"So as I’m writing this essay, I’m really thinking to myself like, I don’t wanna go through this again. I don’t wanna have to see my little cousins go through this again. I don’t wanna have to, you know, see somebody’s mother go through this again,” said Jaia Harrison, age 14. " Listen to more of Jaia's reflections here.
Break barriers at the Women & Non-Binary Bike Summit on Saturday, Oct. 15 with WMNBikePGH. The event encourages women and non-binary representation in cycling, with pay-what-you-wish registration, a keynote by inclusive cycling advocate Marley Blonsky and workshops like prepare to catch air at The Wheel Mill, taking up space with critical mass, de-mystifying mountain biking, intro to gravel riding, confident city cycling class and more!
"Making change": Youth violence and its effects in Pittsburgh
"Soon, I started re-thinking and re-imagining street design and cities and dreaming how much more efficient and fun and affordable life could be if everyone had the option to safely choose bicycles," the essayist writes.
More than 200,000 Americans are serving life sentences in prisons. Jeffrey Shockley is one of them, doing his time in SCI-Fayette.
“I’m not the same person today that I was 23 years ago,” and he has learned many skills, Shockley writes — but he wishes he could use them to serve his community. Read the story, made in partnership with the Prison Journalism Project.
More than half of sexual assaults among college students occur in the fall. Resources, survivor stories and investigation into what’s being done to protect those at risk in the Pittsburgh area: Explore the Red Zone series.
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