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. Marshall was informed that Downtown Property and Business Owners would like him to move the Soul Food Festival from PPG Plaza because Black music and attendees are to “noisy” and they cause logistics problems for businesses:
Pittsburgh Soul Food Festival organizer
fighting to keep location from moving
The founder said that the event boosted the economy
for not only vendors but also local businesses.
However, the Owners of PPG Plaza have not demanded that White attendees of other Festival events inside PPG Plaza to leave or relocate to other spaces
This year the Picklesburgh Festival bragged of hosting 200,000 attendees in the same PPG Plaza location.
Marshall is requesting a meeting with Property Owners to resolve this issue and we need you to email: ANDY.WISNIEWSKI@jll.com and raise your concerns about this discriminating actions.
