Community Forum
News Release
Announcing the BIPOC Artist Micro-Grant program awardees
Seventy-five artists from the region who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) have received micro-grants of $1,000 each from The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Center for Philanthropy. The awards were funded through the Foundation’s Mac Miller Fund.
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Scholar Aeryn Lesesne: Making a difference
In 2019, Aeryn Lesesne, graduated from high school as the valedictorian of Pittsburgh Online Academy, a Pittsburgh Public School. Now she’s a secondary English education major at Point Park University. After she finishes college, Lesesne says she hopes to return to a district like Pittsburgh Public — but not as a student. “My aspiration is to make a difference as an educator.”
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True T: Helping LGBTQ+ Pittsburghers Survive and Thrive
Since its 2010 inception, True T has transformed its mission and service to LGBTQ+ Pittsburghers. True T began as an organization of celebration and entertainment and now serves as a community hub also providing health and safety resources for LGBTQ+ individuals queer arts and activism.
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Dr. Yinka Aganga-Williams: Twenty years of creating refuge for immigrants in Pittsburgh
Aganga-Williams first came to Pittsburgh in 2000 to settle one of her daughters at Duquesne University. Twenty-one years later, she’s still here.
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Nate Smallwood: Capturing Black joy and resilience
Smallwood is a photojournalist and documentary filmmaker based in Pittsburgh.