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Teen Bloc Youth Organizing Academy

August 5, 2019 By Apost Admin

August 5 – August 9, 2019 100 South Commons, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Help recruit students for a week-long program to learn about their rights and influence within the educational system. Educators and community leaders are invited to share the TeenBloc Youth Organizing Academy with students entering 8th-12th grade. Students will join A+ Schools on August […]

Tagged With: A+ Schools, Advocacy, education reform, high school, leadership skills, social justice, TeenBloc, teens, Youth Organizing

Resources to Help Educators Approach Trauma with Children & Youth

November 7, 2018 By Apost Admin

this resource list updated to reflect APOST’s News You Can Use article about the Tree of Life Shooting, 11/7/18     Below is a list of select resources created to help educators approach trauma with children & youth, as well as how you can support local efforts related to Justice for Antwon Jr.  We also have enlisted the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Antwon Rose Jr, children and youth, police accountability, race, resources, social justice, trauma

Let’s Talk about Race: Part Two

June 28, 2018 By Apost Admin

Join Repair the World: Pittsburgh, Public Source and YWCA Greater Pittsburgh at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary for part two of our ongoing “Let’s Talk About Race” conversation and action against racism. This event will feature breakout groups led by different experts in the community that are open to all levels of knowledge regarding race and […]

Tagged With: Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, race, racism, Repair the World, social justice

400 Years of Inequality

April 9, 2018 By Apost Admin

Presenter: Dr. Mindy Fullilove Title: Reflections on 400 years of inequality Abstract: 2019 will mark the 400th anniversary of the first arrival of Africans in Jamestown, to be sold into bondage. The creation of chattel slavery had many evil consequences, among them the enshrinement of inequality in law, custom and the Constitution. This talk will reflect on […]

Tagged With: Free, inequality, race, slavery, social justice, symposium, urban policy

CUE Lunch & Learn Series

February 16, 2018 By Apost Admin

Practitioners Talking About Race With Students: One School’s Journey Thursday, February 16 Facilitated by Megan O’Brien, Christie Herring, Diana Gomez and Katie Pohl, in-service teachers, The Falk School 12 – 1:30 p.m., Center for Urban Education Conference Room (Posvar 4118) Click here to learn more and to register.

Tagged With: Center for Urban Education, Christie Herring, CUE, Diana Gomez, Lunch N' Learn, Megan O'Brien, race, race and young people, social justice, Students, The Falk School, University of Pittsburgh

CUE Lunch & Learn Series

February 8, 2018 By Apost Admin

We Are Still Here: Declarations of Love and Sovereignty in Black Life Under Siege February 8, 2018 Facilitated by Cynthia Dillard, Mary Frances Early Professor of Teacher Education, Department of Educational Theory and Practice, University of Georgia 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m., CUE Commons Click here to learn more and to register.

Tagged With: black life, Center for Urban Education, CUE, Cynthia Dillard, declarations, love, Mary Frances, race, social justice, sovereignty, teacher education, University of Pittsburgh

2018 Summit Against Racism

January 20, 2018 By Apost Admin

The Summit Against Racism is a flagship event for Pittsburgh organizers. The Summit creates opportunities for attendees to learn, connect, and act on behalf of racial justice. The 20th Annual Summit Against Racism will be held on January 20, 2018, at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since it’s inception in 1996, the Summit […]

Tagged With: action, environment, Immigrants, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, police-violence, Professional Development, racism, social justice, women

Youth Leading Change: Shaka Senghor Keynote

May 10, 2016 By Apost Admin

Creative Expression + Youth Activism = Youth Leading Change Join us for the Youth Leading Change concluding program featuring Shaka Senghor, author of newly released Writing My Wrongs.  The foundation of Youth Leading Change is youth-lead, teacher-powered learning that highlights the the merging of educational innovation and social justice through STEAM. This event highlights an […]

Tagged With: Creative Expression, educational innovation, Shake Senghor, social justice, STEAM, teacher-powered learning, Writing My Wrongs, Youth Activism, Youth Leading Change

Center on Race and Social Problems Speaker Series: “Myth of the Color-blind and Gender-blind Judge”

January 27, 2016 By Apost Admin

Center on Race and Social Problems Wednesday, 27 January 2016 12:00PM ~ 1:30PM 2017 Cathedral of Learning   Dear Friends of CRSP, As part of the Spring 2016 Speaker Series, the Center on Race and Social Problems will host Pat Chew, Judge J. Quint Salmon and Anne Salmon Chaired Professor at the University of Pittsburgh […]

Tagged With: Cathedral of Learning, Center on Race and Social Problems, Lunch and Learn, Professional Development, social justice, Speaker Series, University of Pittsburgh

You Can’t Fix What You Don’t Look At: Acknowledging Race in Addressing Disproportionality

October 22, 2015 By Meredith Hoppe Leave a Comment

          Thursday, October 22, 2015 4–5:30 p.m. University Club • 123 University Place Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Presented by Russell Skiba, PhD   In the last year, even as we have been confronted by tragic inequalities in communities from Ferguson, Mo., to Madison, Wis., a series of national reports has highlighted continuing […]

Tagged With: Center for Urban Education, race relations, research, Russell Skiba, school discipline, social justice, University of Pittsburgh

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