Category Archives: Community

The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) is embarking on its next strategic planning process, which will guide the organization’s priorities from 2026 to 2031. Building on the success of its 2019-2025 strategic plan, the WCDC is seeking input from residents, … Continue reading →

Since 2019 Stop the Violence Pittsburgh, lead by B. Marshall, has hosted the annual Soul Food Festival in Downtown Pittsburgh which is a celebration of Black culture and heritage in Pittsburgh. In a recent notice from Highwoods Properties Ownership Mr. … Continue reading →

[CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW] Beyond the Trigger | Community Discussion & Gun Lock Giveaway on Saturday, Sept 30, 12-3 PM @ UPMC Health Plan Neighborhood Center 6401 Penn Avenue, 15206 For more information, please call 412-866-4272

WCDC Receives $400k To Help Empower Residents To Fight Back Against Wilkinsburg’s Growing Vacancy And Blight The WCDC is pleased to announce that it has secured $400,000 in PA Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement Funds (PHARE) from the PA Housing … Continue reading →

First founded in 1969, Milestone has been giving back to the Wilkinsburg community for over 50 years. According to Executive Director Jordan Coughlen, the idea behind Milestone came from parents who wanted to provide deinstitutionalized and community-focused care for children … Continue reading →

Applications are now open for the WCDC’s Youth Initiative, which funds up to $3,000 to Wilkinsburg groups and organizations that support the academic and civic endeavors of local young people. Since 2010, the program has sponsored more than 30 youth-oriented initiatives, … Continue reading →

Use Link to Apply: https://forms.gle/Psdwwh8SDCtmbps59

STAY TUNED AS SOUL PITT MEDIA MAKES 3 ANNOUNCEMENTS IN 2020 THAT WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF MEDIA AS WE KNOW IT IN PITTSBURGH FOREVER!!!!! To all of our readers, website viewers, and advertisers THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

Soul Pitt will be celebrating our centenarian elders in a new spotlight called “Soulebrating Centenarians.” If you know someone 100 or more years old in the tri-state region of PA that would want to share some wisdom and secrets for a … Continue reading →

Thanks to Demeatria Boccella of FashionAFRICANA, something BIG is coming to Pittsburgh!! Ruth E. Carter (2X OSCAR Nominated Costume Designer for Malcolm X and Amistad) will be bringing BLACK PANTHER costumes (minus the actors inside them LOL) and costumes from … Continue reading →

We’ve been endorsing small business loans as a Kiva trustee since 2014. We were initially able to endorse loans up to $10,000, but we were recently given the opportunity to endorse loans up to $25,000! Join our lending team to follow along with local … Continue reading →

Recent tax reform legislation proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives eliminates the federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC) program. We request your help in ensuring that our elected officials are aware of the importance of this tax credit program in our … Continue reading →

Garfield Jubilee YouthBuild Program is one of the most successful programs in Western Pennsylvania for young people ages 16 to 24 years of age. Garfield Jubilee 5323 Penn Avenue | Pittsburgh, Pa. 15224 Call 412-665-5200 or email youthbuildpgh@gmail.com

PUSH co-owner Deavon Hammonds, ask Debra Bonneau five questions about what she is PUSHing through and how she is coping with being a caregiver. 1. What are you are PUSHing through right now? Being a full-time caregiver for my mother … Continue reading →

Eight new graduates across Point Park University’s four schools shared their thoughts about who has helped them along their journey to earning a master’s degree from Point Park. Below is the response from a friend of Soul Pitt, Mr. Lorenzo … Continue reading →

          [click photos for larger view] St. James Food Service Ministry opened up on Sunday, June 24, 2012. Under the direction of our Coordinator Hazel Jackson, the Food Service Ministry is a ministry in which the … Continue reading →

‘PITTch’ perfect products: Wrist support concept awarded top prize The ideas at the second annual PITTch Fest ranged from functional fashion and thermal-powered cellphone chargers to an innovative brace to help patients with Parkinson’s disease. Ultimately, it was a new … Continue reading →

The Borough of Wilkinsburg has been a dry community since 1870, but the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) aims to change that this spring. The WCDC Board of Directors voted to pursue a liquor license referendum to legalize the sale … Continue reading →

PITTSBURGH (Aug. 14, 2014) – In support of programming and activities that re-assert “family” as a core institution in the re-development of Pittsburgh’s Black community, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield provided $250,000 in grants that will benefit POISE Foundation’s Strengthening … Continue reading →

Did you miss Soul Pitt’s LIVE Community CALL to Discuss Mental Illness in the Black Community with guests Bob Regis and Michelle McMurray, MSW, hosted by Leslie Askerneese? KEEP CALM & LISTEN ON to the recording here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-128684/TS-887793.mp3

I just wanted to thank all the parents that came out and brought their children to Soul Pitt Media’s Soulful Santa.  This is our 3rd year of putting this together and the turnout was awesome!  I want to especially thank … Continue reading →