endowments and The Pittsburgh Foundation. In September, Mr. Washington brought to Pittsburgh $5 million in contributions that he had raised with the support of well-known celebrities to give the initiative a boost. Once restored to its 1950s condition, the August Wilson House will include an interactive museum and space for local artists, community programs and performances. Even while fundraising for the project has been underway, some performances have taken place on the Bedford Avenue property. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, led by founder and producing artistic director Mark Clayton Southers, has staged the playwright’s complete 10-play Century Cycle and presented several of Wilson’s plays in the yard of the Hill District house. “There’s a large void in creating opportunities for talented artists,” Mr. Ellis said. “When I was growing up, I watched my uncle create opportunities for artists, countless people in the fi eld. He was a gateway. That was important to him and that became important to me.” African American landscape architect Walter Hood is designing the grounds. Although exactly how the grounds will be used is still unclear, outdoor theatrical productions will continue to be included, Mr. Ellis said. “It’s truly honoring an American hero in this neighborhood,” Brian Brown, former vice president of the August Wilson House board of directors, said of the project. “He’s truly an African American hero in this l e

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he Hill District is emerging as a new Allies and Pittsburgh’s Offi ce of Public Art by the Hill House Association fi ve years ago. frontier for art that is being created has commissioned artists to work with One, “Our Vibrant Future,” colorfully captures from an intimate relationship between community organizations and create art in the modern neighborhood’s character and the artist, the community and the people who six neighborhoods. strength while the other, “Hill District Hey Day,” live there. In the Hill District’s August Wilson Park, past, pays homage to the vibrant years when the Njaimeh Njie drew inspiration for “Home- present and play merge in Alisha B. Wormsley’s neighborhood was known as “Little Harlem.” coming” from the lives of residents she explored, “We Came From the Stars,” commissioned by “The artist’s process in these public art and supplements her installations with an online the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy. A series of projects includes engaging with community component that includes an interactive map of viewfi nders throughout the park allow people members,” said Sallyann Kluz, director of the the Hill along with the oral histories she gathered. to see images depicting past and current Offi ce of Public Art. “The community members Her work is one of the projects to emerge neighborhood scenes as well as those envisioned get tied in and see what’s happening in terms of from the Temporary Public Art and Placemaking for the future. development. That doesn’t happen if you don’t Program. Supported by the Endowments, A grocery store on Centre Avenue, the have the organic relationship with a place.” this collaboration between the community community’s main thoroughfare, boasts two development nonprofi t Neighborhood large murals by Leslie Ansley, commissioned

5865_TXT.indd 24 12/15/18 12:55 AM 25 ublic art and design merge at August Wilson Park, formerly Cliff side Park, which is near the August Wilson House, and off ers a panoramic view of Pittsburgh’s northern neighborhoods and suburbs. Alisha Wormsley’s artwork, Teenie Harris’ photographs and quotes from the namesake playwright dot the trails. It’s the fi rst park project to be based on the “Greenprint for the Hill District,” a comprehensive green space framework for the neighbor hood created by the Walter Hood Design Studio, that includes a water garden, parks, trails, a green overlook and fi elds. Another high-profi le example of how the Hill District is marrying art and green space in reimagining the neighborhood is the I-579 “cap.” The cap itself will be a concrete covering over the I-579 Crosstown Boulevard highway currently separating the Hill from Downtown that will be topped with a pedestrian park. Overseen by the Sports & Exhibition Authority, the project is expected to begin construction soon. Upon completion, getting from the Hill District to Downtown�—�the city’s center of employment, education and services�—�will no longer require crossing over the busy boulevard leading onto the highway. Instead, the Hill and Down- town will be connected by scenic trails and walking paths through three acres of green space dotted with gardens and seating areas. But art and design have been applied to envision something more: a walkway with a story wall refl ecting neighborhood history and culture; lawns large enough for events; an outdoor classroom; and paving patterns in the shape of a Sankofa Bird, a Ghanaian symbol that represents the need to refl ect on the past to build a successful future. “The community said early on that they wanted art included in the design,” said Mary Conturo, executive director of the Sports & Exhibition Authority. Artists Amir Rashidd, Jann Rosen-Queralt, and Dr. Kimberly Ellis, along with design consultant Lake Byrd of Communion LLC, worked with the authority as part of the construction design team for the park. a h i E l a n M i z r

Capturing the vision of a strong, dynamic Hill District and its prominent musical heritage is “Our Vibrant Future,” above, by artist Leslie Ansley. The mural stretches across an

interior wall of a grocery store in the a n c y community. Art also is prominent in

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Wilson Park, right, where enlarged g h P replicas of photos by the late Charles “Teenie” Harris, who chronicled Hill i t s b u r

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5865_TXT.indd 25 12/15/18 12:55 AM Plans to rehabilitate and update the Hill District’s legendary New Granada Theater, below, incorporate the lively colors of the building’s original Art Deco style. Once restored, it could become the venue of performances like the “Lift Every Voice” concert in January, opposite page, which included members of the Hill District Unity Choir, right. The event at Heinz Hall in Downtown Pittsburgh was a collaboration 26 between the neighborhood and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. a t i o n

o r p rtists have always found support in the Hill District, The New Granada Theater awaits renovation in the same swath and that’s continuing, especially as the vital role the of the Centre Avenue corridor. The Art Deco building was designed

e l o p m n t C arts can play in community development is better in 1927 by Louis Billinger, a prominent African American architect. v appreciated. The neighborhood’s 2011 master plan, for example, It fell into disrepair and was acquired by the Hill CDC in 1995. The y D e led to #ArtsinHD, an arts planning group for strengthening local Endowments funded an engineering study that determined that

o m u n i t arts and artists. the historic structure could be saved. “We strongly believe that culture should be a defi ning part “Such an iconic physical structure is a nod to our history and of neighborhoods; but how culture is represented should be an important part of our future,” said Marimba Milliones, president

y o f t h e H i l C developed with the community and for the community, not and CEO of the Hill CDC. “I’ve always envisioned this cultural t e s parachuted in by someone else,” said Janet Sarbaugh, the economy, this cultural tourism the Hill District could have. People o u r Endowments’ vice president for Creativity. don’t want to hear about where Duke Ellington was named king of s o n ; c One key project #ArtsinHD is involved in is called Nafasi, an jazz. They want to stand on the ground where Duke Ellington was e t r artist live-and-work space done in partnership with developer named king of jazz.” Joshua Pollard, CEO of the real estate fi rm Omicelo, and the Hill The New Granada will have three fl oors of mixed-use space y C a r l o s P Community Development Corporation. Drawings and demolition for a theater and community use. “I think that the New Granada

e p l a n b have been completed on the Centre Avenue building that will will be the heartbeat of the cultural and commercial core of the

a t i v house Nafasi, which means “space” in Swahili, as part of the Hill District,” Ms. Milliones said. “Its redevelopment is central

I l u s t r renovations to create the artist mercantile site and residency for to our psychological transformation, as well as our physical six local artists. transformation.” “This is the most active time for physical spaces for the arts It also fi ts well in a Centre Avenue corridor already shared since I’ve been here,” said Justin Laing, chairman of #ArtsinHD and by emerging and established art spaces. Among them are the a former Endowments Arts & Culture program offi cer who was Ujamaa Collective, a nonprofi t boutique and artist education and a Hill District resident for many years. work space that promotes the work of Africana women locally “Artists play such a unique role in neighborhood revitalization,” and abroad, and the Mecca Of Kulture and Art (MOKA) gallery said Mr. Pollard, a Hill District resident. “Many times when a and studio, a space being developed for art exhibitions, artist neighborhood is going through change that is not inclusive of residencies and classes. community members, it’s artists from other parts of town saying ‘Hey, this is what it should look like.’�”

5865_TXT.indd 26 12/15/18 12:55 AM nd more artists are coming. regional artists of color into the Hill District. The The Pittsburgh Symphony fellows will be provided with fi nancial support Orchestra recently revived a partner- and housing while they create, teach and ship with the Hill District after a community showcase their work in the neighborhood. The relevance survey reported feedback from initiative evolved from a partnership between the neighborhoods like the Hill that was troubling. August Wilson House and Duquesne University, 27 “We heard that the symphony is only for and is evidence of a trend to reacquaint the city’s rich white people,” rather than for Hill District institutions with the Hill District community. The residents, explained Suzanne Perrino, Pittsburgh fi rst fellow in the program is renowned poet Symphony Orchestra senior vice president of Natasha Tretheway, who was appointed United learning and community engagement. States Poet Laureate in 2012 and 2014. The PSO relaunched its partnership with Upcoming events include a collaboration the Hill District in January of this year with between the Hill District’s Ebenezer Baptist “Lift Every Voice,” a concert hosted by actress Church and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh Phylicia Rashad. The event featured a choir on the choral piece “Let My People Go: A whose members were selected from choirs in Spiritual Journey Along the Underground the Hill; the premiere of the “August Wilson Railroad.” The performance is scheduled for Symphony” by African American composer February at the church, which is near the location Kathryn Bostic; and the symphony sharing the of an Under ground Railroad stop. In March, the stage with drummers, vocalists and artists from Renaissance City Winds, along with soprano the neighborhood. 1,800 tickets were sold. Demareus Cooper and baritone Eugene Perry, “Lift Every Voice” was followed by the will perform music primarily by African American “Sounds of Summer on Centre” concert in July, composers during a concert at the Elsie Hillman which was infused with artists and poets from Auditorium in the Hill House Association’s the Hill celebrating female artists and featured Kaufmann Center. Hill District–native Monica Ellis, a bassoonist with “We’re building these institutions in the Imani Winds, a New York City wind quartet. neighborhood that are going to make it a “A lot of things are promised to the Hill cool place for the people who live here and District,” Ms. Perrino said. “A lot of one-off s or part of the conversation about arts spaces in fl y-by arts, and we didn’t want to do that. We’ve Pittsburgh,” said Terri Baltimore of the Hill House been putting a lot of time into building trust.” Association. “It’ll become a cultural touchstone of This fall marked the beginning of a three- Pittsburgh, not an outlier.” year fellowship program to bring national and e p r i n t d w h m s o . e d . R e s r v e t , 2 0 1 8 a l r i g h s - G a z o s t g h P i t s b u r y r i g h t © , P o p P h o t c a p i n : C

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HILL DISTRICT NONPROFITS FOCUSING ON HUMAN SERVICES, INCLUDING SEVERAL FAITH- BASED ORGANIZATIONS, ARE DOING MORE THAN MEETING NEEDS. THEY ARE HELPING RESIDENTS PREPARE FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEMSELVES AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BY BEN WECHT

nside an unassuming Centre Avenue storefront in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Hill District, a transformation is in process. It’s a late-summer weekday morning, and a mostly male, predominantly African American, gathering of seven or eight residents sits in rapt attention to a charismatic, hyper-verbal younger man in the white robe and gold-hued Byzantine stole of the Orthodox Church. He is preaching to them about suffering and redemption, about Jacob dislocating his hip in an all-night wrestling match in order to behold God at last. IBut the transformation underway is not solely a spiritual one — at least not as intended by the young preacher. The Rev. Paul Abernathy is the founder of FOCUS Pittsburgh, a “trauma-informed community development” center bustling with activity in a cluster of rooms on the fl oor above the storefront. Its mission is to prepare a workforce and revitalize a neighborhood by fi rst addressing the health and well-being of the individuals who comprise it. FOCUS Pittsburgh’s services include education, food, transportation and assistance with living expenses. The organization is one of nine chapters of FOCUS — Food, Occupation, Clothing, Understanding and Shelter — North America, an Orthodox Christian initiative to address poverty in America. The Pittsburgh affi liate also is part of a constellation of human services agencies in the Hill District, mostly faith-based, that are seeking to help a community with its historic share of struggles become in Rev. Abernathy’s words, “a beacon of light to the nation.” With support from local philanthropies such as The Heinz Endowments and the McAuley Ministries Foundation, FOCUS Pittsburgh and other organizations in the Hill District are both building upon the community’s legacy of taking care of its own and addressing the root causes of long-standing economic disadvantage in an ambitious effort to restore and revitalize the neighborhood to its once and future glory.

Ben Wecht is a Pittsburgh-based freelance writer. His last story in h was a 2016 article that looked at how county officials and local agencies have devised a “blueprint” to help immigrants adjust to their new lives in the Pittsburgh region.

