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Killed by police as he ran away, Pittsburgh teen Antwon Rose is remembered on what would’ve been his 18th birthday

Posted July 23rd, 2018

On June 19, Antwon Rose was looking forward to his upcoming birthday. But his life was cut short by police bullets fired into his back as he ran unarmed from police in East Pittsburgh.

Freedom Rising initiative receives major gifts

Posted October 16th, 2017

Freedom Rising, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) initiative “to address and improve the worsening plight of the African-American male,” has received gifts totaling $78,461 from a Pittsburgh-based charitable foundation, two mid councils and an offering collected at a Presbyterian collegiate conference.

Freedom Rising gains traction in pilot cities

Posted October 11th, 2017

High incarceration rates, widespread unemployment and low educational attainment among African-American young men have led some observers to call them a “lost generation.” However, the Rev. Mary Susan Pisano rejects this description.