by Chelsea Contino | Oct 24, 2023 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Larimer
Steel Smiling is proud to share that our third cohort, BTB3, has graduated from the Beams to Bridges program! – our Black-centered mental health and wellness education and training program. Throughout the six-month long, once-weekly classes, BTB3 cohort members...
by talia piazza | Aug 2, 2022 | Advance Equity, Front Page, Hill District, Homewood, Larimer, Revitalize Neighborhoods
Racially Inclusive Solutions for Equity, Healing, Impact, Growth and Health: RISE HIGH Last month, we awarded two new RISE HIGH Grant Partnership Awards totaling $150,000. Through our RISE HIGH strategy, we build trusted partnerships with organizations that go far...
by Chelsea Contino | Nov 1, 2021 | Community News, Hill District, Hilltop, Homewood, Larimer, Media Coverage, Millvale
The Incline | By Francesca Dabecco | October 27, 2021 | Read the full story Ms. Natalie Thomas remembered looking out the window of her Beltzhoover home and glimpsing children in the lot across the street. She thought to herself, “How wonderful is this?” That moment...
by Chelsea Contino | Nov 1, 2021 | Advance Equity, Larimer
Each quarter, our RISE HIGH (Racial Inclusive Solutions for Equitable-Development, Healing, Impact, Growth) Team will provide updates on our equity efforts. Read our Q3 update. The purpose here is not to tout our accomplishments and to pat ourselves on the back, but...
by Chelsea Contino | Jun 3, 2021 | Hill District, Hilltop, Homewood, Larimer, Media Coverage, Revitalize Neighborhoods, Wilkinsburg
By Kimberly Rooney 高小荣 | Pittsburgh City Paper | May 21, 2021 | Read the full story When COVID restrictions began in Pittsburgh, many were cut off from in-person communities and social networks. Community gardens became a place where people could not only interact...
by Chelsea Contino | Jul 2, 2020 | Community News, Larimer, Stories
A recent $15,000 Grant to the Office of Public Art for Art and Senior Citizen Engagement in Larimer aimed to connect and engage the Larimer Seniors Group through John Peña’s continued artist residency by holding monthly luncheons, planning field trips to...