5865_TXT.indd 28 12/15/18 12:55 AM The Rev. Paul Abernathy heads FOCUS Pittsburgh, a community organization based in the Hill District that is committed to addressing poverty and empowering residents.

Community development needs to be redefi ned in a way that health and well-being is o s a n z at the center.” r

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“It’s not a community that’s always looked to out siders In 1964, at a time when the Hill District was just begin- for help,” said Carmen Anderson, the Endowments’ direc- ning to rebound from the displacement of businesses and tor of Equity and Social Justice. “A lot of its strength and residents caused by the construction of the Civic Arena— support comes from within. There has been for a number an entertainment venue and later home to Pittsburgh’s of years some core work in the area of human services to hockey team, the Penguins—the settlement house building shore up what the neighborhood can provide in and of reopened its doors as the Hill House Association. Eight itself.” years later, the organization moved next door to a newly Today’s human services organizations in the Hill fol- constructed headquarters facility, and the original build- low the path carved out after the turn of the last century, ing became the Kaufmann Center, which houses the Elsie when, as part of a national movement to manage the Hillman Auditorium, a gathering space for a range of arts wave of newcomers to America’s urban centers, German performances, cultural events and other presentations. Jewish immigrant Henry Kaufmann and his wife, Theresa, “It started as a one-stop shop and in many ways established the Irene Kaufmann Settlement House in the continues to be that,” said Terri Baltimore, who began Hill District, a place where residents of all races and creeds working for the Hill House 26 years ago and now serves could access everything from prenatal and infant care to as its director of neighborhood engagement. “The needs music, art and drama classes. In doing so, the organization in the neighborhood have changed, but in many ways, set the standard for settlement houses nationwide. meeting changing needs has always been at the heart of When Jewish and other immigrant populations began the settlement model.” moving out of the Hill in the 1950s, government agencies Although the Hill House has struggled at different peri- took over much of the work of organizations like the ods and now fi nds itself once more at a perilous moment Kaufmann settlement house. A small group of civic leaders, (see sidebar on page 33), its legacy extends across the including the late attorney and activist Wendell Freeland community, particularly through the work of faith-based and the late philanthropist Elsie Hillman, began to discuss organizations. the idea of transferring the settlement house’s operations On one of the neighborhood’s many steep slopes, to a then up-and-coming organization seeking to meet tucked away on a side street that has a sweeping view of the neighborhood’s growing needs. the Downtown skyline, sits another community hub of activity where a different charismatic clergyman is busy

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Marnajah Coleman, far left, takes a peek at the art she created as she did yoga on top of plastic-covered paper and paint during Yoga Paint, a class off ered as part of Center that Cares programming at the Jeron X. Grayson Center in the Hill District. David Williams, left, looks forward to the weekly community meal provided by FOCUS Pittsburgh helpers like Victoria Ely and her daughter Ava.

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trying to transform lives. As soft-spoken as Rev. Abernathy center four afternoons a week with a wealth of opportunities, is loquacious, the Rev. Glenn G. Grayson heads the Center from a safe place to gather to outdoor recreation excursions that CARES, a thriving youth development and enrichment to overseas trips to locales such as Ghana and Northern organization serving more than 400 children and youth Ireland. from pre-K through 12th grade. Rev. Grayson created the “Kids who go to after-school programs do better and program almost 20 years ago, shortly after he arrived in stay out of trouble more,” he said, adding that “those Pittsburgh as the new pastor of Wesley Center A.M.E. Zion kids who historically stay with us the longest have more Church in the Hill District and began to notice a group opportunities come their way.” Rev. Grayson is similarly of boys hanging around the church after school. Today, optimistic about the Hill, which he describes as being “in The Center that CARES offers programming at four loca- an upswing. It’s too slow, but it’s taking root.” tions. Its fl agship site overlooking the city’s Downtown, Another established provider of critical social services in the Jeron X. Grayson Center, is named for Rev. Grayson’s the Hill is the Macedonia Family and Community Enrich- son, a Schenley High School graduate and star football ment Center (FACE), an outreach initiative of Macedonia player who was the unintended victim in a senseless act Church of Pittsburgh. Its mission is to help develop healthy of gun violence in 2010, dying at the age of 18. families by providing key services in part ner ship with the “After I lost my son, I wanted to do what I could,” said Allegheny County Department of Human Services. Rev. Grayson, sitting amid the center’s multiple depictions Macedonia FACE, which receives support from the of Jeron and a museum-worthy collection of paintings with national Annie E. Casey Foundation as well as from local African American themes. “I was already doing this work, philanthropies such as the Endowments and McAuley but I wanted to do more … I really fi rmly believed that if Ministries, focuses on three programs: Girls Circle, a the young man who used that gun had been surrounded strength-based, gender-responsive program for girls ages 9 by a support base, he would have made a better choice. through 18; the Community Truancy Prevention Program, That’s my drive and my mantra.” a family-centered model to address root causes of truancy Twice honored by President Barack Obama for his and absenteeism; and Teen Connect, an evidence-based work on gun violence, Rev. Grayson, with a staff of 30 and program to help parents and caregivers improve relation- vital partnerships with University Preparatory School and ships with the teens and preteens in their families. McAuley Ministries, has provided the youth who fl ock to the

5865_TXT.indd 31 12/15/18 12:55 AM 32 According to Executive Director Trisha M. Gadson, and helping residents become agents of change in their a former children and youth caseworker who moved to own community. In one room, three young workers peer Pittsburgh three decades ago, “over the years, we have into laptops as phones ring incessantly with calls from recognized that a healthy community promotes a healthy residents in need of some type of support. family and vice versa.” FACE, she said, also strives to move One such resident, single–mother-to-be Charmel beyond what she calls “defi cit-based thinking” by highlight- Pollard, sits in an adjoining room outfi tted with desktop ing strengths instead. computers and prices furniture on Amazon to furnish a “So when we demonstrate that through our actions, it new residence. Having discovered FOCUS Pittsburgh in is more likely that we can engage in a partnership manner 2009 when she needed help with an electric bill, she now with families,” she said. comes regularly to access email, obtain household items Michele Rone Cooper, executive director of McAuley and “listen to the word of God.” Ministries, which also provides support to organizations As a U.S. Army veteran and graduate of both Wheeling in Uptown and West Oakland, said she is hopeful about Jesuit University and the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate the FACE approach “because residents who are engaged School of Public and International Affairs, Rev. Abernathy support each other. And that’s really what communities is well-versed in the formidable work that lies ahead in are about.” the Hill. Citing a late-1990s study by the California-based Back at FOCUS Pittsburgh, Rev. Abernathy is busy Kaiser Permanente Foundation about the effects of adverse balancing a steady fl ow of visitors with managing a staff childhood experiences on everything from mental health that is striving to meet basic individual and family needs, to employability, he explained why FOCUS Pittsburgh’s providing assistance with primary medical and dental care, approach to community development centers on health and well-being. “In the realm of community development in the U.S., Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center’s people usually mean jobs,” he said. “We contend that jobs Girls Circle gives young women in the Hill District the are meaningless if people are not healthy enough to sustain chance to discuss issues that are important to them. Participating in this session are, from left clockwise, the opportunities. If we’re able to build buildings faster instructors Christina Hughey and Ashley Corum, with than we’re helping people, we’re just going to end up with some students who include Shaunese Murrell, Anyia Washington and Erykah Dawkins. different people living in our community.” h Elan Mizrahi

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y all accounts, the mood inside the Hill House occupied a section of what is known as the Lower organi zation’s crisis lies in its lack of expertise in Association’s Blakey Program Center on Aug. Hill. The arena was part of an “urban renewal” project real estate management, which has led to a grow- 28 was a tense one. As a standing-room-only in the late 1950s and early 1960s that displaced an ing debt load. And while, in the past, organizations crowd of some 200 community members estimated 8,000 residents and some 400 businesses. like the Hill House could count on government block listened, the organization’s leaders informed The Hill House was established, in part, to respond grants to shore them up, today, “funders are asking the group of their imminent plans to sell to the community upheaval with needed human more questions and demanding more answers,” Bfour of the Hill House’s seven buildings, including and social services. Since 1964, through times of riot Mr. Mendes said. the program facility where they were convened and and renaissance, the organization has tended to the In more than half a century of ministering to the the headquarters just around the corner on Centre Hill’s predominantly African American population in varied, often formidable needs of the community, Hill Avenue. The reason: “dire fi nancial problems.” a myriad of ways. With its main programs focusing House has never faced an existential crisis like the one The fi nancial news was not necessarily surprising on arts and culture, senior services and community it faces now. Even so, its leaders remain confi dent given the Hill House’s budgetary struggles of the past engagement, the Hill House also acts as home base of its future vitality because of its pivotal role in the several years. But the idea that the organization serv- to more than two dozen “campus partners.” These community. ing the Hill District’s diverse human services needs for include organizations as diverse as AJAPO, which The organization is “meeting ongoing needs so more than half a century would sell its most visible resettles refugees and immigrants, to a medical clinic individuals can have a reasonable life,” said Emma assets to a private developer certainly was. The deal providing key primary and behavioral health services, Lucas-Darby, Hill House board chair. “It’s critically with pending buyer Pittsburgh-based Omicelo LLC is to the Hill District Consensus Group, which helped important for us to have a healthy organization, and expected to bring a cash infusion of some $4 million to negotiate neighborhood benefi ts from redevelop- I’m pleased to say that a lot of organizations feed to $6 million and reduce the organization’s defi cit to ment of the Civic Arena site and construction of the off these services.” about $2 million with no anticipated interruption of PPG Paints Arena, completed in 2010. Carmen Anderson, the Endowments’ director its current services. Still, it was a testament to just But as its client base has grown and diversifi ed, of Equity and Social Justice, echoed that sentiment. how near and dear the Hill House is to the hearts so too has the Hill House itself, straining both its “The Hill House, in my mind, is a cornerstone in of the community that emotions were running high mission and its resources. A painful round of lay- the community, both literally and fi guratively, based that evening. off s several years ago and recent streamlining of on its prominence, its historical signifi cance and its “I’m passionate about this place,” Terri Baltimore, programs helped to a degree, as has support over potential for the future,” she said. “The Endowments the Hill House’s director of neighborhood engage- the past decade from local philanthropies including has been one of several foundations that have tried ment, said about both the headquarters campus and the Endowments and the Pittsburgh, Richard King to be strategically supportive to ensure its viability the organization. A staff member for more than a Mellon, Hillman, McCune, Eden Hall and McAuley going forward. But I think the board and the com- quarter-century, she uses such phrases as “unex- Ministries foundations. But with a real estate portfolio munity together really need to decide the role it will pected amazing ness” to describe the organization. that includes the historic Kaufmann Center, a Dollar play moving ahead.” Referring to the Hill House’s spiritual roots in the Bank, and the Centre-Heldman Plaza, a strip mall With Omicelo poised to buy four Hill House Irene Kaufmann Settlement House, she added, “It’s anchored by a Shop ‘n Save grocery store, the Hill buildings, the developer’s interest indicates that not just a building, but everything that’s happened House’s work has become more daunting and its the organization’s properties are viable for develop- in this space for over 100 years and contributed to model more nebulous. ment. But in the long run, as Mr. Mendes sees it, the the quality of life in this neighborhood.” To help it get a handle on its assets and obliga- perpetuation of the Hill House is critical. The Hill House Association was born, in a sense, tions, the Hill House brought in Pete Mendes, a “The last thing anyone wants is economic devel- from the ashes of the construction of the Civic fi nancial consultant who specializes in working opment creating a chasm between the haves and Arena, an entertainment and sports venue that once with organizations undergoing dramatic transitions, have-nots,” he said. “It’s important that organiza- to serve as acting executive director beginning in tions that provide human services are there to fi ll 2014. According to Mr. Mendes, the root of the the gap.” h

5865_TXT.indd 33 12/15/18 12:55 AM HILLFor decades, residents STREETS of Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District have pursued the goal of a just and thriving community. As new housing construction expands, renewed focus is on making sure those already in the neighborhood still have a place to call home. by Christine H. O’Toole

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Michael Artman 35 The Hill District’s housing landscape ranges from Bedford Dwellings, Pittsburgh’s oldest public housing complex, to Skyline Terrace, below, a development that replaced other public housing and has a hilltop view of the city’s South Side neighborhood. ELCOME [TO] BEDFORD DWELLINGS,” PROCLAIMS A FADED WOODEN SIGN WHERE BEDFORD AVENUE BEGINS ITS WESTWARD PLUNGE TOWARD THE SKYSCRAPERS OF DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH.

