Black Pittsburgh Matters is the City’s platform to transform black communities and improve Black people’s quality of life. Black Pittsburgh Matters Principles are: 1. Black Lives Matter: protecting the health and safety of Black People; 2. Black Communities Matter: rebuilding traditional Black communities and; 3. Black Wealth Matters: increasing Black employment and entrepreneurship.
Black Pittsburgh Matters Policies and Programs include:
State of Educational Emergency in the City of Pittsburgh
Legislation focused on eliminating student opportunity gaps.
Catapult Program
Catapult: Startup to Storefront assists start-up minority and women businesses succeed. You can find more information at https://catapultpittsburgh.org
The Project Based Vouchers/Gap Financing Program
Expands affordable housing and builds capacity for local non-profits and community development corporations. You can learn more at https://hacp.org/procurements/project-based-voucher-gap-financing-program-2020/
Invest PGH
Invest PGH aids small business and affordable housing initiatives throughout Pittsburgh. For more information, visit https://investpgh.org
The Pittsburgh Land Bank
The Land Bank returns unproductive vacant and blighted Real Estate Property to beneficial reuse. You can learn more at https://pghlandbank.org
Wage Review Committee
The Wage Review Committees recommendations improves the wages and working conditions of Pittsburgh Service Workers.
Expanded Learn & Earn Summer Youth Employment Program
Learn & Earn provides meaningful work experiences and career exposure to low-income youth and young adults ages 14-24, residing in the City of Pittsburgh. You can learn more about the program and apply here: https://www.partner4work.org/learnandearn/how-apply
Housing Opportunity Fund
A designated fund increasing affordable housing in the City. To learn more, visit https://www.ura.org/pages/housing-opportunity-fund-programs
Police Reform
A three-pronged approach: Better Training, Better Technology and Better Transparency for improvement.
High Quality Affordable Housing
The City is creating additional high quality affordable housing.
The Pittsburgh Park Plan and Tax
The Plan and Fund achieve excellence and equity in every park and in every neighborhood in Pittsburgh.
Reimagining Police
Innovative Police reforms and initiatives have to create greater community and policy partnership programs.
Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Legislation declaring racism a Public Health crisis in the City Pittsburgh and a commitment to provide concrete solutions.
The City of Pittsburgh Commission on Racial Equity
A Commission charged with making recommendations to increase racial equity.
Ten Principles of Racial Equity
The has committed to the Ten principles of racial Equity to increase equity, diversity and inclusion.
Strategic Investment Principles
5 Investment Principles designed to increase funding to black people, black organizations and black businesses in Black Communities.
The Pittsburgh Avenues of Hope
