Photo Series: Hundreds march through Pittsburgh, Participate in Global Climate Strike
Photos by: Laine Foxworthy, Point Park News Service
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Pittsburgh nonprofit Hello Neighbor welcomes immigrant families
By: Humayoon Babur Under a cloudless sky, dozens of immigrant families gathered at Carnegie Park in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, on June 22 to enjoy the outdoors and spend time together, looking like a big, connected family. Hello Neighbor is a nonprofit organization that provides mentorship and friendship to support refugee and immigrant families. To mark the end of World Refugee Week,...
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Afghan journalists persevere, despite ongoing dangers for media community
By Humayoon Babur Early in the morning on July 1, Haroon Nasir, an Afghan TV reporter, called his editor and asked for the day’s plan. In response, he got “nothing,” so he hurried to prepare for the day, trying to avoid being trapped in Kabul’s heavy morning traffic and missing the morning news meeting, as he had the day before....
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Pittsburghers celebrate, welcome refugees from around the world
Story by Humayoon Babur Pittsburghers from different walks of life recently came together in Market Square to demonstrate love, raise public awareness and encourage refugees to overcome the life struggles they often face in the United States. The event included various faith groups, rights activists and government officials and took place on June 21 to celebrate World Refugee Day. “Because of...
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Helping the Voiceless
By Sarah Yobbi Jackie Armour began her work with Paws Across Pittsburgh to help dogs in need, but soon realized cats needed rescued too. When she was little, Tricia Cole used to sneak kittens home in her jacket to take care of them. Now she rescues many more at South Hills Pet Rescue. Working with animals since the early 90’s,...
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Women in Sports: Dreams of Inclusion Are Coming True
By Sarah Bagay Stephanie Harrison wanted to enhance women’s involvement in sports, especially soccer, when she founded Steel City Football Club, a women’s professional team. Christine Serkoch and Angela Tegnelia have become key players in the media and communications field for the Pirates and Steelers, respectively, and not only enjoy participating in key future decisions of the teams, but hope to pave...
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Lewy and My Dad: My Dad’s Diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia
By Katie Kelly The first time that I noticed something was wrong with my dad was when he started forgetting the names of family members. My mother noticed it when my dad started mumbling things about missing deliveries and repeating odd things. My sister Kim first noticed something was off when our dad started bringing memories up from years ago....
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Apartment Developments Set to Break Ground in the Northside in May
By Mary Shelly, Point Park News Service A version of this story ran in The Northside Chronicle. On West North Ave., the Allegheny Stables renovation is set to break ground next month, and complete one year later — bringing nearly three dozen new residential units to Allegheny West. Allegheny Stables building on the 800 block of West North Ave. Photo...
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Finding Yourself in The Music: Putting Emotions Into Words
By Sara Flanders This is the final installment of the Finding Yourself in the Music series. When unsure how to deal with her negative emotions, Elizabeth Harris used what she calls “genre-fluid” music as a therapeutic outlet. Harris remembers singing all the time as a child and looking up to her Grandpa who was a wedding singer in a polka...
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Finding Yourself in the Music
How music has helped local members of the LGBTQIA+ community By Sara Flanders This is the first installment of the Finding Yourself in the Music series. Music helped Jude Benedict-Ess through their transition into their non-binary gender identity and gave them a way to communicate with those around them. Adam Hawley found inspiration from a famous musician to find his...
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