5865_TXT_C2.indd 36 12/20/18 1:09 AM 37 A block downhill, the name Bedford Hill “The Hill District doesn’t want to A shortage estimated at 10,000 homes is engraved in concrete on an elegant com- be East Liberty or Lawrenceville,” said forced families into slums. munity center fronting well-groomed streets Bill Generett, vice president of commu- When Franklin Roosevelt signed the and sidewalks. nity engagement for nearby Duquesne National Housing Act in 1937, Pittsburgh The two communities bookend 80 University, identifying neighborhoods built two of the nation’s fi rst public housing years of redevelopment in the city’s most that have boomed in recent years but have complexes in the Hill, Bedford Dwellings iconic African American neighborhood, priced out former residents. and Addison Terrace. The Housing with Bedford Dwellings, the oldest of the “We want to make sure there are jobs Authority of Pittsburgh set rents from city’s public housing complexes, fi nally at and opportunities for current residents, $18 to $23 a month, at a time when the the front of the line for a major revamp. and to fi nd the right mix of market and average steelworker’s pay was $36 a month. Gail Felton, a Bedford Dwellings resi- affordable housing,” noted the longtime Working families were encouraged to apply, dent, is among those enthusiastic about Hill District advocate. “It’s diffi cult.” alongside the unemployed. Locally and proposals for the neighborhood makeover For Rob Stephany, director of Com- nationally, public housing was viewed as and the opportunity she had to participate munity & Economic Development for The a temporary home. in the planning process. Heinz Endowments, the diffi culty is ensur- As more families — particularly white “The best thing about it is the homes,” ing equitable development that secures the ones — fl ed the Hill for the post-war sub- she said. “TREK Development is fantastic,” fate of long-term renters who often aren’t urbs, the economic and racial diversity of the referring to a developer working with included in local redevelopment strategies. neighborhood dwindled. The wholesale raz- Bedford residents and other neighbor- “The issue moving forward is develop- ing of the Lower Hill to make room for the hood and city stakeholders. Ms. Felton ing long-term housing for those vulnerable Civic Arena exacerbated the neighborhood’s also appreciates the options for private to economic displacement while making decline. Rebellions following the 1968 assas- ownership, which include both market-rate new housing available to others,” he said. sination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and affordable homes for the community. Many are hoping for better results from Jr. felled its remaining business district. It Although the Hill has always had the the Bedford Dwellings/Hill District Choice would take another quarter-century for the best views in town, even when some of its Neighborhood Transformation plan, city to move forward with plans in the Hill residential streets were unpaved, its steep based on a two-year community process for a New Urbanist development dubbed terrain challenged optimal development. that invited residents like Ms. Felton and Crawford Square, located near the arena. For decades, connecting the neighbor- neighborhood organizations to reimagine New Urbanism envisioned walkable hood a mile to the nearby Downtown or large sections of the Hill. Not only does the communities with streets and sidewalks Oak land business districts has meant facing strategy call for keeping current Bedford that encouraged higher densities, mixed physical and psychological barriers, though Dwellings residents in the neighborhood uses, public transit, and protected green efforts to overcome some obstacles — while the complex is redeveloped, the plan space. Instead of low-slung apartments such as creating a park between the Hill and also identifi ed other community aspira- with out individual doorways, designs fea- Downtown — are underway. tions for the Hill and those living there. tured private entries, patios and balconies. “What’s amazing about Pittsburgh The consensus is that affordable hous- Crawford Square redefi ned affordable is its topography, but it makes the Hill ing alone can’t provide the stable commu- housing for the city. A public–private District area inaccessible,” said architect nity and economic mobility local residents partnership created a variety of affordable Kai-Uwe Bergmann, who has consulted seek. Private investment, good transit, and mixed-rate townhouse rentals and on proposals to develop the section of the commercial activity, great schools, and private homes in the mid-1990s, close to neighborhood closest to Downtown and effi cient human services also are needed Downtown amenities and transit. reconnect the Hill to the urban core. “You for the community to achieve its potential. “We bought in 1999,” recalled DeWitt can’t push a baby carriage or a wheelchair Walton, a homeowner who is a labor activ- up a 14 percent slope.” NEW HOUSING, NEW PROMISE ist and Allegheny County council member. Acres of gleaming townhomes have Reaching these goals requires overcoming a “It was centrally located, affordable, and replaced barracks-style rental properties history of disinvestment and displacement we were committed to living in an African over the past 30 years. But the Hill’s isola- going back to Depression-era Pittsburgh. American community.” tion from the larger community remains That’s when a number of Hill District resi- Today, Crawford Square is a success ful real and vexing, especially when trying to dents had good blue-collar jobs, many in and stable model for mixed-rate hous- ensure that current residents benefi t from the steel industry, but didn’t have housing. ing. Now wholly owned by developer the changes and are treated fairly.

Chris O’Toole is a Pittsburgh-based freelance writer and frequent contributor to h. Her last stories for the magazine were in the first issue of this year, with one examining family support services in Pittsburgh’s Homewood community and the other exploring efforts to create an environmentally healthy neighborhood for Homewood residents.

5865_TXT_C1.indd 37 12/19/18 2:29 AM 38 McCormick Baron Salazar, it has preserved Her father ran a meat market; she the new units are built. That’s been the case 148 of its 348 units as affordable-rate hous- joined her mother, a waitress at the famed in just about every other affordable housing ing. Families own another 72 homes. Crawford Grill nightclub, for lunch each redevelopment project in the city, where “It brought people back to the commu- day. Her neighbors from nearby Whiteside residents were asked to leave substandard nity. That was a plus,” Ms. Felton explained. Street still gather for summer reunions, housing and promised the opportunity to But other sections of the Hill District did which drew more than 300 old friends return once new housing was built. But not fare as well during the close of the last back to the neighborhood this year. In most never came back. century. Among the neighborhoods-within- 1980, she moved to Bedford Dwellings. “Life gets in the way,” explained Mr. the-neighborhood — Bedford Dwellings, She is not only the decade-long president Stephany of the Endowments. “Families Terrace Village, Crawford Roberts, the Upper of the tenant council but also a vigilant settle into new schools and new neighbor- Hill, the Middle Hill and the Lower Hill — community guardian. Three generations hoods and only a very small fraction return. the Middle Hill has the city’s highest rates of her family live in the aging complex, with Regrettably, they often move to places that of poverty, vacant homes, and vacant land. long barracks-style units facing bare lawns separate them from family, schools, social While the handsome, new affordable devel- or parking lots. supports, transportation assets and job opments like Oak Hill and Skyline Terrace “Why do I stay? It’s community,” she centers. The old development model might have supplanted former public housing said. “People left the Hill for better schools generate some housing units, but it more complexes, vacant homes and deteriorat- and good homes. I say stay here and fi ght often than not puts low-income, vulnerable ing apartments like Bedford Dwellings are for those things. Better this community.” families in more precarious situations.” a barrier to sustainable transformation in Energy-effi cient, free of mold and lead Bedford Dwellings, however, has room the Middle Hill. contamination, and surrounded by gardens to grow. Construction of new units could The Bedford Dwellings/Hill District and recreation opportunities, the new units start immediately on nearby vacant land. Choice plan focuses on redeveloping under the Bedford Dwellings/Hill District “The big idea here is ‘build fi rst,’ ” said Bedford Dwellings, a substantial portion Choice plan will follow the lead of next- Bill Gatti, president of TREK Development. of the Middle Hill, and a small section door neighbor Bedford Hill Apartments, As units are completed, residents are of Crawford Roberts. The Endowments which opened in 2007 under public-private guaranteed one-for-one replacement of committed $50,000 to support the planning management. Individuals and families who federally subsidized housing onsite or process. The work was folded into what was moved there found a handsome complex offsite nearby. This means instead of being called the Bedford Connects proposal that that offered spacious, air-conditioned units, forced to move outside of the community was submitted to the federal Department of fi tness and business centers, modern fl oor with small likelihood of returning, families Housing and Urban Development. plans and green space. are only relocated once and are able stay The city hopes to win a $30 million For Marcus L. Brown, Bedford Hill within the neighborhood. grant for the $250 million project, which was a good fi t. At age 43, he has multiple includes 320 new housing units. The city’s sclerosis and is unable to work full-time; BEYOND HOME CONSTRUCTION Larimer neighborhood won the same grant some 45 percent of his fellow residents are As Crawford Square and subsequent Hill for a similarly comprehensive plan in 2014. also disabled. When a vacancy for an ADA- redevelopments followed the New Urbanist Now the Hill District, having been the sub- compliant apartment came up, only a template, one feature was notably absent: ject of several ambitious redevelopment month after he joined the waiting list buildings that incorporated retail offerings proposals and projects, is hoping that the in 2009, he moved from East Liberty to at ground level, encouraging street life. Hill city’s intentions for commercial develop- Bedford Hill. Despite relying on a walker residents have long complained about the ment in the part of the neighborhood and ACCESS transit, he can easily navigate dearth of shopping and entertainment closest to Downtown and for bus rapid the hallways of his ground-fl oor home and opportunities along the business corridors transit through the Hill will dovetail with the side walks of the community. of Centre and Wylie avenues, but retailers the community-developed plan. “I was born in East Liberty and I bleed have not followed public investment. East Liberty,” said Mr. Brown, who still “The Hill District has more new NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITMENT misses his family home, razed in that neigh- afford able housing than other city neigh- Ms. Felton, 66, has lived the history of the borhood’s makeover 15 years ago. “But I’m borhoods. But Oak Hill, Skyline Terrace, Hill. As a child, she had the run of Wylie blessed to be here.” Craw ford Square and Bedford Hill —they Avenue, then a busy retail and cultural As plans for replacing the old Bedford all are islands. There’s not a lot of offsite center. “Children were never allowed there Dwellings units emerge, some skeptics have redevelopment that connects them,” by themselves, but my parents both worked wanted to know whether families living in Mr. Stephany said. on the street,” she recalled. the complex will be forced to move before

5865_TXT_C1.indd 38 12/19/18 2:29 AM 39 “The coveted asset is Centre Avenue. The Hill Com- munity Development Corporation has a great vision for WHAT MAKES FOR Centre Avenue that could be the zipper that connects past investments together. They’re calling for a mix of uses with BETTER COMMUNITY housing, entertainment, retail and cultural amenities. This next phase of redevelopment could build the fabric of the historic neighborhood, keep longtime Hill residents in IN THE HILL? place, and generate a great Main Street.” Plans for Centre Avenue emphasize a walkable business AFFORDABILITY district, with the city Urban Redevelopment Authority New housing in the Hill District includes subsidizing commercial build-outs and providing loans to townhomes on Dinwiddie Street businesses in those storefronts. Residential and commercial constructed by TREK Development Group. This project, which included building owners will be eligible for repairs of façades, roofs, work on other nearby streets, consisted sidewalks and steps, along with other improvements. The of a mix of new construction and rehabilitation of historic brownstones. work complements acquisition of vacant and blighted homes that will be rehabbed and resold for between $75,000 and $110,000, promoting home ownership. Other infrastructure improvements will rebuild GREEN SPACE the derelict Chauncey Street Steps, one of Pittsburgh’s Redevelopment in the Hill District unique public staircases, with LED lighting and stormwater emphasizes the creation of an attractive, welcoming environment diversion. Transit improvements under the city’s plans that includes well-maintained lawns, will include rerouting buses through the Hill District to trees and pleasant sidewalks, such as those found on the grounds of the provide more frequent service. Crawford Square development. Bedford Avenue, the broad thoroughfare through the residential part of the community, also is slated for a makeover. With pedestrian-scaled lighting, existing historic SCHOOLS markers and public art, it will be the renewed community’s Community development plans in signature boulevard. the Hill District call for investments In the proposal to federal HUD offi cials, high-quality in schools like Pittsburgh Miller public education is highlighted as an essential long-term PreK-5, where teachers and staff gave students an enthusiastic welcome on goal, along with access to well-paying jobs, affordable the fi rst day of classes. housing, commercial development and improved infra- structure. The plan calls for an active Communities in Schools program in the neighborhood, with full-time staff to connect students to social services. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT At the Downtown terminus of Bedford Avenue, Converting an aging trade school in the former Connelly Trade School is now the Energy the Hill into the Energy Innovation Innovation Center. Bob Meeder, president and CEO of Center, a LEED�—�Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design�—�Platinum Pittsburgh Gateways Corporation, which developed EIC, building, involved installing color-coded, said that the center is working with UPMC to add three visible HVAC and plumbing pipe as a teaching tool for students and a showcase more neighborhood training programs in environmental to visitors of the building’s systems. tech services: pharmacy tech, surgical tech, and mold and infection control. Other courses, in 3D printing and rapid prototyping, are also planned. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Ms. Felton believes the time has come for the Hill Eff orts to enhance the Hill District’s District to look forward to future growth and opportunities. quality of life include transit improvements such as providing more “What’s gone is gone. It’s not coming back,” she said. frequent bus service in the community. “Let’s be real, and offer what our young people want.” h

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True to her name, 13-year-oldd Lyryric Murphy enjoys musicca and dandaancini g,g and explores a ranr ge of artrts-relal ted activities throh ugh thhe ACH Cleara Pathwaysy prop grag m,m whewh re studende ts learn about theater, musm ic, dad nce and visv ualua arts frof mmw workingn artists.

