Media Coverage
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Media Coverage | VisitPittsburgh is part of effort to make Homewood a cultural destination
Leave a Comment The Homewood Experience is a natural fit for VisitPittsburgh’s Inclusive Tourism Initiative, which seeks to increase tourism in under-served neighborhoods and share in its economic benefits. -
Media Coverage | Level Up 412 offers free classes to help bridge the digital divide and get people career-ready
Leave a Comment It’s never the wrong time to level up your computer skills, Pittsburgh. -
Media Coverage | Neighborhood Allies offers free courses to lessen digital divide in Pittsburgh
Leave a Comment Pittsburgh-based Neighborhood Allies launched a remote digital skills training program — Level Up 412 — for underserved communities in the city. -
Media Coverage | Presley Gillespie: Neighbors work together to aid Black community during covid-19
Leave a Comment We must not rush to return to “normal.” Normal isn’t working for many residents. Normal isn’t equitable. -
Media Coverage | How Pittsburgh is closing the digital divide
Leave a Comment As robotic companies, self-driving cars, AI and coding epicenters sprouted across the city of Pittsburgh, it mostly happened without the involvement of our Black community. -
Media Coverage | Mellon Foundation donates $5.25 million to local groups
Leave a Comment "Another area of focus included bolstering the social safety net with a grant to Neighborhood Allies. The organization is looking to fund its Covid-19 Accelerated Relief Effort (CARE) with the grant funding which aims to combat the challenges brought from the pandemic in the city's neighborhoods tha -
Media Coverage | Beyond the Laptops initiative connects more Pittsburgh Public Schools students to the internet
Leave a Comment Beyond the Laptops, an organization recently created by Neighborhood Allies in partnership with Pittsburgh Public Schools, said it would provide internet connectivity, through Comcast Corp.’s Internet Essentials program, to the remaining 1,000 families in the school district without access. -
Media Coverage | Neighborhood Allies secures internet access, devices for PPS families
Leave a Comment Neighborhood Allies on Thursday said it has partnered with Comcast to provide 1,000 Pittsburgh Public Schools families with in-home high-speed internet access, ensuring that nearly all district households will have the connectivity required for online learning. -
Job Opportunity | The Financial Empowerment Center is Looking for a New Counselor
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Media Coverage | Smaller Pittsburgh-area foundations target minorities, mental health issues with COVID-19 relief funds
Leave a Comment Pittsburgh’s largest philanthropies, with storied names like Mellon, Hillman and Heinz, quickly marshaled millions of dollars in resources to address the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Smaller foundations in the region have also stepped up by creating emergency funds and making gran -
Media Coverage | GOGO program aims to help small businesses build websites to boost online sales
Leave a Comment Online sales have been a safety net for small businesses forced to temporarily close their storefronts in response to COVID-19. But what about those that aren’t equipped to sell things on the internet? -
Media Coverage | Pittsburgh Tech Community Gets Laptops to Students
Leave a Comment When remote learning in the Pittsburgh Public Schools starts April 16, Vanessa Buffry with the group Neighborhood Allies says too many kids will be left offline. That's why her organization and the Pittsburgh Technology Council reached out to tech firms, foundations and others to help. -
Media Coverage | Gerardo Interiano and Presley Gillespie: Coming together to bridge the digital divide
Leave a Comment The digital divide needs to be addressed as a three-legged stool: devices, wrap-around tech support and connectivity. Within a short, one-week window, Neighborhood Allies kicked off a cross-sectoral set of solutions by working with area universities, technology companies, nonprofits and the foundati -
Media Coverage | How the pandemic is exacerbating the digital divide in Allegheny County
Leave a Comment A survey conducted by Pittsburgh Public Schools found that more than 1,500 of their 23,000 students have no internet. Even more households don't have enough computers or devices for each child to do schoolwork at home. -
Media Coverage | Beyond the Laptops challenge benefiting Pittsburgh Public Schools students
Leave a Comment WPXI reports on the Beyond The Laptops Initiative. -
Media Coverage | Pittsburgh Tech companies help pay for laptops for 7,000 city students
Leave a Comment Pittsburgh’s technology sector is pulling together to provide computers for more than 7,000 city schoolchildren who need them for virtual learning during the coronavirus pandemic. -
Media Coverage | ‘Not a handout … a hand up’: Coalition launches challenge to raise money for 3,000 laptops
Leave a Comment “From our perspective, digital inclusion is a three-legged stool. You have to have the devices, you have to have the access and connectivity and you have to have the programs,” Mr. Interiano said. “It’s going to take millions of dollars just to fix the device challenge.” -
Media Coverage | Pittsburgh’s tech and nonprofit communities come together to get laptops to students in need
Leave a Comment The Pittsburgh tech community is stepping in to help fill this gap with the “Beyond the Laptops” challenge. The goal is to purchase and refurbish more than 3,000 laptops — and hopefully as many as 7,000 — for the students who are now doing all their learning at home. -
Media Coverage | Neighborhood Allies, Computer Reach, University of Pittsburgh Work to deploy laptops to families in need
Leave a Comment As schools and workplaces in Allegheny County issued stay-at-home and remote work directives, families without computers and internet access felt the squeeze. -
Media Coverage | How Pittsburgh-area companies are helping out during the pandemic
Leave a Comment Several companies have jumped in to help as the COVID-19 pandemic affects every aspect of our lives. Here’s a look at what some local companies and people in the business community are doing to offer assistance. This list is just a sampling of great work being done in our community. For more stori -
Media Coverage | Image campaign for Homewood aims to position a distressed neighborhood for fresh investment
Leave a Comment A $100,000 investment, supported by the RK Mellon Foundation is earmarked for the Homewood Experience campaign. -
Media Coverage | URA Approves First Cohort Of Businesses For Centre Avenue Redevelopment
Leave a Comment Small businesses owned by women and minorities are driving the redevelopment of Centre Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. The board of the Urban Redevelopment Authority greenlighted six proposals for the corridor on Thursday. -
Media Coverage | Six development plans in the works for Centre Avenue in the Hill District
Leave a Comment We provided technical assistance through the Equitable Empowerment Fund to 4 out of the 6 development teams advancing to exclusive negotiations with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for parcels in the Centre Avenue RFQ. -
Media Coverage | Equitable development, economic growth is vital
Leave a Comment Read the Letter to the Editor of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette regarding our Equitable Development/All-In Pittsburgh work -
Media Coverage | Councilman Lavelle’s 2019 Year in Review Newsletter
Leave a Comment We were thrilled to be part of the team that helped create the recently passed equity and inclusion legislation! Looking forward to another year of collaboration and hard work to make Pittsburgh a more equitable place to live!
