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Pittsburgh Proud. Fight for real public schools, clean air/water and our rights to a healthy future. 412Justice.org

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412Justice @412justice.org · 29/04/2026
Don’t give up! This week we stood w/ parents, teachers & students @ Manchester elementary school –as it faces closure. 9 schools in PGH are on the chopping block. Sign the petition! Stop this reckless “plan” ✏️412justice.org @advancementproject.org @blackvotersmatterfund.org @triblive.bsky.social
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More feedback needed before PPS school closure vote, say parents and activists
More public input and planning is needed before the board of the Pittsburgh Public Schools votes on the proposed Future-Ready Facilities Plan, parents and advocates said at a Monday press conference o...
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 25/02/2026
The Pittsburgh Public School Board is attempting to permanently close 9 schools and displace thousands of students, again. Not on our watch. We're supporting @412justice.org to shed light on the secretive procedural tactics of the Board and stop school closures.
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Letter To Pittsburgh Public School Board Reconsidering School Closure Vote - Advancement Project
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PennFuture @pennfuture.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Check out this upcoming event by our friends at @412justice.org !
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412Justice @412justice.org · 03/10/2025
October 18th! Saturday 10 AM to 3 PM join us for our KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Lunch & Learn - mini conference for parents and guardians. Free event with free childcare and wonderful food. Workshops/experts/keynote speaker/special surprise performances and much more.💖 register: forms.gle/roWhFV8Bcwri...
A colorful flyer with the title: parents and guardians know your rights lunch and learn mini conference! There are children at the top and in middle the middle holding signs with smiles. The signs include: community schools restorative justice for our kids The flyer includes details of the event: Saturday, October 18 10 AM to 3 PM at the Pittsburgh theological seminary 616 N. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh PA 15206. Logos of our partners are shown: dignity in schools, Casa San Jose, advancement project, education, law center, and Pittsburgh, public school, special education, teachers. The description of the event reads: join us for a transformative day of learning connection and empowerment the eighth annual will know your rights workshop. Is a Community Center 💖 event designed to equip families with the knowledge and tools they need to protect and advocate for our children’s educational rights. 412justice is a proud member of the dignity in School’s coalition and we have been selected this year to host the week of Action kickoff. this year‘s theme is education is still a human right.
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412Justice @412justice.org · 21/04/2025
Tomorrow! ‼️ PGH School Board Candidate Forum!! Doors open 5:15pm. FREE Dinner & Childcare(please RSVP) Join us to meet ALL 9 Pittsburgh School Board Candidates. FORUM STARTS at @6pm Registration Link: forms.gle/57i5oETkv7st... Vote May 20th!!
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412Justice @412justice.org · 03/04/2025
"Closing communi­ty schools without a solid plan will have a devastat­ing effect on our children,” said Noel Webb with the organization 412 Justice. She said that statement directly to the superinten­dent and board directors on March 24. #stopclosingschools #defendpublicschools tinyurl.com/52b2an2z
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NOT SO FAST…PPS Superintendent Dr. Wayne Walters delays vote to close 14 city schools
PPS SUPERINTENDENT WAYNE WALTERS, shown in this 2022 photo in his first few days as superintendent. Three years in, how will he fix the problem of declining enrollment while trying to keep equity for ...
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Network for Public Education @network4pubed.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Twenty staffers charged after 100 abuse incidents at Philadelphia-area charter school www.newsbreak.com/th... #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal
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Twenty staffers charged after 100 abuse incidents at Philadelphia-area charter school - NewsBreak
Twenty members of staff have been charged following roughly a hundred abuse incidents at a Philadelphia charter school, according to prosecutors. Surveill
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412Justice @412justice.org · 26/03/2025
We WON!! Over 130 of us who care deeply about Pittsburgh Public Schools showed up Monday to speak at the public hearing as a final stand against the reckless school closure “plan.” Over a year of organizing, protesting, letter writing and speaking up has finally been heard!!
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412Justice @412justice.org · 25/03/2025
Right NOW LIVE: watch Pittsburgh Public School Hearings: where students, parents and teachers are challenging the board to STOP a rushed & reckless school closure plan underway. Wow!!!!!! 💔💔💔
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Public Hearing - March 24, 2025
YouTube video by Pittsburgh Public Schools
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412Justice @412justice.org · 17/03/2025
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412Justice @412justice.org · 17/03/2025
Closing Schools w/Out A Real Plan Hurts Kids and The Future of Public Schools In Pittsburgh. Our elected officials can't sit by and watch our schools be destroyed while saying nothing. We need our State Reps and City Council Members to GET INVOLVED! Call your Reps TODAY: Link w/more info
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Latest updates on which schools may close in Pittsburgh — PPS school closures
The Superintendent plans to permanently close 10 schools. Here's what you can do about it.
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412Justice @412justice.org · 17/03/2025
Through the rain, hail and storming clouds we stood together yesterday!! We stood for PUBLIC SCHOOLS! At every level, national, state and local, we find ways to resist and create change!!
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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
"We must allow love to be the conduit to turn anger into action. Public education is more than a career, it is an act of love.” —NEA Vice President Princess Moss at #NEASummit
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Journey for Alliance @j4jorganize.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Hang out with J4J on Thursday, March 20 @ 6pm CST to learn about the very REAL threat to public education! Register @ www.j4jalliance.com. Don't mourn, organize!
