Articles in Conversation
YES: Junior Girl Scout Troop 54284
From 10/19/13: Junior Girl Scouts from Troop 54284 (Woodland Hills) discussing their recent Bronze Award, the highest possible award for the Junior Girl Scout level
YES: Youth Reporters at the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial
From 10/12/13: Cornell High School students Nathan Lawyer, Rachel Juristy and Amanda McCalsion talking about their interview with Tuskegee Airman Dr. Robert Higginbotham during last month’s dedication of the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial in Sewickley Cemetery
YES: Urban Pathways Charter School’s BAAM Mentoring
From 10/12/13: Urban Pathways Charter School student and Hill District resident Suron Tomlin and Brandon Baker from the Center for Family Excellence sharing their experiences in the school’s BAAM (Benefiting African American Men) mentoring program, along with BAAM Coordinator Chris Edmonds
ENOUGH Violence: Artists Speak Out
From 10/5/13: Stacy de las Alas (Crisis Center North), Pete Shell (Thomas Merton Center) and Janet McCall (Society for Contemporary Craft) with thoughts inspired by ENOUGH Violence, an SCC exhibit encouraging dialog on violence in our society
Big Brother Jhonphilipp and Little Brother Jamar
From 9/28/13: Jhonphilipp Yonan and little brother Jamar on their special relationship forged by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh
Big Sister Becca Heyns and Little Sister Da’Asia
From 8/24/13: Becca Heyns and little sister Da’Asia on their relationship through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh along with BBBS staffer Sandra Eritano
Preview: We Love Our North Side Schools
From 8/17/13: Terri Lee from Jehoshabeath Eli, along with students Coquii and Aaron, preview We Love our North Side Schools, an 8/24 walk from Buhl Community Park to the Fred Rogers statue to show support for North Side children as the new school year begins
Preview: Tuskegee Airmen Memorial
From 8/17/13: Rich Dieter and Regis Bobonis, Sr. discussing the 9/15/13 dedication of the Tuskegee Airmen of Western Pa. Memorial in Sewickley Cemetary. Special guests include Josh White, Jr. (whose father Josh White wrote the 1941 song Uncle Sam Says and served as a key voice of the fight against Jim Crow practices in the U.S. military), Bill Hicks, Sr. (Tuskegee Airmen) as well as Bill Hicks, Jr., and Kim Slater-Wood, each of whose father served as a Tuskegee Airman.
YES: Still Feel Like Going On
From 8/10/13: Ervin Dyer and students Hakim Mckenzie and Joshua Fitch on Still Feel Like Going On, a photography exhibit at the August Wilson Center runs through 8/30
WORD PLAY! by The Fred Rogers Company
From 8/3/13: Margy Whitmer of The Fred Rogers Company discussing WORD PLAY!, a new interactive family word game now in place at bus shelters throughout the city.
