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Please join Theresa @dabinatrix and @forsafersw for a rally and press conference on June 24th at 9 a.m. at the Pittsburgh City County Building downtown to support a city ordinance for better sex workers' rights.

Energy or environment, 'Merica?

Awesome banter between two giants. The rhetorical art of (dis)agreeing should be taught to all students from kindergarten to university. youtu.be/h7qZE4C_neo?si…

When you hear/read the term "outside agitator", please ask the narrator/writer to define what it is and even show the evidence who they are. cnn.com/2024/04/27/us/…

Kudos to @PGHArtsCouncil for acknowledging own past mistakes in their latest newsletter. Hopefully, in subsequent newsletters, it can measure, report and show evidence that it doesn't repeat the same mistakes.

Are they allowed to immediately work without SSN and pay income tax as soon as they step their foot on US soil? 🤔 The $7 trillion boost to the US economy from immigration has downsides too cnn.com/2024/03/20/eco…

'"I think the public discourse has lost some of that," Sotomayor lamented. "There's a lot of personal attacks on people's character." 👍🏼 cnn.com/2024/03/12/pol…

@NiemanReports Please convince the funders.

Journalism needs leaders who know how to run a business. These are the five crucial skills for the next generation of media leaders in the era of community-centric journalism. niemanreports.org/articles/journ…

If only the funders believe you @NiemanReports, as they keep on financing old and/or existing newsrooms that operate or wish to operate like in the good old days.

More often than not, ethnic/race-based entities or organizations exist as a response to racism or exclusion by general pop. "This generated a new economy in which not only jobs were created, but gave way to a system of housing, banking and community support, the study showed."

Thank you, @jonstewart Love the #METO concept. youtu.be/K2zbN3AuHG8

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If you genuinely want to change this … you’ve got to figure out how to speak to somebody on the other side and listen to them and understand what they are talking about and not dismiss it.” To continue these efforts, we need your support.

In 2023, we heard stories and experiences of 20 individuals from at least 15 different neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. Please consider donating to keep our operations running through this Give Big Pittsburgh on Tuesday 11/28/23. Thank you. givebigpittsburgh.com/organizations/… (read more..)

Yes, sir! Completely agree. But such (organized) activities are difficult to hold as the intended participants tend to only want to speak and win the arguments -- not to listen. And such events don't generate "clicks and shares" that the funders/sponsors demand. @POTUS44

'but Obama said he would rather see people "out there talking to people." "Including people who you disagree with. If you genuinely want to change this ... you've got to figure out how to speak to somebody on the other side and listen to them and . . ." cnn.com/2023/11/04/pol…

Ep.2: deeper dive on accountability. Amber Thompson of de-bias shares experiences and the unique challenges she faces as an African American woman in Pittsburgh due to lack of transparency and accountability by many organizations who are in the space of helping communities.

Ep.1: philanthropy, AI, and societal shifts. Need for genuine transparency and accountability that have been noticeably absent in many organizations, including foundations and non-profit entities.

YouTube Podcast: youtube.com/playlist?list=… Other platforms including Spotify will follow after the 3rd episode. First Episode released last week: Conversation with Josh Lucas @sixfloors @workhardpgh Second Episode today: Convos with Amber Thompson @WeDe_Bias #Pittsburgh