March 8, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Going There in Pittsburgh: Reinventing the American City August Wilson Center for African-American Culture Pittsburgh, PA, United States NPR’s Michel Martin, weekend host of All Things Considered, will be at the August Wilson Center for African-American Culture to host Michel Martin: Going There—Reinventing the American City, a conversation about transformative growth in Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, March 8th at 7pm. This dynamic event will combine discussion with art and performance that explores Pittsburgh’s evolution as a new […] $15
March 9, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Blight Workshop with Allegheny Cleanways Allegheny Cleanways 33 Terminal Way, Pittsburgh, PA, United States Join Nine Mile Run to discuss resources and support available from the city, county, Urban EcoStewards partners and beyond to help tackle blight on public land. For more information, visit Nine Mile Run's website here. Register to attend on the UES event page.
March 15, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Adopt-A-Lot Information Session Homewood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 7101 Hamilton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States The Department of City Planning and the Office of Community Affairs is hosting an Adopt-A-Lot information session for the communities of Homewood, East Hills, Garfield, East Liberty, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar and Larimer. These neighborhoods have some of the highest concentrations of vacant lots. The Department of City Planning has revamped the process for adopting a lot, and they would like to […]
March 15, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Affordable Housing Task Force Deliberative Forum – South Side Lifespan Knoxville Resource Center 320 Brownsville Rd., Pittsburgh, PA, United States The City of Pittsburgh is hosting four Deliberative Forums on the Affordable Housing Task Force’s mission to provide a more robust way for community members to give feedback to city officials and Task Force members. Modeled after the highly successful Police Chief and Capital Budget public meetings, these new forums will give neighbors a chance […]
March 23, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Affordable Housing Task Force Deliberative Forum – North Side Letter Carrier’s Union Hall 841 California Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, United States The City of Pittsburgh is hosting four Deliberative Forums on the Affordable Housing Task Force’s mission to provide a more robust way for community members to give feedback to city officials and Task Force members. Modeled after the highly successful Police Chief and Capital Budget public meetings, these new forums will give neighbors a chance […]
March 24, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Growler Hour with ioby East End Brewery 147 Julius St, Pittsburgh ioby believes that it should be easy to make meaningful change “in our backyards” - the positive opposite of the “not in my back yard” mentality called NIMBY. To do this ioby has designed a crowd-resourcing platform that mobilizes neighbors who have good ideas to become powerful citizen leaders who make positive change in their own communities. GTECH and […]
March 24, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Mapping 101 with ArcGIS Grounded Strategies' Office 6587 Hamilton Ave., Pittsburgh, United States Join GTECH Strategies for a ten-week course to learn the basics of GIS technologies (Geographic Information Systems), with a focus on the industry-standard ArcGIS platform by ESRI. Classes will be held every Thursday from 6:30-8:30pm at GTECH's office. The course runs from March 24 through May 26. We will utilize lecture, hands on tutorials in the program, […] $500
March 29, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Affordable Housing Task Force Deliberative Forum – East End Kingsley Association 6435 Frankstown Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, United States The City of Pittsburgh is hosting four Deliberative Forums on the Affordable Housing Task Force’s mission to provide a more robust way for community members to give feedback to city officials and Task Force members. Modeled after the highly successful Police Chief and Capital Budget public meetings, these new forums will give neighbors a chance […]
March 31, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Union Project Creative Conversation Series Union Project 801 N Negley Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States Join Union Project on Thursday, March 31, for the launch of their new Creative Conversation Series. Rooted in their annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, the Creative Conversation will be facilitated by community leaders Aerion Abney and Jay Oriola, guiding participants in important conversations around agape love, finding and defining community and inclusion. Through the […]
April 2, 2016 @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Annual Women & Biking Forum William Pitt Union 3959 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States Join BikePGH and women from throughout the region at the 3rd Annual Women & Biking Forum! Register today to participate in a great day of meeting other women and trans identified people who bike (or are bike-curious). Whether you are interested in learning the basics of bike mechanics and methods to access athletic bike events, talking about […] $20
April 2, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 5:30 pm Sustainability Weekend 2016 Carnegie Mellon University Cohon University Center 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States CMU Sustainable Earth is proud to present Sustainability Weekend 2016, Carnegie Mellon’s inaugural sustainability-focused conference, taking place on campus from March 31 to April 3. The vast majority of programming will be on Saturday, April 2. Environmentalism often gets a bad rap. While some stereotypes are based off of fact (others less so), in 2016 we […] $10
April 2, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm St. John's Green Community Conversation Open, grassy area at St. John's 3336 Fleming Avenue, Pittsburgh The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) owns a large vacant lot in the Brighton Heights neighborhood called St. John's Green. GTECH is working with the URA to collect residents of Brighton Heights ideas for what kind of greenspace they would like to see on the site. Since the Fall GTECH has been collecting input from residents to inform […]