Artist Sasha Igwe creates artworks for Community Learning Centers in Homewood

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...

Neighborhood Allies is a Founding Member of Creative Reaction Lab’s Institute of Equitable Design and Justice

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...

First ‘Money Talks’ Cohort Completed!| 50 Black women come together to learn about saving and investing

by Chelsea Contino | Nov 28, 2022 | Advance Equity, Foster Economic Opportunity, Front Page

Our Money Talks program is a virtual community made up of Black women of various backgrounds and life stages who meet regularly to engage, share with each other, and learn from experts about saving and investing. The program’s ultimate goal is to reduce barriers...

Neighborhood Allies Embeds Disability Awareness and Inclusion in Economic Opportunity Work, Co-leads National Disability Institute’s Pittsburgh Coalition

by Chelsea Contino | Nov 1, 2022 | Advance Equity, Foster Economic Opportunity, Front Page, Path to Equity

Over the past seven years, Neighborhood Allies has developed focus and expertise in Economic Opportunity and addressing racial wealth equity. We continue to expand, providing more services to greater segments of the population. In recent years, we have worked to...

The Financialization of Single-Family Housing in Pittsburgh

by talia piazza | Oct 24, 2022 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

By: Matt Madia | Director of Real Estate, Neighborhood Allies Neighborhood Allies, in its role as convener of the affordable housing Preservation Working Group, and with the support of the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center, sought to measure the...

Media Coverage | First-person: Equity in action: How I experienced transformational capacity building

by talia piazza | Oct 18, 2022 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Media Coverage, Path to Equity

Julius A. Boatwright of Steel Smiling. First-person: Equity in action: How I experienced transformational capacity building NEXT guest writer | October 18, 2022 | Health, Latest News, Pittsburgh for All | Read the full article Essay by Julius A. Boatwright,...