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to blossom OUT-OF-SCHOOL-TIME PROGRAMS MOTIVATE HILL DISTRICT YOUTH WITH ENCOURAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES. BY LYNDA GUYDON TAYLOR

hat can you say about a girl named Lyric Murphy who lives on Memory Lane? Her name and street hint of a Hollywood script, and in truth she has had some ups and downs. About fi ve years ago Lyric, now 13, sought her mother’s permission to participate in an after-school program at a neighborhood center. Her father had just passed away, and she was hungry for things Wto do. A busy working mom, India Murphy was reluctant about allowing her daughter to attend but fi nally relented. Since then, ACH Clear Pathways has become Lyric’s second home. “ACH is like family to me,” said Lyric, smiling shyly as she peered through her glasses. “Whenever we get into a fi ght, we’re able to work it out. We’re able to handle it ourselves. We talk it out. Like, everyone can get along, and there’s always something to do.”

Lynda Taylor is a Washington County–based freelance writer. Her last story for h was a 2011 article about youth programs that use hip-hop to teach life-affirming lessons.

5865_TXT.indd 41 12/15/18 12:56 AM We know that 42 ACH Clear Pathways is one of young people of color several out-of-school-time initiatives in the Hill District designed to support youth — particularly those from the are afforded fewer neighborhood — in their growth and development. The program partici- opportunities to pates in the Hill Youth Partnership for Enrichment, or HYPE, a collaboration of organizations engaging 500 children and experience deep teens annually in grades K–12. To more effectively serve Hill District enrichment learning families, these groups work together on matters such as coordinating transpor- tation, ensuring a continuum of out- experiences than of-school experiences, participating in professional development, and providing their white peers.” fi nancial scholarships. Other HYPE pro- viders are Higher Achievement; School Mac Howison Creative Learning program offi cer, The Heinz Endowments 2 Career; Thelma Lovette YMCA–Miller Afterschool Program in partnership with the Neighborhood Learning Alliance; YMCA School Age Artist Eric Duffy, a program assistant, described Lyric Child Care; Schenley Heights Community Development as creative, introverted, humble, a really good writer, a Program — A-STEP (After School Tutorial and Enrichment leader and good at transitioning from one situation to Program); and the Center that CARES. another. Tyian Battle, ACH Clear Pathways founder and exec- Those qualities were evident one evening this fall when utive director, created her program to honor her son Lyric was talking in the Weil cafeteria as the room throbbed Amon C. Harris, who died at 7 of a congenital heart disease. with activity. A younger student hovered nearby, hanging He loved singing and dancing, so in 2010 she started the on her every word. Lyric’s innate connection to younger program because she realized that arts education outside students and the ability to lead that it implies has impressed of school can be expensive. Mr. Duffy. He’s encouraging her to become a student “I don’t know how to sing or dance,” acknowledged counselor when she ages out of the program next year. Ms. Battle, whose background is business administration. Ms. Battle agreed that Lyric has matured and under- “I can’t even color inside the lines, so that’s why I get profes- stands Clear Pathways’ mission. The young teen is willing to sional artists to handle the program.” participate in programs and inspires creativity in younger The working artists teach theater, music, dance and students, Ms. Battle said. That shows the makings of a visual arts. Up to 60 children participate on weekdays from 3 counselor for Creative Camp, a summer program during p.m. to 7 p.m. at Pittsburgh Weil K-8 Elementary School in which children create mosaics that are installed throughout the Hill District. Students are divided into three age groups, the Hill, with past colorful portraits that include a Stevie which are identifi ed by a name: Smile is for ages 5 to 7, Wonder mural. Dream for ages 8 to 10 and Expression for ages 11 to 13. Ms. Murphy praised the impact Clear Pathways has “I like to do everything. Dancing is probably my made on Lyric: “It’s helped her with leadership skills, follow- favorite thing,” said Lyric, who is a seventh-grader at St. ing through on projects, behavior and time manage ment.” Benedict the Moor School in the Hill. Last year, Lyric’s Clear Pathways’ engagement of young people in the mother, whose love of songwriting infl uenced her daugh- arts is impressive, said Mac Howison, Creative Learning ter’s name, took students to a music studio where they program offi cer for The Heinz Endowments, which has recorded two songs. But as talented as she is, Lyric remains recently given the organization a two-year, $150,000 grant uncertain about a career. and has been a funder since 2013. “I want to see what’s out there fi rst before making any For an out-of-school-time program, Clear Pathways choices,” she said. works with a relatively large number of children, and it is an

5865_TXT.indd 42 12/15/18 12:56 AM 43 important out-of-school-time provider in the Hill offering “We know that young people of color are afforded a variety of support programs and catering to a wide age fewer opportunities to experience deep enrichment learn- range, he said. He also commended the organization for ing experiences than their white peers,” Mr. Howison said. giving older students the opportunity to become leaders “One of APOST’s core values is justice, which it defi nes as and encouraging family and community participation. ‘addressing institutional racism and confronting structural While the Endowments awards grants directly to barriers to success for youth and families as critical steps to some out-of-school-time programs in the Hill District ensuring equitable access to high-quality, out-of-school- and elsewhere in the Pittsburgh region, the founda- time programs.’ ” tion also has joined other local funders in supporting APOST — Allegheny Partners for Out-of-School-Time — an ydnee Patterson Thomas is a student who has bene- initiative of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania fi ted from participating in programming developed that works to strengthen after-school programs by Sby HYPE member Higher Achievement, an academic providing them with high-quality academic and enrich- youth-mentoring organization. ment learning, professional development, and training Started more than four decades ago in Washington, opportunities. One of APOST’s initiatives is HYPE, which D.C., Higher Achievement came to Pittsburgh in 2012. The APOST started in the Hill to foster cooperation among multi-city organization provides math and literacy aca- the neighborhood’s youth programs, especially in terms demic support and homework assistance, and fosters lead- of transportation. ership and civic-mindedness. In Pittsburgh, the program d y u r N o a h P

The Higher Achievement program provides students like Sydnee Patterson Thomas, right, and Juilanna Page-Daughtry, center, with creative and stimulating academic support, such as this journal-writing exercise on as theme “Never give up!” The girls’ stories of perseverance prompted laughter when they shared them with each other.

5865_TXT.indd 43 12/15/18 12:56 AM 44 is housed in the Hill’s Jeron X. Grayson Community Both Sydnee and her mother said Sean Farr, former Center, where it refers to participants as “scholars,” and Higher Achievement director, was an important guide in offers weekday and summer programming that targets this area. He knew what she was going through and how middle school students. to mentor her. He helped her realize that defi ance worked Seated on a leather sofa in her Hill District home, against her. Sydnee recalled her diffi cult adjustment from elementary “Sydnee is very bright. She has the ability to lead,” said to middle school. Near the end of fourth grade at Liberty Mr. Farr, now a positive climate and community coach at Elementary, she learned of Higher Achievement. Propel School, Hazelwood. “We worked on how to lead “I didn’t know what it was. It seemed like an interesting and how to be respectful to others.” program based on what I was reading,” Sydnee said. “They He also credited Higher Achievement with helping try to get us ready for the next year.” Sydnee and other students learn how to network and Her mother, Lakisha Patterson, urged her to enroll in exposing them to colleges as well as helping them achieve the program, which both Sydnee and Ms. Patterson believe academically and socially in middle school. helped her transition to middle school academically — and While Lyric and Sydnee participate in their after-school socially. programs, HYPE is partnering with the Pittsburgh Public “I’m an outspoken person,” the precocious 12-year-old Schools and the Hill Education Council to share informa- acknowledged. But her behavior sometimes put her at odds tion about what is happening in the Hill District. This with teachers and students. enables the collaborative to serve the community in the “In sixth grade, she was bullied because of her size,” best ways possible as it supports its member organizations, Ms. Patterson said. At nearly 5 feet, 5 inches, Sydnee is said HYPE coordinator Ashley Comans. somewhat tall for her age and bigger than her classmates. Ms. Comans helps facilitate the different transporta- “She just wanted to fi t in. She was doing what she needed tion, programming and other connections for member to do to fi t in.” groups, including ACH Clear Pathways and Higher Achievement. She also oversees the initia- tive’s scholarship program, which gives awards ranging from $200 to $2,000. “I tell everyone this is the best job I’ve ever had,” she said, “because of what we do for the kids.” h Photo courtesy of APOST Photo courtesy

After-school programs in the Hill District that collaborate as part of the HYPE�—�Hill Youth Partnership for Enrichment�—�network participate in joint events that highlight what students have learned over the year through a shared enrichment activity. For this HYPE Showcase event, the shared activities on display included drumming and dancing.

5865_TXT.indd 44 12/15/18 12:56 AM 1Nation Mentoring founders are, from left to right, Kevin McNair, Lloyd Cheatom and Sam Morant.

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tours of post-secondary campuses, Derrell plans to enter trade school to learn carpentry. “The best part of the program is knowing there are people that care,” he said. “We have someone in our ear to tell us ‘This is wrong, this is right.’�” Stanley Thompson, the Endowments’ senior director for Learning, applauded the passion that Mr. Cheatom, Mr. McNair and Mr. Morant bring to their work, which impacts students not only in y o f 1 N a t i n M e r g

t e s schools, but also in the community, where the men

o u r can help young people thrive. “For students to see that someone really P h o t c does value their contributions and where they want to go in life, and someone is going to help GUIDING TO GREATNESS them get there, I think that is an incredible thing,” Mr. Thompson said. In 1Nation, high expectations for students are the norm. By Adam Reger Though the 1Nation mentors spend their days at Brashear and Bowman, the heart of the program is in the Hill District. Mr. Cheatom cited the neighborhood’s rich history as a mecca very student is a king or queen to the to keep their mentoring work going once of the arts and of black culture as reasons why founders of 1Nation Mentoring. the fellowship ended. With support from the the organization is based there. It is a strong Every day, hundreds of students Endowments, they created successful after- community partner, sponsoring community cross paths with Lloyd Cheatom, Kevin school and summer programming for youth and basketball leagues, collaborating with Allegheny McNair and Sam Morant, who created young adults ages 12 to 24. 1Nation also provides County’s Learn and Earn summer youth employ- Ethe organization to change negative narratives in-school mentoring at Pittsburgh Brashear High ment program, and holding canned-food drives around African American youth. Whether the School in the city’s Beechview neighborhood, to benefi t neighborhood residents. students encounter the men through after-school where many Hill District students are enrolled, 1Nation’s presence in the community gives programming at the Jeron X. Grayson Community and Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Middle School the men extra opportunities to engage with Center in the Hill District, out in the community or in Wilkinsburg Borough. youth attending Brashear. Their visibility in in the hallways of one of the schools where the Working closely with teachers, the three the neighborhood means they frequently run three mentors spend their days, each youth can men develop programming for students deemed into students at the supermarket, church or be expect to be addressed as “King” or “Queen.” likely to benefi t from 1Nation’s support, off ering on the street. Every time. lessons and leading discussions. During one “There aren’t always a lot of positive male role “It’s so they know they can do anything, and recent session, students created lists in response models for these kids,” Mr. Morant said. “So that to let them know you know it,” Mr. McNair said. to the question, “What do people think you kind of contact is important because we not only The titles may seem unimportant, but the are that you’re not?” Students brainstormed impact them at school but in the community.” emphasis on respect, expectations and the misperceptions of themselves and used these That presence can be absolutely critical. Faced importance of how students think is at the core incorrect assumptions�—�“I’m ghetto” or “I’m with a shortage of positive African American male of 1Nation’s philosophy, represented in the motto bougie”�—�to better defi ne who they are. role models, many young people fi nd negative “Everything begins with a thought.” As mentors, the 1Nation founders strive to examples among media stereo types. As success- 1Nation itself began as a thought, an idea balance love and support for their students with ful, college-educated young black men, the tossed around among the three men during their the clear message that much is expected of them. 1Nation founders off er a diff erent picture. time as Heinz Fellows. Through the fellowship A student overheard using bad language might “What Sam and Lloyd and Kevin have been program, college graduates interested in edu- be told, “Watch your mouth, King.” able to do is create this counter-narrative that is cational equity and social justice are placed in “Kids respect us because they want very positive,” said Mr. Thompson. “And they’re public schools in the City of Pittsburgh, where structure,” Mr. Cheatom said. “They long for these not doing hand-holding. They’re modeling what they collaborate with teachers, staff and school relationships with us. Once we fi gured that out, these kids can do and become, and creating a leaders to provide broad support to students. it’s been God’s work ever since.” belief that kids are able to embrace.” The Heinz Endowments created the Heinz Derrell Key, a 17-year-old Brashear senior who Serving as role models extends to the men Fellows initiative in response to concerns about lives in the Hill District, has participated in 1Nation simply being themselves. They wear sneakers and graduation rates and school disengagement for the past three years, and today is a student jeans, and leave their tattoos visible. among young African American men. Fellows leader. He helps mentor freshmen and is always “They’re seeing young black men who dress support both male and female students’ social available for advice, both in and out of school. like them and listen to the same music�—�in a and emotional growth, as well as their academic He stresses to younger students the professional setting,” Mr. Morant said. progress, and engage with families and local importance of controlling your own narrative. “We tell them to stay focused on the things community organizations. Prior to the program, Derrell viewed his options that matter,” Mr. McNair added. “You don’t have While they were Heinz Fellows, Mr. Cheatom, for success as limited to football and basketball. to change who you are or dress a certain way. Mr. McNair and Mr. Morant were stationed at Thanks to 1Nation after-school and summer Success looks like you.” h diff erent city schools and dreamed of ways programs that brought in speakers and provided

