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ON A BRISK AND RAIN-DRIZZLED SATURDAY in Pittsburgh last fall, the sketchy details of yet another mass shooting in an American city buzzed on cell phone news feeds and blared over televisions and car radios. For those trying to sort through the early reporting, it was agonizingly familiar — a gunman steeped in white supremacist ideology had gone on a bloody rampage. 

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An extraordinary legacy addresses poverty beyond a town’s prosperity.

Two women in fields traditionally dominated by men build a powerful philanthropic legacy.

Under the #LoveIsStronger banner, The Pittsburgh Foundation raised funds through a crowdfunding campaign to support organizations assisting victims of the mass shootings at Tree of Life Synagogue.

Addiction meets its match

The Foundation and key partners present conferences to reaffirm the value of the First Amendment.

Duquesne University will host Pittsburgh Foundation President and CEO Maxwell King, author of The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers, for a program at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the Power Center Ballroom, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282.

Save the Children is providing child-focused emergency supplies and working with national and state partners to assess children’s immediate needs.

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