'Unsilencing' the voices of Hill District residents

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Happy Saturday! Here are some of the stories PublicSource brought you this week:

Ervin Dyer writes in a first-person essay about helping lead “Your Story Matters,” an oral history project to collect the voices of Hill District residents. The project tries to “unsilence” voices that were long pushed to the side.
In partnership with 90.5 WESA, PublicSource is analyzing political ads airing in the Pittsburgh market. This week, WESA’s Chris Potter analyzed a Democrat attack ad about David McCormick's local business record.
Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission approved the replacement of a Downtown office building with housing and a potential restaurant. It told the developer to work with neighbors on noise concerns.

Read these stories and more below. ⬇️

‘Go forth and tell our stories’: From harmful narratives to healing stories, words could turn the page for Pittsburgh’s Hill District

Spot Check: Democratic group revisits McCormick’s local business record

Penn Avenue partying leads neighbors to question new building

College Dems energized, Republicans seek ‘safe spaces’ amid consequential election season

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Pittsburgh housing authority eviction cases hit speed bumps in North Side courtroom

Parks and planning spending, plus police officer target, trimmed in proposed Pittsburgh budget

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In a first-person essay, Sydney Altfather shares her experience at the Pittsburgh Universities Believe Survivors march. For her, it brought home the need to continue fighting to eradicate sexual violence.

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