Outsider-turned-magazine founder boosts Latinos visibility

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This week: PublicSource provided you with:

A first-person essay by the founder of Presente's Pittsburgh Latino Magazine. She was made to feel like an outsider in Pittsburgh and now strives to make other Latinos feel seen.
A breakdown of the city's annual police statistical report. While police activity dropped in Pittsburgh in 2022, the racial skew in arrests, stops and searches remained largely unchanged.
A follow-up to Chatham University's budget deficit, this time looking at its "chaotic" budgeting practices through the eyes of some of its faculty and staff.

Take a look back through these stories and more from our past week. ⬇️

Three incidents made me feel like an outsider in Pittsburgh — and drove me to make other Latinos feel included

Arrests, stops, searches all dropped in Pittsburgh as officers dwindled, new police data says

On Chatham’s anxious campus, faculty recount funding frustrations as deficit reduction takes hold

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Allderdice and Westinghouse, 3 miles away, are worlds apart in AP classes, teacher experience, student disadvantage

Gainey budget backs off Pittsburgh’s long-held goal of 900 police — for now

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ICYMI FROM LAST WEEK

In a study conducted by the University of Pittsburgh and the Black Equity Coalition, the researchers recommended addressing three fears to potentially boost vaccine uptake in Black communities.
Two high school seniors wrote a first-person essay on the tutoring nonprofit they founded in response to feeling like they didn’t always get what they needed to flourish in the classroom.

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