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Making the Right Moves
David Shifren is a knight. His life moves in one direction, shifts 90 degrees, continues on, then shifts again....
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Dancing Alone – Interview with Victoria Watford
Victoria Watford, Corps de Ballet dancer for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater since 2016 and the only Black female dancer...
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Stories of Our Elders
Carrie Tippen © Chatham University I have to do math to remember my age now. I was born in...
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Sister Janice
When Sister Janice Vanderneck was at that impressionable age, her mother signed her up for dance lessons. On recital...
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Ultimate Diversity
The 19-year-old Kylian Mbappe scored for the French national team during World Cup 2018 Final (photo: FIFA) It’s just...
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Drag is for Everybody
Owl Hollow sits on a hill surrounded by trees in Hazelwood. With rubble from demolished row houses scattered around...
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Train Like A Champion
What makes a neighborhood more than a collection of houses? This is a question that occupies much of Bob...
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Be Our Guest
Tavia Ramsey receives anywhere between 30-60 calls a day. As Intake Coordinator at Community Human Services, Ms. Ramsey is the...
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Mother’s Milk
Bethany Schad’s 2-year-old daughter climbs upon her lap, asking in a tiny voice, “Boob?” It is her simple way...
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The Roboburgh Dilemma
Robotic and artificial intelligence startups have taken over the Strip District. Historically a steel and electricity producer, the Strip...
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Charles Tate – The Tuskegee Airmen Story
The Tuskegee Airmen were the military’s first black pilots, created by the US Army Air Corps in 1941 after...
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Hilltop Men’s Group
“Someone called and said, ‘Someone was shot on Freeland Street,’ so I walked down to Freeland Street to see...
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Lead Laden Soil
Jonathan Burgess , senior agriculture conservationist at Allegheny County Conservation District, said studies show the majority of lead poisoning comes...
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Equity Café in Allentown
With the mission of extracting and discovering what residents would like to see in their neighborhood, the event took...
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New Theatrical Worlds, Hidden on the Streets of Pittsburgh
On the evening of June 23, an unprecedented theatrical experience reached its conclusion at the north end of the...
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Humanitarian Spotlight of 2017
Read their stories in our publishing partner Steel This Magazine, a free publication distributed in select neighborhoods in Pittsburgh three...
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Hoperation Pittsburgh
Last summer marked the first year for the Lots of Pride Gardens in Beltzhoover, where, among other projects, South...
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The Map of James
What’s weird about the Rankin town mural is that James Milton stands alone. The mural itself isn’t even a...
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To Drink, or Not To Drink
Water sources create community; without clean fresh water to drink, humans can’t survive. We naturally gather where it can...
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Initiating Inclusive Innovation
In the weeks after the third Inclusive Innovation Week concluded, individuals involved in the tech industry were left asking...
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“In this house there isn’t chaos”
To say the least, Tracy has a lot going. When Shacoya Bates from Every Child, Inc. arrives for a...
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The North Shore Story: Walking Bob
"No, I'll let you know. Not ready yet, I'll let you know." - Walking Bob Walking Bob is a...
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Loving a “24-hour” child
The school year is just beginning as Susanna and George spend a late-summer afternoon with their caseworker Shacoya Bates...
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Concamo
Downtown Map of Pittsburgh. Click to participate. Jason McKoy of Wilkinsburg (pictured above) spearheaded the effort for Storytellers to...
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The Power to Save Lives
Founded in 2015, the South Hilltop Men’s Group began with the idea of providing opportunities and guidance to adolescents growing...
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More Than Medicine
In the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, brick and grey restaurants, shops, and condos cover the landscape, bordered on...
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Escaping homeland, a refugee’s story
My name is Israa Abdulmuttaleb. I am 16 years old and a junior at Taylor Allderdice high school. I...
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Equity Café – Dream and Design
At the beginning of New Sun Rising’s second Equity Café, Jorinda Bullitt from NSR turned on relaxing music, asked...
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Navigating Adolescence – A Mentorship Story
It’s Friday afternoon at Manchester PreK-8 on the Northside and students are flowing through the hallways on their way to lunch or...
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“One Man’s Search for Acceptance”
Michael Lu is a double minority. As a gay Chinese man in the United States, Lu has not found...
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Equity Café – Discover the Strengths
Saturday, August 27, the Equity Cafe reached its conclusion. Once a month since June, New Sun Rising hosted Allentown...


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