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RACIAL DISPARITIES IN THE PITTSBURGH REGION’S SCHOOL SUSPENSION RATES ARE SPURRING SOME LOCAL DISTRICTS TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES IN ADDRESSING BEHAVIOR ISSUES SO THAT STUDENTS STAY IN SCHOOL. BY CHRISTINE H. O’TOOLE

ero tolerance. It sounds tough. If school students act up, they’re out: suspended or expelled for bad behavior. But the impact of these policies, dubbed exclusionary practice, radiates beyond campus, harming families and the community. Suspensions at U.S. public schools have doubled in the United States since Zthe 1970s. But the practice hasn’t forced the punished students to behave better. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported in 2011 that being suspended even once makes students 12 percent more likely to drop out of school and three to 10 times more likely to become involved with the juvenile justice system. Other research has shown that suspended or expelled youth are twice as likely to get arrested during the months they were suspended. Most troubling, African American students are far more likely to receive school punish- ments than whites, putting them on track to later incarceration. A recent analysis of Allegheny County school data by University of Pittsburgh researchers showed that black students are suspended at a rate seven times higher than that of students who are not African American with the disparity particularly stark in districts with majority white student populations but signifi cant percentages of black students. “That number — seven times higher — points to a structurally racist set of behaviors,” said Grant Oliphant, president of The Heinz Endowments, responding to the fi ndings in “Just Discipline and the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Greater Pittsburgh: Local Challenges and Promising Solutions.” The Endowments’ African American Men and Boys Initiative commissioned the study. “What does it mean for the kids involved? This is a phenomenon where African Americans are being singled out. What it means is they are not in school learning,” Mr. Oliphant said. “As a result of suspensions, they’re marked as ‘bad kids’ and have higher interaction with law enforcement. So, the national school-to-prison pipeline begins here, with decisions to suspend and expel students.” And suspensions have a lifetime impact both on students’ futures and the region’s. Pitt’s fi ndings showed that a 10-point difference in suspensions per 100 correlated to a 3 percent lower graduation rate. Using the 2014–15 school year as an example, the researchers estimated that at least 12 percent, or 58, of the 480 students who dropped out of Allegheny

Chris O’Toole is a Pittsburgh-based freelance writer.

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5865_TXT.indd 47 12/15/18 12:56 AM 48 County schools that year did so because of suspension experiences. The As the mentoring group composed a statement of its study determined that these 58 individuals who did not graduate will cost goals for the year, Keatin grabbed a pink marker. She neatly the county over their working-age time span more than $9 million in lost lettered one word. tax revenue and over $30 million in socioeconomic fi nancial losses, such as Empathy. reduced consumer spending and additional expenses for social supports. To Mr. Thomas, empathy is the fi rst step in reducing Researchers studying the costs of suspensions, including the perpetu- Woodland Hills’ worrisome suspension rates. His project, ation of the school-to-prison pipeline, believe there has to be a fairer and based on models from Houston and California, helps stu- more productive way to handle misbehavior. Several local school districts dents resolve confl icts when they arise, engage an offender are trying preventive strategies, including the Pittsburgh Public Schools to recognize and repair harm through healing circles, and and Woodland Hills, a district serving students from 12 suburban com- restore a sense of community. munities east of Pittsburgh. Based on the principle of restorative justice, Woodland Hills administrators and teachers knew they focus less on punishment. Instead, they emphasize righting wrongs their schools needed a better approach. Compared to the and building healthy relationships within the school. statewide average of 10 suspensions per 100 public school At Woodland Hills, the work begins in a circle of middle school students. students, and the countywide rate of 14 per 100, Woodland Nineteen sixth-graders who gathered on Oct. 4 in the Woodland Hills Hills’ rate was 41 per 100. Intermediate School’s Maker Lab, surrounded by tools and art supplies, The district’s problems were echoed throughout the were invited there to become Leaders In Training. These students, along region. University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Race and Social with fourth- and fi fth-graders, confront bad behavior, like fi ghting or bul- Problems, which released in August its comprehensive study lying, and express caring and confi dence to their classmates. They choose comparing Allegheny County school suspensions with to work in one of four groups: mentoring, an annual student-planned statewide statistics, found that overall the county posted fi ve event, healing circles, and the Wolverine Cup, a friendly competition of the 11 highest suspension rates in Penn syl vania, along across the school’s 25 homerooms. with having black students’ suspension rates signifi cantly Keatin Whitfi eld signed up to be a mentor to fourth-graders. The eager higher than those for their non-black peers. For the past 11-year-old would have seemed an unlikely leader, having transferred two academic years, the Endowments has supported the to the school only weeks before. But teachers recommended her, and center, which directs and evaluates the Woodland Hills pilot her application essay impressed Shawn Thomas, the school’s restorative and its expansion to other local districts. justice coordinator. Mr. Thomas, 37, took the restorative justice post at Wood land Hills Intermediate School after several years as chief supervisor at the county’s Shuman Juvenile Detention Center. “My job at Shuman Center was to maintain safety — point blank,” he recalled. “It was not about helping youth develop relationships. I wanted to have a bigger impact.” When Pitt sought a leader for the restorative justice project, Mr. Thomas, a Cheney University graduate with a master’s degree in social work, found an opportunity to invert standard approaches. Using a three-tier model, the foundation is community building to enhance school culture, climate and relationships. Next are strategic response interventions to restore after harm has occurred. The top tier is reentry, welcoming back a student following suspension or other school disruption. 7X At the intermediate school, the most common infrac- tion of school rules is disrespect to staff, which comprises about 60 percent of referrals, Mr. Thomas said. Fighting, often at lunchtime, gym class or recess, is another common cause. A RECENT ANALYSIS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY “Our teachers have really bought into the restorative SCHOOL DATA SHOWED THAT BLACK STUDENTS ARE SUSPENDED AT A RATE SEVEN TIMES HIGHER justice idea. Instead of writing a kid up for defi ant behavior, THAN THAT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT BLACK. they say, ‘I see how you and the other kid are responding to each other. I want you to do a [healing] circle with Mister

5865_TXT_C1.indd 48 12/19/18 2:29 AM 49 TRENDING DOWN To reduce school suspensions and their nega tive impact on students’ lives, the Woodland Hills School District is among those in the Pitts burgh region trying new prevention PERCENT DECLINE PERCENT REDUCTION PERCENT REDUCTION stra te gies. As part of a pilot program in IN FIGHTS IN SUSPENSIONS IN REFERRALS the inter mediate school, restorative justice FOR FIFTH- AND FOR AGGRESSION approaches for addressing behav ioral SIXTH-GRADERS concerns have yielded positive results.

Shawn.’ Before it was, ‘I’m writing you up. Deal with the Racial bias training among police offi cers and other public employees consequence.’ Now there’s a fi lter.” can build awareness of unconscious prejudice, and has been implemented The Wolverine Cup competition allows homerooms among Pittsburgh district teachers through its Beyond Diversity program. to earn points for group achievements, like adhering to Like Woodland Hills Intermediate, Pittsburgh Public Schools also the school’s uniform code or reducing student referrals to reduced suspensions after the implementation of its restorative justice the school’s assistant principal. Last year’s Wolverine Cup program in 22 schools across the district. Evaluation of the two-year winners earned 900 points and claimed the Cup’s reward, project, funded by $3 million from the U.S. Department of Justice School a class trip to the Carnegie Museum of Art. Safety Initiative, showed modest decreases in the district’s suspension rates. But the real prize of the restorative justice work During the 2015–16 and 2016–17 school years, the rates dropped overall was a calmer school atmosphere. With its 600 students, from 16 percent of students suspended to 13 percent. Woodland Hills Intermediate documented a 45 percent Developed by the International Institute for Restorative Practice, the decline in fi ghts and a 17 percent reduction in referrals Beyond Diversity project trained teachers and paired participating elemen- for aggression. Suspensions for fi fth- and sixth-graders tary, middle and high schools with peer schools that did not implement declined 19 percent. At year-end, 17 percent of students the program. In the schools that used restorative practices, suspension reported that they now felt safer at school. rates dropped twice as much as in the control group. Black students had Building trust and positive relationships among stu- previously been suspended four times as often as white students, and that dents is only one part of the puzzle. As Mr. Oliphant noted, rate dropped slightly to 3.5 times as often as white students. The RAND adult racial biases in both suburban and urban districts Corporation evaluated the study. need to be addressed as well. The Pittsburgh district plans to expand restorative justice practices “If you don’t talk about race, you can’t talk about throughout all schools. It has announced that it will phase in a new policy culture,” said James Huguley, assistant professor of social barring suspensions of students in kindergarten through second grade. work and lead author of the Pitt report. “The Pittsburgh Data collected by Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems indicates area has one of the poorest African American communities that throughout the county, even at schools without formal restorative in the country. We must understand the context here. We justice programs, suspension rates are dropping — unevenly, but steadily. don’t suspend a lot of kids, but when we do, they’re black.” From 2012–13 to 2015–16, suspension rates decreased by 2.6 percent, Researchers believe that disparities in school discipline a better rate than achieved statewide. practices are tied to widespread U.S. attitudes. Recent tests To Carmen Anderson, the Endowments’ director of Equity and Social have revealed that as many as 80 percent of whites have Justice, the trend suggests that restorative justice is gaining traction as a anti-black biases. Some 40 percent of African Americans positive disciplinary approach. hold the same bias against their own race. Confl ating a “What we learn collectively, as various districts test ideas, is promis- student’s character with a violation of school rules, teachers ing,” she said. “The fi rst step is awareness. Yes, it matters that districts are and administrators may perceive black students, especially engaged in conversation about the issue, but conversation must lead to young men, as dangerous. action in both policy and practice.” h

5865_TXT.indd 49 12/15/18 12:56 AM On the set of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” Fred Rogers conveyed in every aspect of his television presence�—� including his hands and shoes�—�the calm gentleness that he wanted children to see.

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BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBOR THIS YEAR’S COMMEMORATIONS OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF “MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD” NOT ONLY INCLUDE AN ARRAY OF MOVING TRIBUTES TO THE ICONIC CHILDREN’S TELEVISION SHOW, THEY ALSO REVEAL THE GENTLE GENIUS OF CREATOR FRED ROGERS. BY CRISTINA ROUVALIS. PHOTOS FROM LYNN JOHNSON COLLECTION, MAHN CENTER FOR ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, OHIO UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES.

