Joyce Gannon
@joyce_gannon
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Writer/Editor. Formerly @PittsburghPG and other newspaper gigs.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Joined March 2013
Organizations that help people in need can apply for gift vouchers from @gwswpa so individuals & families can shop at #Goodwill stores. Details in my story for @NEXTpittsburgh. https://t.co/J7NUD9ZFrj
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The vouchers can be used to shop at 34 Goodwill stores in the Pittsburgh region and northern West Virginia.
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"Pay equity is one of the factors that perpetuates that cycle of poverty." The #LevelUp campaign asks Pittsburgh employers to narrow the #genderwagegap -- especially for #womenofcolor. My story in @NEXTpittsburgh. @ywcapgh @wgfpa #BlackWomenPolicyCenter.
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Level Up is a local campaign that urges businesses to be more transparent about hiring and salary practices, especially for women of color.
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My story on efforts during #WomensHistoryMonth2024 to attract more females to the trades and other careers dominated by men. @PPG @CovestroUS @RosedaleTech
Pittsburgh firms and trade schools are trying to close the gender gap plaguing STEM and related fields. Achieving this will, their leaders say, elevate women and improve company performances. (Via @NEXTpittsburgh)
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Co-founder @LeonFordSpeaks takes a full-time role at #TheHearFoundation which he launched after being shot and paralyzed by police. “I love traveling and having a global impact, but there’s a lot to do in Pittsburgh.” My story in @NEXTpittsburgh:
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Leon Ford, a co-founder and board member of the Hear Foundation, has taken on a new role as its director of external affairs.
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A $30-million round of grants from the #HenryLHillmanFoundation will push forward projects like @myhilldistrict's #NewGranadaSquare and a national expansion for @Catapult412. My story in @NEXTpittsburgh:
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$30 million from the Hillman Foundation will go to economic development groups, cultural organizations and nonprofits.
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Renovations at Uptown homeless shelter @Bethlehem_Haven "will allow us to put all our efforts toward healing women, not worrying about leaky roofs and windows that don’t open.” My story in @NEXTpittsburgh
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The four-story, brick structure at 1410 Fifth Ave., is currently undergoing a $3.2 million rehab and is expected to reopen in the spring.
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She grew up in RustBelt poverty. Now this @CarnegieMellon researcher has a federal #BuildBackBetter grant to help train workers for #NewEconomy jobs. My story in @NEXTpittsburgh.
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Ashley Orr is drawing on her lived experience in an area ravaged by the collapse of Big Steel to help workers prepare for tech-based jobs.
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The @upprize top winner #FarmToFlameEnergy makes generators that convert plant waste into clean energy. A co-founder built the prototype on his porch while earning a master's at Carnegie Mellon Univ. My story in @NEXTpittsburgh:
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On Oct. 19, Farm to Flame was the top winner at the 2023 UpPrize Social Innovation Challenge, which recognizes Pittsburgh-area entrepreneurs.
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How 2 artists designed outdoor furnishings for an old Westinghouse-factory-turned-maker-space in #Homewood. The #ECOHomewood competition meshed #environment, #community and #creativity.
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Ramone Patterson and Reggie Raye created items for Bridgeway Capital's factory-turned-maker space at 7800 Susquehanna in Homewood.
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How @ywcapgh is spending some of the $20 million it received from @mackenziescott: Initiatives for #racial and #genderequity. My story in @NEXTpittsburgh. https://t.co/Jgw1mmxH8r
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A $20 million gift from MacKenzie Scott is being shared among Pittsburgh area nonprofits and initiatives that target equity.
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Who knew there were this many shipwrecks under Lake Erie? Great story by @KateGiammarise. @905wesa
Proposed Lake Erie National Marine Sanctuary would be an underwater shipwreck museum, advocates say
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“The goal has always been a health initiative for pets and people.” @HARPSavesLives is rolling out a mobile medical unit to bring free care for at-risk people and their #pets. My story in @NEXTpittsburgh.
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Beginning in September, the Humane Health Coalition mobile unit will bring services to pets – as well as medical care to their owners.
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A coffee house in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood revives its business post-pandemic with boost from a #BlackKitchenInitiative grant. “We encourage people to use us as a meeting place even when they’re not buying [food and drinks] from us.”
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The Homewood cafe, an enterprise of Bible Center Church, got a $15,000 grant from the program that supports Black-owned restaurants.
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"Financial decisions reveal value judgments.” Free speech group @TheFIREorg tells Penn State University that cutting funding for its #student newspaper @DailyCollegian shows school "supports expressive freedoms in name, but not practice.” via @TribLIVE
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Mairead A. Roddy plays Sarah Calder, a kind and determined welfare worker, in The Boxcar Children. The show runs June 16th-25th at the @newhazlett. Get your tickets at https://t.co/G84G8mXTAz!
#PSTBoxcarChildren #PrimeStageSprouts #PghTheatre #BringingLiteratureToLife
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A sensory room, colorful bubble tanks and curved walls — all meant to be “calming elements” at The Beacon, a new gathering spot for teen wellness in Squirrel Hill. My story in @NEXTpittsburgh.
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Five years after the massacre Squirrel Hill, teens in the community there are looking for calm and connection at the Friendship Circle.
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“Our students have confidence, poise and a level of collaboration I’ve never seen in my life.” @PHCSE gets grant from #RichardKingMellonFoundation to share #entrepreneurship education tools with other schools. My story in @NEXTpittsburgh. https://t.co/TXm3nkQeIP
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Students at Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship launch and operate small businesses as part of the daily curriculum.
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"The writers' demands are not unreasonable. I'm a member of the Guild, and I support collective bargaining. This nation owes so much to unions." Thank you @StephenAtHome for sharing why you're #WGAStrong! #1u
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To @AustinDavisPA, she'll always be "Miss Trish." At the #JeffersonRegionalFoundation, Trisha Gadson is the new CEO whose goal is to “make sure our grantmaking is informed by the people that actually live here.” My story for @NEXTpittsburgh.
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The foundation launched in 2013 after Jefferson Hospital became an affiliate of Allegheny Health Network. Its assets now total $110 million.
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Is it just coincidence this @PittsburghPG news rack now displays junk food? The company needs to stop violating federal labor laws, stop hiring scabs and negotiate with striking workers of @PGHGuild who can provide reporting with substance.
I saw this former PG newspaper stand being used to hold snacks at the Dollar Tree over the weekend and couldn’t help but laugh. Reminder that PG management & scabs are a joke!! It’s time to give @PGHGuild workers a fair contract and the wages & health care coverage they deserve!
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