Guest Blog | RISE HIGH: A Journey of Advocacy, Growth, and Change 

by talia piazza | Jan 14, 2025 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Path to Equity, Thought Leadership

Authored by: DeOndra Parker DeOndra is the Senior Program Manager of Fund Development & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Neighborhood Allies. Get to know her a little better in this Get To Know Your Allies segment. RISE HIGH: Resilient and Inclusive Solutions...

Media Coverage | Cultivating Economic Stability Across Pittsburgh : Neighborhood Allies | Nasdaq

by Chelsea Contino | Jan 7, 2025 | Advance Equity, Foster Economic Opportunity, Front Page

nasdaq.com | By Brittany Greene |Read the full article In 2024, Neighborhood Allies received a $60k grant from the Nasdaq Foundation to support our Money Talks program. Recently, our organization and the work we are doing to advance economic progress for all was...

Neighborhood Allies supports the De’Avry Thomas Community Center with $15,000 “first in” investment, jumpstarting the revitalization of a youth community center in Penn Hills

by Chelsea Contino | Dec 9, 2024 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

After his family was devastated by gun violence in 2013, pre-teen Kahlil Darden began to dream about changing his community for the better. Now, years later, his organization Young Black Motivated Kings & Queens (YBMKQ) brings together “young men and women...

Building Capacity for Equity in Architecture: Neighborhood Allies’ Partnership with NOMA Pittsburgh

by Chelsea Contino | Dec 9, 2024 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Revitalize Neighborhoods

As staff at Neighborhood Allies, we know that the most impactful community-serving work is not carried out in a vacuum – so, we collaborate with others at every turn. We strive to make connections that bloom into trusted partnerships while simultaneously...

From Gray Space to Green Space: CEA Breaks Ground on Community Plaza

by Chelsea Contino | Nov 26, 2024 | Advance Equity, Build Capacity, Front Page

Rashad D. Byrdsong, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Community Empowerment Association (CEA), has dreamed of turning the parking lot beside his building into a community gathering and event space for quite some time. Last month, after years of fundraising,...

Neighborhood Allies Team Participates in #ItsNeeded Conference

by talia piazza | Oct 16, 2024 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Thought Leadership

Last week, Presley Gillespie and Julius Boatwright participated at the #ItsNeeded Conference, which aims to bring together community leaders, law enforcement, students, mental health professionals and other stakeholders to discuss key issues affecting our society,...