5865_TXT.indd 51 12/15/18 12:56 AM look into the camera and say something along the lines of, “Stand up and let me see how tall you are. My, you really have grown.” A few years later, he grew concerned that he might be misleading kids into thinking he could see them through the TV screen. He asked Hedda Sharapan, his associate producer, to review those episodes and suggest edits. The crew replaced the original bit with new footage where he talked about growing and explained how to measure with a ruler. “He was a perfectionist as far as what he felt was meaningful for kids,” she said. Fifty years after the fi rst episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” aired in 1968, and 15 years after everyone’s favorite neighbor died, Fred Rogers is shining brighter than ever. Out of appreciation for all he did, both those who worked with him and those who once sidled up to the TV to watch him are determined to ensure his message lives on. The biggest year of his posthumous career may have been 2018. The documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” has been a critical success and the highest-grossing biographical Fred Rogers, shown opposite documentary of all time. A movie with page above, operating the Lady megastar Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers is Elaine Fairchilde puppet, often joined the “Mister Rogers’ red Rogers — the cardigan- scheduled for release in October 2019. Neighborhood” puppeteering wearing, sneaker-tying hero “The Good Neighbor: The Life and crew in staging those segments to generations of preschoolers — had a way of reassuring Work of Fred Rogers” by Maxwell King, of the show at WQED studios. Below, he is captured reading on kids that someone really understood all the big worries of presi dent and CEO of The Pittsburgh the set of the television program. their little worlds. Foundation and former president of And it wasn’t just TV shtick. He treated everyone as The Heinz Endowments, is the fi rst kindly in person as he did through the television screen. comprehensive biography of the TV icon. A new Mister But when it came to creating more than 900 episodes of Rogers’ Neigh bor hood website, www.misterrogers.org/, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” the ordained Presbyterian streams fi ve episodes weekly. There is even a Mister Rogers minister wasn’t laid back. memorial stamp, featuring him and King Friday XIII. In the world he created for Daniel Tiger, Henrietta The Pittsburgh TV host brought something unique Pussycat, King Friday and millions of kids, everything had to children’s pro gram ming. Rooted in child psychology, to be precise, down to the sheet music shown on screen. he focused on the social and emotional development of If the notes didn’t correspond to the song being played, young children, giving them a strong foundation before the real-life Mr. Rogers would politely correct the person they ever encountered academic subjects. Though “Mister managing the props. “That doesn’t match what we’re Rogers’ Neighborhood” is no longer fi lmed, Fred Rogers hearing.” Productions and the Fred Rogers Center have created new “They’re just kids,” some might say. ways of spreading the Mister Rogers message. But Mr. Rogers insisted. It didn’t matter that the aver- Gregg Behr, executive director of The Grable Founda- age preschooler would never notice, let alone call him out tion, said that Grable has awarded more than $3.9 million on the inconsistency. “He was so invested in kids, in putting to Fred Rogers Productions and nearly $1.1 million to them fi rst. We had to do it right,” said Margy Whitmer, a the Fred Rogers Center over the past decade as part of producer on the show. its support of programs critical to a child’s successful At one point, he even decided to go back and edit some development. of his older episodes. In the early days, Mr. Rogers would

Cristina Rouvalis is a Pittsburgh-based freelance writer. She was among a group of writers who recorded, compiled and edited first-person narratives in our second 2017 issue that looked at how to create “a community of we.”

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5865_TXT.indd 53 12/15/18 12:56 AM 54 “Inevitably, as generations pass, our direct experience “We’re looking for people who can bring the same work with Fred Rogers will pass. What remains will be a critical ethic, talent and commitment, and let the work speak for legacy about how we support and care for children and how itself.” we put children fi rst,” Mr. Behr said. “Yes, we are honoring As his career was winding down, Mr. Rogers mentioned the legacy of a person, but more so we are honoring the the possibility of an animated spin-off. “Fred always felt legacy of great ideas.” that the puppets could live on in animation,” said Bill Isler, former CEO of the Fred Rogers Company, which One of a Kind was renamed Fred Rogers Productions in May. hen Fred Rogers retired in 2001, there was It’s fi tting that his successors chose Daniel Tiger to be never any question of fi nding someone the fi rst star of this animated future. Daniel Tiger was his to replace him. It wasn’t like “Bewitched,” fi rst puppet, the one that mirrored him the most, Mr. Isler the popular mid-1960s to early-1970s TV said. sWhow that swapped one Darren, husband of Samantha, a Despite its quaint image, “Mister Rogers’ Neigh bor- suburban witch, with another actor, and viewers willingly hood” tackled diffi cult issues: divorce, anger, disabilities. adjusted. Young viewers knew that the Mister Rogers who He tapped into the experiences of his own childhood in encouraged them on screen was not a character but a real Ligonier. He had a loving family but faced the taunts of person. bullies who called him “Fat Freddy.” But the sincere, soft-spoken man whom children “He remained close to his childhood in a way that knew and loved was busy behind the scenes as the creator, most adults don’t,” said his widow, Joanne Rogers. “It was composer, producer, head writer and showrunner of the a diffi cult time for him. He was in his bed, isolated, with televison program. He not only wrote all the scripts at a every imaginable childhood disease: measles, mumps, punishing pace — 65 shows the fi rst year alone — he also scarlet fever.” performed the songs and handled the puppets. In a show By channeling his inner child, Mr. Rogers helped that stressed content over production values, no one would kids make their way through day-to-day struggles. “He be able to fi ll his navy-blue sneakers. helped them connect the dots and negotiate the world,” “We aren’t looking for the next Fred Rogers,” said Paul Ms. Whitmer said. “When you are 3 or 4, everyone else Siefken, president and CEO of Fred Rogers Productions. knows more about the world than you do.” “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” which follows the young son of the original puppet, continues in that tradition of helping kids grow socially and emotionally. Most episodes revolve around a confl ict that the child needs to solve. In the fi rst episode in 2012, the younger Daniel We aren’t looking for Tiger goes to pick up his birthday cake from the bakery, only for it to be smashed on the the next Fred Rogers. way home. It’s a crushing disappointment, but Daniel’s father shows him that the imperfect We’re looking for people cake is just as delicious. “His message was that birthdays often come who can bring the same with disappointment. The buildup is too much,” work ethic, talent and Mr. Siefken said. “But when something is bad, you can turn it around and fi nd something commitment, and let the good.” The No. 1 children’s show on PBS, “Daniel work speak for itself.” Tiger’s Neighborhood” was created by Angela Santomero, the creator of “Blue’s Clues” and Paul Siefken president and CEO, Fred Rogers Productions other children’s shows. As a child, she was mes- merized by “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and, as an adult, met her hero and visited him on set. Ms. Santomero and her team do the anima- tion in New York. In Pittsburgh, some of the

5865_TXT.indd 54 12/15/18 12:56 AM original crew members for “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” its leadership in producing children’s As part of the 1994 special “Fred Rogers’ Heroes: Who’s then review the script and fi lm live-action sequences that media and to continue sharing Mr. Helping America’s Children,” are interspersed throughout the program. In one episode, Rogers’ vison and values for genera- Mr. Rogers visited Mesa local children in red sweaters visit the Carnegie Museum tions to come. Elementary School on the Navajo reservation in Shiprock, N.M., of Natural History to learn about dinosaurs. Since 1991, the Endowments to recognize the work of principal “It’s a shoutout to the visits Fred used to make to has provided $2.3 million to develop Glojean Todacheene and enjoy inter esting people and places in the ‘neighborhood,’ ” Ms. The Fred Rogers Center as a hub for time with the children. Whitmer said. programs supporting care givers and Fred Rogers Productions has introduced several new educators of young children. Since 1992, math-themed shows. For example, “Peg Plus Cat” is an it has awarded $5.9 million to Fred Rogers Productions for animated series about a little-girl math whiz and her blue new programs — including “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” sidekick, Cat. “Odd Squad,” a live-action show aimed at and “Peg Plus Cat.” fi rst- through third-graders, stars young “agents” who work “The [recent] grant will help people share Mister together to solve oddball mysteries. The company, which Rogers’ vision for generations to come,” Ms. Figlar said. delivers content through streaming and apps, has other “When you see the name Fred Rogers Productions, it shows in the pipeline. means kids fi rst.” “Sometimes we don’t realize what a treasure we have in Pittsburgh,” said Michelle Figlar, the Endowments’ vice Extending the Legacy president for Learning. “We produce award-winning, icholas Ma was 6 when he walked onto the record-breaking shows and media content right in our set of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” with backyard. It reaches kids of all incomes.” his famous father, cellist Yo-Yo Ma. It was The foundation is giving $3 million over three years one thing to watch him through a 10-inch to Fred Rogers Productions for its Legacy Lives on NTV screen but quite another to see the TV host towering Campaign, which supports the company’s efforts to extend above him. Overwhelmed, the little boy hung back.

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Fred Rogers and his wife, Joanne, share a laugh together in front of the plaque that dubbed the home in their Nantucket, Mass., neighborhood “The Crooked House.”

Mr. Rogers gave him space, allowing Nicholas to come Mr. Ma came across many small surprises about the to him in his own time — a rarity on a TV set, where time children’s television legend in his research. is money. “It was a very generous thing for him to do,” the “He woke up every morning and read the Bible in now-adult Nicholas Ma recalled. Hebrew and Greek. He swam a mile every day. He kept his In the 1990 episode, Nicholas slid the cello bow back weight at exactly 143 pounds,” Mr. Ma recounted. “What and forth as his father held his fi ngers on the strings. surprised people the most was how hard it was for him to Ten years later, when he returned to the set as a teenager, do what he did. We just assume this guy just had the good Nicholas felt more intimidated playing alongside his fortune to be a genius, but he thought deeply about what virtuoso father than talking to his childhood hero on he should do in the world.” national television. After retiring in 2001, Mr. Rogers became melancholy. Thinking back on the time he spent in “the Neigh- “I miss my playmates,” he told his wife. borhood,” Mr. Ma became curious about the man behind Mr. King, his biographer, also discovered a much more the legend. He found the answers he sought in the process complex character than the avuncular man his viewers saw. of producing “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” The documen- “Everyone says that he was the same on TV as he was tary captures both Mr. Rogers’ authentic kindness and the in person. That’s true,” Mr. King said. “But when you see intellectual rigor of his ideas about child development. him on TV, he seems sweet, kind and simple. He was sweet and kind, but he sure wasn’t simple. He lived his life in a very intentional way. He was always intense about his work. He was always on.”

5865_TXT.indd 56 12/15/18 12:56 AM 57 Inevitably, as generations pass, our direct experience with Fred Rogers will pass. What remains will be a critical legacy about how we support and care for children and how we put children fi rst.” Gregg Behr executive director, The Grable Foundation

Following his eight years at The center also supports people who work with the helm of the Endowments, young children. Whenever disaster struck, Mr. Rogers Mr. King fell into the role of was famous for saying, “Look for the helpers.” The Fred Fred’s biographer while serv- Rogers Center takes that one step further by “helping the ing as the executive director helpers,” people like the child care providers, preschool of the Fred Rogers Center for teachers and crossing guards. Through videos, speeches Early Learning and Children’s and workshops, the center gives support to people who Media at Saint Vincent College devote their lives to children. from 2008 to 2010. Ms. Sharapan, a senior fellow at the Fred Rogers Center, “Why isn’t there a biogra- travels around the country showing short clips from phy of Fred?” King asked. “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” as educational tools, not “Fred never wanted one,” for preschoolers, but the adults who work with them. She Mrs. Rogers replied. often highlights one of Mr. Rogers’ favorite moments: But he convinced her that it was an important book the 1981 episode where Jeff Erlenger, a young boy with to write. quad ri plegia, demonstrated how his electric wheelchair Mr. King wrote about the time Fred and Joanne Rogers works. Then, in a bit of TV magic, Jeff and Mr. Rogers went out to dinner with colleagues in the 1970s. Just as the sang “It’s You I Like” together. Ms. Sharapan goes on to server brought the food, the head of a little boy popped ask the audience about the message they hear in his words. up from under the table. He told Mr. Rogers that his dog “He is talking to the kid at eye level,” some have pointed had died. out, while others have said, “We’re more alike than different.” True to his television persona, Mr. Rogers joined the At a time of political divide and incivility, Ms. Sharapan child on the fl oor and explained how sad he was when said she hears more and more from people who have his dog, Mitzi, died. As his food grew cold, he comforted rediscovered “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” which still the little boy. airs weekly on some PBS stations, and streams on Amazon Mr. King interviewed co-workers and relatives and and the new website. dug through the Fred Rogers Archive — a treasure trove “People say their children are mesmerized. His shows for scholars and fi lmmakers. are like tapestries, which weave things together in a won- “We provide the unfi ltered legacy to broaden the reach derful way. It’s timeless.” h of Fred,” said Junlei Li, co-director of the Fred Rogers Center, which houses the archival materials.

