Here’s this week’s rundown of ways to connect with the movement in Pittsburgh!

Please let us know if there there’s an event that is not listed that you would like us to promote through our Facebook, our blog, our Twitter, and through flyers or email.

Monday – 9.18

Jacqueline B. Martinez is founder of JBM Legal, LLC, a full service law firm dedicated to providing legal representation to the Pittsburgh immigrant community since 2002. Drawing on her extensive experience as an immigration attorney, Martinez will present an overview of the executive orders currently in play, explain how the law applies to the CMU students’ experience, and outline how the courts are dealing with them and Congress rule or acquiescence.

4:30p-5:45p CMU Libraries.

[ http://www.library.cmu.edu/about/publications/news/lecture-immigration-executive-orders ]

Speaker Alicia Quepral of ARYSE, The Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (PICC), and Immigrant Services & Connections (ISAC) will discuss the struggle of undocumented immigrants in the United States and the impact of DACA.

[ https://www.facebook.com/events/128031541270073/ ]

Tuesday – 9.19

Tuesday September 19th at 7pm

Glitter Box Theater

460 Melwood Ave. Pittsburgh, PA

Ashley Funk organizes with Mountain Watershed Association, and she previously worked with Our Children’s Trust to bring legal action against the state of Pennsylvania for not taking adequate means to address climate change. Ashley is dedicated to organizing in rural communities, and she has worked on projects that range from stopping coal mines to developing a mobile guitar-making program with & for rural youth. Moving forward, she wants to work with other organizers to strategically bring the fight against white supremacy to rural communities, in ways that move beyond simply “having conversations” with her racist family and friends.

Isaiah Noriega is a doctoral student studying clinical-community psychology (Psy.D) at Point Park University. He sits on the Steering Committee for Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy (PCAA) and is the founder of Pittsburgh collective named Free Imagination Leaders.

Jessica Semler began with Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania as a campus organizer and now serves as director of public affairs, where she communicates with the media, works with community partners and lobbies elected officials on behalf of her nonprofit. She’s been organizing since college on issues including sexual violence but reproductive rights is her biggest passion.

Sarah Grguras is a student at the University of Pittsburgh studying environmental studies and ecology. She has been heavily involved with organizing with the divestment campaign on Pitt’s campus since her first year.

About the Organizers Storytelling Project

A few years ago we started a series of storytelling events to give organizers and activists in Pittsburgh a chance to tell—and hear—each other stories. The idea was to create a space to deepen our relationships, learn from each other’s experiences, and better understand each other’s ideas and approaches to our shared work. The format is relatively straightforward: a handful of local organizers each give a 15-minute presentation on the organizing work they’ve been doing over the years, what they’ve learned, and what type of work they’re excited about going forward. Over the past several years, more than two dozen local activists and organizers have told their stories. Some presentations focused on campaign victories, other’s highlighted lessons learned from heartbreaking defeats. Each of the presentations gave us, as a community of activists and organizers a better understanding of the companions we’re sharing this struggle with and helped us to build our local culture of resistance.

[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1721776711464414/ ]

The time to take action is now.

We call on all concerned individuals and organizations to join the Campus Antifascist Network (CAN). CAN brings together faculty, students, staff, and community members across US campuses to stem the rise of fascism, whether proudly displayed in hateful exclusionary slogans and posters, or disguised as “free speech.” We come together to stand with threatened members of our campus communities and oppose fascist mobilizations.

[ https://www.facebook.com/events/114585862571571/ ]

Alternatives to Calling the Police

Alternativas en vez de llamar a la policia

Workshop

[ https://www.facebook.com/events/158760984685550/ ]

Wednesday– 9.20

Not a PSL Front Group Conspire with friends, play boardgames, do homework, eat dinner, announce projects, ask for support – come hang for a bit! Or don’t, it’s whatever really. 9:15pm(ish) to 11 or so in the Room of Requirement, short documentary (TBA) screening starts at 10(ish). This week, folks are encouraged to use the space to debrief from last week’s shenanigans and brainstorm some next steps. Ask a septum ring // contact PSSC for an invite.

The Pitt College Republics are holding a “debate” on immigration, featuring two right-wing think-tanks: the Cato Institute and the Heritage Foundation. We’d encourage your crew to get creative. After all, there’s free Chic-fil-A involved. 8pm // William Pitt Union // Kurtzman Room [ https://www.facebook.com/events/1813847998854241/ ]

7pm // Wednesday September 20th

Family Tribute to Bill Nunn & Screening of “Do The Right Thing” 7p-9:30p Row House Cinema.

Overdose Prevention Training 7p-8:30p Baldwin Borough Public Library.

Thursday – 9.21

Let us know what’s happening, we’ll spread the word!

Friday – 9.22

Let us know what’s happening!

Saturday – 9.23

Can a class-based liberation theology become a positive force to confront and overcome the mass inequality and injustices in the United States? Come and listen as activist clergypersons from Pittsburgh discuss ways that the marginalized and the oppressed in the United States can begin to work towards a more just future utilizing the time-tested principles of Liberation Theology. We will examine the history of LT and various formulations of LT in the US, including Latinx-American, Black, and Womanist Liberation Theology, and present a potential way forward for a class-based LT in the US.

Plenty of time will be allotted for questions and dialogue after the presentations.

About the Presenters:

Rev. Paul Dordal is an Iraq War Veteran and an anti-war activist with Veterans For Peace. A resident of Penn Hills, Paul envisions and is working towards a future world of equality and justice, without imperialistic war and capitalist oppression. He is an ordained priest in the Syro-Chaldean Church of North America.

Rev. Sharieda D Patterson is an ordained Baptist minister and presently serves as a Youth Pastor on the Northside of Pittsburgh. An advocate for underserved youth in urban communities, Sharieda is committed to issues of social justice, fair and equitable education, and equality for all. Sharieda is a Veteran of both the Air Force and Navy.

[ https://www.facebook.com/events/794038044090420/ ]

Narcan/Naloxone stops overdose in its tracks. Come to Serve The People – Pittsburgh’s free training to learn how to administer Narcan, and get a free dose to take with you. Training administered through STP and Prevention Point Pittsburgh.

[ https://www.facebook.com/events/122317358504162/ ]



The Pittsburgh Zine Fair Mixer returns to Bunker Projects this year, featuring live readings and performances by our vendors. This is a great opportunity to get a preview of what will be available for purchase the following day.

$5 suggested donation at the door, and PIZZA!

[ https://www.facebook.com/events/488939224796237/ ]

Facilitators are Pittsburgh people who work in cooperatives.

Who are in the cooperative businesses in the Pittsburgh area?

Come if you want to hear more and find out how you can help the cooperative movement for all Pittsburghers, if you’re exploring converting to or starting a cooperative, or if you’re just curious!

[ https://www.facebook.com/events/441417876245390 ]

Sunday – 9.24

[ https://www.facebook.com/events/312964935806648/ ]

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