by Chelsea Contino | Apr 26, 2023 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Millvale, Revitalize Neighborhoods
Last April, Neighborhood Allies staff spent a beautiful Earth Day cleaning up a vacant lot in Millvale with partners and community residents. We had a great time and were happy to help bring new life to the space by getting rid of trash and old fencing, pulling weeds,...
by Chelsea Contino | Mar 31, 2023 | Foster Economic Opportunity, Front Page
Click the images to watch Javier’s and Toni’s interviews. Javier spoke about our efforts to create financial capability for youth and how our Bank On Allegheny County Initiative is helping youth open bank accounts and get access to financial education!...
by Chelsea Contino | Feb 28, 2023 | Foster Economic Opportunity, Front Page
Cindy came to the Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) by way of MomsWork, one of our community partners. She knew she needed help with her $100,000+ student loan debt, but she was discouraged and feeling hopeless. Unable to work due to a disability, her loan was in...
by Chelsea Contino | Dec 7, 2022 | Advance Equity, Foster Economic Opportunity, Homewood
Sasha designed and executed two beautiful art pieces that are now displayed in the soon-to-be launched Homewood-Brushton Youth Learning Center and Homewood-Brushton Adult Learning Center! These centers are located at the Homewood-Brushton YMCA and CCAC...
by Chelsea Contino | Dec 1, 2022 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Homewood, Path to Equity, Revitalize Neighborhoods
In 2019, Pittsburgh was ranked the eighth most gentrified city in the United States. Black and Brown residents being left out of the design and community development process is a major contributing factor to this reality. As a result of this data and a study of the...