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RETURN ENGAGEMENTS WORLD PREMIERES Issuing the Call Because of the Rio de Janeiro choreographer Deborah enthusiasm, energy and partnerships Colker’s “Cão sem Plumas,” or “Dog Without generated by last year’s “Nonprofi ts Feathers,” was among the more than 500 and the Call to Moral Leadership” international visual and performing arts meeting, the Endowments organized attractions in this fall’s 2018 Pittsburgh another opportunity for nonprofi ts International Festival of Firsts. An initiative in the Pittsburgh region to examine how they can respond to societal of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the challenges. Nearly 400 people festival ran from Sept. 21 through Nov. 11 attended “Nonprofi ts and the Call to and featured 30 international companies Moral Leadership: Courage to Act” on and artists from 20 countries, including Nov. 14 at the August Wilson Center, individuals and groups from the Pittsburgh Downtown. Inspirational speakers arts community. This was the Trust’s fourth included painter, sculptor, activist and and most diverse showcase of never-before- arts incubator founder Titus Kaphar, seen arts presentations. They represented who also is a recent MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, and Charlottesville, a full range of arts disciplines�—�theater, Va., police chief and former Pittsburgh dance, music, visual art and pieces that police commander Dr. RaShall Brackney. defi ed category�—�and were placed in both The presentations provided attendees traditional and unexpected spaces. with data and action tools aimed at helping them and their organizations consider ways to harness the power of courageous moral leadership. a z i l e , B r a n c e r D o l k

Valuing our Veterans Patti Gerhauser, a h C above, is among the veterans from the Pittsburgh region featured in a Heinz y o f D e b r

Endowments campaign to address t e s

misconceptions often faced by post- o u r 9/11 vets. Because of the national attention that the foundation’s 2017 P h o t : c campaign received, a follow-up public messaging initiative was launched in LEARNING SCIENCE EARLY November to commemorate Veterans Day. The current campaign continues The Pittsburgh Public Schools has opened an early the emphasis on the skills and talents childhood classroom at the Carnegie Science Center, of returning servicemen and women which is providing young children with a fun and and the assets they represent for the invigorating space to learn. The Heinz Endowments community. Perspectives from local funded the renovations required to meet Head veterans are included in public service Start regulations, and supported teacher training announcements in regional and national and curriculum development. Preschoolers in the digital media outlets as well as targeted program have access to the center’s educators, social media and website platforms. scientists, exhibits and programs on a daily basis. The campaign is linked to the The Carnegie Science Center program is the second www.rethinkvets.org website, which Pittsburgh Public Schools early childhood classroom was updated from last year with stories located outside of a school building. The other is in and graphics to support the recent the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. promotion.

