Black August is here August is the month where we pay tribute to the true Hero's, Sheroe's, Martyr's & history of our on-going struggle for Liberation. We will pay tribute to our Black August Revolutionaries and the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane of Katrina.
On 8/23/15 we had a powerful community Forum on Black Economics & what that looks like as Black person in Pittsburgh. Below is a excerpt of Mama Betty Lane discussing gentrification that is happening in the Larimer area of East Liberty. Gentrification is being described as modern day "Ghetto Removal" of the poor, disenfranchised & vulnerable people.