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Kingsley readies East End for employment influx
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EYES ON THE PRIZE—A Larimer model at the Kingsley Association provides residents with a bird’s eye view of the possibilities in their neighborhood.
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The Kingsley Association is working to prepare residents in the East End for a series of opportunities coming to their neighborhood. Despite their efforts at the Urban Green Growth Collaborative meeting June 24, several residents were more concerned with airing past grievances than listening to the representatives from several programs and organizations.
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The value of education preached to young men
A study produced by the Rand Corp. in 2006 found that 50 percent of African-American males in Pittsburgh Public Schools do not graduate. This year, 381 African-American males graduated from the 10 high schools.
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North Side residents bitter about past and future developments
A ride through the North Side’s many neighborhoods easily summons stories of an area rich with diversity and culture. However, for some North Side residents the area is also marked by a series of “development failures” they say are partly responsible for the crime and blight in their neighborhood.
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Leadership program inspires young Black males
For six days, 52 high school students from Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas were given a chance to live the life of a college student. Though many of the students were excited by the overall experience of spending time on the Robert Morris University campus, they also admitted the Black Male Leadership Development Institute taught them life lessons about personal development and what it means to be a leader.
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Pushed along road to success
On June 17, students in the Black Male Leadership Development Institute spent their day at Robert Morris University focused on the importance of pursuing higher education. A series of three sessions gave the young men a chance to not only dream about their future, but also create a plan to make these dreams a reality.
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Speak Out: Do you celebrate Kwanzaa? Why or why not?
In 1966 California Pan-Africanist professor Maulana Ron Karenga founded Kwanzaa, a celebration of family, community and culture as an alternative to the commercialism and materialism that has come to be associated with modern Christmas observances. Although many Blacks observe it, Kwanzaa hasn’t taken hold in mainstream Black America. Here’s what you said.