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H s ’ h g r u b s t t i P e z i l a t hi ev ce or m mo t uns ite y�v —i t �ga oi vt ei rn i m s ene t,n i m a x Be drs oe ci kr oe f s American Freedoms s m r fi s a d r a w r o f y l i d a e t s g n i v o m s i n e e r G Green is moving steadily forward as fi rms t s r i F e h t f o n o i t a r b e l e c a s a w y c a c o v d a , t n e m n o r i v n e , s s e n i s u b l a n o i t a n r o j a m e h t g n o m A Among the major national business, environment, advocacy was a celebration of the First , s n o i t a c fi i l a u q r o f t s e u q e r t n e c e r a o t d n o p s e r District. As in the other communities we’re featuring as s a g n i r u t a e f e r ’ e w s e i t i n u m m o c r e h t o e h t n i s A . t c i r t s i D respond to a recent request for qualifi cations, o t l a r t n e c s a t n e m d n e m A a w o h s s u c s i d o t � — � t i s n a r t d n a n i s g n i r e h t a g l a n o i t a n r e t n i d n a and international gatherings in and transit�—�to discuss how a Amendment as central to s r e p o l e v e d d e fi i l a u q y l h g i h y f i t n e d i o t d e n g i s e d designed to identify highly qualifi ed developers f o y t i l i b a i v e h t pg n a i n ri ta t on i fa tm his p e rb o n ja ec cs tn ,o i at p ro t iy st i l ti sb o am nf o d e eg n na r trepre ne h et s ua rw s r ,e rb eo t sc iO d n ei nh g tr su b s t t i P Pittsb us rt ghn ie n d Oi cs toe br e, r s wr au s te hen e r p e r t ran nge e d ofn ma obs it lits yi t or pta i o, nt sc ce aj n o br e p s i h mt af ino tat ir n ia ngp the viability of o t e m o h y l r e m r o F . t c i r t s i D l l i M s ’ e t i s e h t r o f for the site’s Mill District. Formerly home to . s n o i t u t i t s n i c i t a r c o m e d r u o y t i n u m m o c o t n i d e t a r o p r o c n i : y l l a R t s 1 3 s ’ e c n a i l l A t s u r T d n a L Land Trust Alliance’s 31st Rally: incorporated into community our demo cratic institutions. , . o C l e e t S n i l h g u a L & s e n o J e h t d n a l e e t S V T L and developers, local offi cials and philanthropies, including g n i d u l c n i , s e i p o r h t n a l i h p d n a s l a i c ffi o l a c o l , s r e p o l e v e d d n a LTV Steel and the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., s u o i r a v d e d u l c n i s r e k a e p S r i a f e r a t a h t s y a w n i t n e m p o l e v e d n o i t a v r e s n o C d n a L l a n o i t a N e h T The National Land Conservation development in ways that are fair Speakers included various d o o w l e z a H s ’ y t i c e h t n i s i n e e r G d o o w l e z a H Hazelwood Green is in the city’s Hazelwood g n i d u l c n i , s e i r a Tn i hm u el a Hi d e im nz En t dn oe v we e mh T e. l l na to st l , a i hc afi e vn ee b bd en a en w e l op o re kp in0 g0 0 , t2 o t gu o eb tA h . e c rn oe r ne f n o C Con fen reo nr cee . h At be oug t o 2t , 00g 0n i pk er opo le w n e ane db b ee nv efia ch ia , l ts ot an ll.e Thm e ew veo nd t n E z n mi e diH a le umh inT aries, including a l e h a g n o n o M e h t g n i r e d r o b , d o o h r o b h g i e n neighborhood, bordering the Monongahela k r o Y w e N e h T m o r f i ms r o pt i rd oe vp o et ments s t tr he p ax te bd n ea ns r ee fid a te l td he ed u l nc en i ighbo rh t ou o oS , da d aa n a dC , . tS h. oU e sh et m o r f from te hs e Uo .h St ., Cd an aa d ad , So ouo th r o b h g i ine cn l ude eh dt let a dfi ee rsn ae ndb et xa peh rt t s s t n e m te opv eo dr itp orsm i from The New York - d l r o w a e m o c e b o t d e n o i s i v n e s i d n a , r e v i R River, and is envisioned to become a world- n o t g n i h s a W e h T d n a s e m i T o h w , y r t n u o c e h t s s o r c a m o r f s s o r c a e r e h w e s l e d n a a c i r e m A America and elsewhere across from across the country, who Times and The Washington e s u - d e x i m e l b a n i a t s u s r o f l e d o m s s a l c who live there. . e r e h t e v i l o h w class model for sustainable mixed-use e c n a r a e p p a o e d i v a d n a , t s o P s e c n e i r e p x e d n a s a e d i d e r a h s h g r u b s t t i P o t e m a c e b o l g e h t the globe came to Pittsburgh shared ideas and experiences Post, and a video appearance a , P L o n o m l A y b d e n w O . t n e m p o l e v e d development. Owned by Almono LP, a e c i t s u J t r u o C e m e r p u S . S . U y b o t t i s n a r t e s u o t s t r o ff e t u o b a o t 3 1 – 1 1 . t c O f o d n e k e e w e h t the weekend of Oct. 11–13 to about eff orts to use transit to by U.S. Supreme Court Justice d r a h c i R e h t d n a s t n e m w o d n E e h t f o p i h s r e n t r a p partnership of the Endowments and the Richard ff o k c i k e h T . g r u b s n i G r e d a B h t u R e r o m e r a t a h t s e i t i n u m m o c d l i u b n o i t a v r e s n o c d n a l s u o i r a v s s u c s i d discuss various land conservation build communities that are more Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The kickoff e h t , s n o i t a d n u o f m u d e n e B e h t d n a n o l l e M g n i K King Mellon and the Benedum foundations, the t n e m d n e m A t s r i F e h T “ , t i m m u s d n a y l l a i c o s , y l l a c i m o n o c e e l b a v i l s ’ n o i g e r e h t t i s i v o t d n a s c i p o t topics and to visit the region’s livable economically, socially and summit, “The First Amendment r o f s c i t o b o R d e c n a v d A e h t d e t c a r t t a s a h e t i s site has attracted the Advanced Robotics for Board of Directors ” , y r u t n e C t s r i F - y t Tn he ew HT ee inh zt Er no f dowments was formed fro. my l l ta ht en He om wn ao rdr i Hv n eie nz End oe wt o mn ey ne t,k es si th a bn lI i s. hs ek dr a in m 19d 4n 1a ,l a l na dr u t a n natu rd an l a l, a1 n4 d9 1 m n i a rd ke sh .s i Il nb a ht is se k, t en ye nm otw eo d n E z n ei e nvH ird r oa nw mo eH ne th at llym .o r f d e m r o f s a w s t n e m w o d fon rE tz hn i ee TH we eh nT ty-First Century,” s r o t c e r i D f o d r a o B e i g e n r a C d n a ) M R A ( e t u t i t s n I g n i r u t c a f u n a M Manufacturing Institute (ARM) and Carnegie . e n u J n i h g r u b s t t i P n ti h ee c Va il rap I.k Ho eo it nz Endowment, established in 1986. It is the produc tt on f e ad di s ee r p P f as mt n ilye cm omw mo d itn mE e, ns ts e r d d a addre st sn ,e Em nt i dom wm o mc ey l i ntm sa f P p re e sid da e f no tt c u d o r p e h t s i t I . 6 8 9 1 n i d e h s i l b a t s e , t n e m w o d n E z n ti oe oH k. I pa r li aV c ee h it n Pittsburgh in June. André T. Heinz s e r u t u F g n i r u t c a f u n a M s ’ y t i s r e v i n U n o l l e M to community and the common good that began with H.J. Heinz, and that continues to this day. . y a d s i h t o t s e u n i t n o c t a h t d n a , z n i e H . J . H h t i w n a g e b t a h t d o o g n o m m o c e h t d n a y t i n u m m o c o t Mellon University’s Manufacturing Futures z n i e H . T é r d n A Chairman . s t n a n e t r o h c n a t s r fi s t i s a ) I F M ( e v i t a i t i n I The Endowments is based in Pittsburgh, where we use our region as a laboratory for the e h t r o f y r o t a r o b a l a s a n o i g e r r u o e s u e w e r e h w , h g r u b s t t i P n i d e s a b s i s t n e m w o d n E e h T Initiative (MFI) as its fi rst anchor tenants. n a m r i a h C development of solutions to challenges that are national in scope. Although the majority of our r u o f o y t i r o j a m e h t h g u o h t l A . e p o c s n i l a n o i t a n e r a t a h t s e g n e l l a h c o t s n o i t u l o s f o t n e m p o l e v e d Teresa Heinz e h t n i h t i w s e c a p s r i e h t g n i t c u r t s n o c e r a h t o B Both are constructing their spaces within the z n i e H a s e r e T giving is concentrated within southwestern Pennsylvania, we work wherever necessary, including g n i d u l c n i , y r a s s e c e n r e v e r e h w k r o w e w , a i n a v l y s n n e P n r e t s e w h t u o s n i h t i w d e t a r t n e c n o c s i g n i v i g Chair Emeritu , s g n i d l i u b 9 1 l l i M c i r o t s i h e h t f o l l e h s l l i m l e e t s steel mill shell of the historic Mill 19 buildings , u t i r e m E r i a h C d n a t c i r t s i D l l i M e h t n i d e t a c o l s i h c i h w , e v o b a state wide and nationally, to fulfi ll our mission. . n o i s s i m r u o l l fi l u f o t , y l l a n o i t a n d n a e d i w e t a t s above, which is located in the Mill District and That mission is to help our region become a just and equitable community in which all of its s t i f o l l a h c i h w n i y t i n u m m o c e l b a t i u q e d n a t s u j a e m o c e b n o i g e r r u o p l e h o t s i n o i s s i m t a h T James M. Wt n ae ltom np o l e v e D l a i r t s u d n I l a n o i g e R e h t y b d e n w o owned by the Regional Industrial Developn mo t l ea ntW . M s e m a J Vice Chairman Emeritus citizens thrive economically, ecologically, educationally, socially and culturally. We also seek to o t k e e s o s l a e W . y l l a r u t l u c d n a y l l a i c o s , y l l a n o i t a c u d e , y l l a c i g o l o c e , y l l a c i m o n o c e e v i r h t s n e z i t i c s u t i r e m E n a m r i a h C e c i V . a i n a v l y s n n e P n r e t s e w h t u o S f o n o i t a r o p r o C advance knowledge and practice in the fi eld of philanthropy through strategies that focus on our r u o n o s u c o f t a h t s e i g e t a r t s h g u o r h t y p o r h t n a l i h p f o d l e fi e h t n i e c i t c a r p d n a e g d e l w o n k e c n a v d a Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Christopher D. Heinz priorities of Creativity, Learning and Sustainability. . y t i l i b a n i a t s u S d n a g n i n r a e L , y t i v i t a e r C f o s e i t i r o i r p z n i e H . D r e h p o t s i r h C John Heinz In life, Howard Heinz and Vira I. Heinz set high expectations for their philanthropy. Today, the e h t , y a d o T . y p o r h t n a l i h p r i e h t r o f s n o i t a t c e p x e h g i h t e s z n i e H . I a r i V d n a z n i e H d r a w o H , e f i l n I z n i e H n h o J Sasha L. Heinz Endowments is committed to doing the same. Our cE haC rgeN isE toL bL e dE iliC geX nt,E t hoG ughN tI fulZ aI ndN crG eatO iveC E R RE Ce v i Ot a e Gr c Nd n Ia Zl u f It Nh g u Go h t E, t n Xe g Ci l i Ed e Lb Lo t Es i Ne g r Ca h Ec r u O . e m a s e h t g n i o d o t d e t t i m m o c s i s t n e m w o d n E z n i e H . L a h s a S María Marteinsdóttir in continually working to set new standards of philanthropic excellence. Recognizing that none of f o e n o n t a h t g n i z i n g o c e R . e c n e l l e c x e c i p o r h t n a l i h p f o s d r a d n a t s w e n t e s o t g n i k r o w y l l a u n i t n o c n i r i t t ó d s n i e t r a M a í r a M our work would be possible without a sound fi nancial base, we also are committed to preserving g n i v r e s e r p o t d e t t i m m o c e r a o s l a e w , e s a b l a i c n a n fi d n u o s a t u o h t i w e l b i s s o p e b d l u o w k r o w r u o Damon Aherne e v i t i s o p , c i t a m a r d o t d e l e v a h s r e d a e l l o o h c s d n a t s u r T l a r u t l u C h g r u b s t t i P e h t f o t n e d i s e r p s a d e v r e s . R l o r a C e h t f o s t n e i p i c e r s ’ r a e y s i h T s r o n o H s t r A Arts Honors This year’s recipients of the Carol R. served as president of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and school leaders have led to dramatic, positive e n r e h A n o m a D and enhancing the Endowments’ assets through prudent investment management. . t n e m e g a n a m t n e m t s e v n i t n e d u r p h g u o r h t s t e s s a ’ s t n e m w o d n E e h t g n i c n a h n e d n a Carol R. Brown n i s n i a g d n a s m o o r s s a l c l o o h c s c i l b u p n i e g n a h c f o n o i t c e s ” t h g i l - d e r “ a f o n o i t a m r o f s n a r t e h t g n i r u d r e h p a r g o t a m e n i c e r a s d r a w A t n e m e v e i h c A n w o r B Brown Achievement Awards are cinematographer during the transformation of a “red-light” section of change in public school classrooms and gains in n w o r B . R l o r a C Jared L. Coho ne s o h w t s i g o l o h c y s p a , o u K g n i M ; y t i s r e v i d r e h c a e t l a r u t l u C d e z i n g o c e hr my l l aga an zo i nt ea in s e a h pt ubo t licn i a tn ionw o ot f n Thw eo HD einz Endowme nt te ss . Ad tn ta h r e o Et nc de or i wd m n eno i tt sc , wu d e o ar rep ce or t ma me ih ttT e dy t i C d n a and Ci tyd e Tt t hi em am tro ec pe r ra o e duw , cs tt ion e n m dw iro ed cn tE o e r h at nt dA . ss et tn e m w o d n E z n i e DH oe wh T n f to o wn o i nt a inc i l tob u tp h a e s ni ae tn i oz na ag a llym rh ecognized Cultural teacher diversity; Ming Kuo, a psychologist whosen o h o C . L d e r a J Judith M. Davenport t r o p n e v a D . M h t i d u J n o e c a p s n e e r g n a b r u f o t c a p m i e h t n o h c r a e s e r d e s a b - s t r a r o f l e d o m t oa ps roa md oe tv inr ge s l es ara nh i nh gc i nh pw h , ilt ac ni tr ht rs i opD y and in the e sph t e cr ifio f c fid e t ldc se l ree ps res sa enw teo dh bw y , i or ue ri r gr rae nF ty mn ao kT i nr ge n g i s e d design eg rn i Tk oa nm yt Fn ea r rg r ir eu ro i , y wb hd oe t wn e as se r sp ee r l es cd l te dfi c f ofi i rc e thp s e e h t n i d n a y Dp o isr th rt in ca tl i , h wp hn i cg hn i hn ar a se l s eg rn i vt eo dm ao r sp ao t model for arts-based research on the impact of urban green space on Franco Harris s i r r a H o c n a r F n a b r u g n i g n a h c s i h t l a e h l a t n e m d n a l a c i s y h p prog. rt an me s.m Ap so l ae nv ee xpd re er sy st ii on u of m thm ato c ommit mt es i nt tr , a t hy isr a pun i l blp ii cc as ti iod nr e ist in ni ted nn da e , dr o ton so hh a t res i it nr fa o rd me ah tis oi l nb a t s e esta bn lio si t ha em dr o af rn ti ise r t a hh os no t o rd , e ad nn de t in ni ts i e rn do i it sa cc ii pl b linu p a rs i yh t a , rt tn ise tm t i m m o c ot a mh t m f o u n o ii ts ys re er dp x ee vn ea l os pA m. s em na tr .g o r p physical and mental health is changing urban Wendy Mackenzie about signifi cant lessons and insights we are deriving from our work. . k r o w r u o m o r f g n i v i r e d e r a e w s t h g i s n i d n a s n o s s e l t n a c fi i n g i s t u o b a e i z n e k c a M y d n e W Shirley M. Ma lc, on mo m e L h p l a R ; y c i l o p n g i s e d e p a c s d n a l d n a t s e r o f g n i g r e m e e h t d e v i e c e r o h w , y e l s m r o W a h s i l A Alisha Wormsley, who received the emerging forest and landscape design policy; Ralph Lemom no ,c l a M . M y e l r i h S James E. Rohr r o t a r u c d n a t s i t r a l a u s i v , r e t i r w , r e h p a r g o e r o h c a l a n o i t a r i p s n i r e Eh dt ito on riA a ls te r amu s La ine r dT a l Ba ran uo ni t da , Jn or he nt En I llis, Donna E v0 a1 n. sc Se ebD ad se tit aa nr , b Ce al re mc ee nr Le eew , h Gt ro anB t. On o li pt i hn ang to , c e r t s i t r a artist rec , ot gn a nh itp i l onO .t Bn a or tG h , we e eL rn ee cm er la eC b , rn aa ti t es da Db e eS cs .n 1a 0v E a n n o D , s i l l InE tn eh ro nJ , ad tin ou na r aB l a Td ren i aL sum a re t sl a Ai r no ot i td hE er inspirational a choreographer, writer, visual artist and curator r h o R . E s e m a J , a i d e m , t n e m e v o m s e v a e w r e t n i k r o w f o y d o b e s o h w e v a h s d l e fi r i e h t n i s r Se cod ta t e Rl oe llr ea r , Co oh uw r tne l ep y o Toe lp m f eo r . Dp u eso ir gg n: Landesberg l Da eu sin gn a e h t g n i r u d e r t a e h T y t i C s ’ h g r u b s t t i P t a at Pittsburgh’s City Theatre during the an g ni s ue aD l g r e b s e d n a L : n gg ri os e upD . r oe f m pl eo T o y pe len t r wu ho oC , r ae rl l eo lR e t at do c eS rs in their fi elds have whose body of work interweaves movement, media, l a b o l g a , n o s a M i r r e h S ; e g a u g n a l d n a s t r a l a u s i v l a n o i t p e c x e r o f s d r a w AbA oz un ti te heH ch ot vi ew r Od se cz i arn -g wo inc ne ir n gn ae ce tob r Denzel Washington participated in the Sept. ey mn bo erm e r e c s d r a w a awards ceremr e ob nm ye .t p e S e h t n i d e t a p i c i t r a p n o t g n i h s a W l e z n e D r bo t ec ea ng n ri en cn i ow g- nr a izc es dO r we iv to hc He h et it nu zo Ab A wards for exceptional visual arts and language; Sherri Mason, a global e s o h w n o i t u l l o p c i t s a l p o r c i m r e t a w h s e r f n o t r e p x e . e b o l g e h t s s o r c a e l p gro oe up n df -o b ls ee sv si il n ge ch et reg mn i ot nc ye fff oa r tk hr eo chw ildhood hs od mr a e ow f A t hn e w lao tr e B P . uR l itl zo er ra PC r ize eh -t w , ir na ne iny g-h pt ln aye wv e ris g hs t i n I In it sh g si r evw ey a nl tp h- g yn i en an ri , w t- he ez i r CP ar re oz lt i l Ru . P B e rt oa l w e nh t A f wo e arm do sh d o o h d l i wh c oe rh kt r ao fff ey cn to inm ge r te hc eg n li is vs ee sl b o- fd n pu eo or g ple across the globe. expert on freshwater microplastic pollution whose d n a s c i t s a l p o r c i m f o s s e n e r a w a g n i s i a r s i h c r a e s e r e h t , n o i t a d n u o AF uy gl i usm t a WF iz lsn oi ne . MH re . h Wt af so ht inc ge j too nr ip s hA elping rais e n ma od nen ya t os i tt rr aa n sd foe rh ms i l thb ea t hs oe u sn ea ins Pe iz ti tsn bg uo rc ghe r ’ s Hm ia llr g o r p prog rl l ai mH s ’ reh g cr ou gb ns t it zi eP sn i ae ns u eo sh t ae bh t l ism hr eo f ds n aa rr tt iso t ay ne n do am n e s i a r g n i p l e Ah s pi rn oo t jeg cn i th os fa tW h . er HM . en io ns l zi FW a t ms u ilg yu FA oundation, the research is raising awareness of microplastics and s m e t s y s r e t a w h s e r f . S . 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R l o r a C e h t , n o i t a d n u o F Foundation, the Carol R. Brown Awards are a environment; the human condition; public policy; global nonprofi t, Endeavor, is providing economic g n i p o l e v e d n i s r e n w o s s e n i s u b o t y t i n u t r o p p o . t n e m y o l p m e d n a y m o n o c e e h t , y g o l o n h c e t d n a s t s i t r A l a n o i s s e f o r P n i g n i t s e v n I e h t f o t n e n o p m o c component of the Investing in Professional Artists and technology, the economy and employment. opportunity to business owners in developing e n i r a m a , a l a S c i r n E d n a ; . S . 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They are named This year’s recipients are Norman Atkins, and policy to protect the world’s remaining pristine . s t n e m n o r i v n e e n i r a m s r e h c a e t g n i n i a r t r o f s l e d o m e s o h w r o t a c u d e n a o h w , n w o r B l o r a C r e b m e m d r a o b s t n e m w o d n E r o f for Endowments board member Carol Brown, who an educator whose models for training teachers marine environments.

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