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412Justice @412justice.org · 13/03/2025
It’s ON!! Pittsburgh School Board race is kicking off this week. W/ PPS facing school closures & the Department of Ed. under attack, this is an election to WATCH! WHAT ISSUES DO YOU CARE ABOUT MOST? Candidates Names in comments Stay tuned for our candidate forum!! www.wesa.fm/education/20...
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Candidates for 5 PPS board spots will face the weight — and legacy — of looming school closures
Of the five seats up for election this year, three board members — Sala Udin, Sylvia Wilson and Jamie Piotrowski — told WESA they have opted not to run again.
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Journey for Alliance @j4jorganize.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Hang out with J4J on Thursday, March 20 @ 6pm CST to learn about the very REAL threat to public education! Register @ www.j4jalliance.com. Don't mourn, organize! @schottfound.bsky.social @412justice.org
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
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412Justice @412justice.org · 24/02/2025
Our Open Letter to the Pittsburgh Public School Board: RE: VOTE NO ON ANTI-DEMOCRATIC AND UNPROVEN STUDENT OUTCOMES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE (“SOFG”) with AROS, @advancementproject.org #pittsburghschools docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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Pittsburgh's Public Source @publicsource.org · 22/02/2025
Seven years after an industrial fire at the Clairton Coke Works released sulfur and other pollutants into Clairton's air, funds have started to flow to communities from a $4.5 million fire settlement.
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Money flowing to communities after massive 2018 Clairton fire
Money from a $4.5 million settlement with U.S. Steel is making its way to communities in the Mon Valley through projects promoting air quality and public health.
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Pam Harbin @pamharbinpgh.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Basic Education and Special Education Funding Investments are Inadequate to Keep Pace with Inflation and the Cyber Charter Tuition Reimbursement is Eliminated #FundPublicSchools
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412Justice @412justice.org · 07/02/2025
Shapiro’s Budget on Education Doesn’t Add Up
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OPEN LETTER: Governor Shapiro’s 2025-26 Budget Proposal: Not Adding Up on Education - 412 JUSTICE
412 JUSTICE & EDUCATION RIGHTS NETWORK RESPOND TO THE GOVERNORS EDUCATION BUDGET
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412Justice @412justice.org · 29/01/2025
Last night the public hearing went on past midnight! We joined strong community turnout to speak up for Mayor Gainey’s affordable housing plan. 🩷 @triblive.bsky.social triblive.com/local/pittsb...
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Pittsburgh Planning Commission backs Gainey's zoning proposal for affordable homes
The Pittsburgh Planning Commission on Tuesday voted to support a zoning package Mayor Ed Gainey has presented in an effort to bolster affordable housing. The commission voted against a dueling proposa...
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412Justice @412justice.org · 28/01/2025
We are at the Pittsburgh public hearing on “inclusionary zoning” with 2 competing proposals on the table. One by Mayor Ed Gainey : requiring 10% units created be affordable. The other by Bob Charland: full of loopholes, lies and cast burdens on tax payers. Great comparison on @publicsource.org
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Mimi aka sweetz 🍭🫧 @mzsweetcakes.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The magic cannot leave you when it is you ✨✨
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Pam Harbin @pamharbinpgh.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
"Paulette Foster of 412 Justice said the district should provide that data and prove why the B.O.O.S.T. program is no longer viable. Community members called out the budget’s lack of transparency." @412justice.org
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412Justice @412justice.org · 10/12/2024
🎶Charter schools rob $146 million a year from Pittsburgh Public Schools. Don’t just close and cut! 🎶 Maintain programs like BOOST & Community Schools 🎶 Invest in staff & resources Last night we showed up at the Pittsburgh public school board hearing on the 2025 PPS budget
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412Justice @412justice.org · 03/12/2024
Today is the day! Join us! Become a member or give a DONATION 💜 Giving Tuesday: 412justice.org/membership/
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412Justice @412justice.org · 14/11/2024
What will the future look like without a Department of Education? How can states and local school districts prepare/thrive?
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NPE Action @npeaction.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Congratulations to Jitu Brown, and NPE Action endorsed candidate. npeaction.org/npe-action-endorses-j… #BlueSky #EduSky
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
These appointments prove that insisting people achieve and be promoted based on “merit” was never really their real concern.
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412Justice @412justice.org · 14/11/2024
In Pittsburgh most charter school applications are denied by the local elected school board. So… They head over to the PA Charter Appeal Board (w/ no elected seats) in Harrisburg. W/ a near 100% approval rate, they reverse local decisions & a new charter school is born. (2019: we found them)
2019. A group of our people (5 Black women and 2 white) stand with signs to find the Pennsylvania charter appeal board. The signs read “trust local school boards” “ charters kill Public schools” “ charters take”Image shows the cowardly Pennsylvania charter appeal board members sitting around a giant board meeting with microphones. They are in suits comprised of men and women, all are white.Our members comprised of women, black, and white from across Pennsylvania, sit in the audience, looking on as the Pennsylvania charter appeal board overthrow Local decisions to deny charter school applications. It’s a somber crowd.Four powerful education advocates, stand with signs in the hallways of the Pennsylvania capital expressing the tragic state of charter schools.
These courageous  Black women hold signs:
Suspend charters, not children .
We love our public schools, no charters .
Chargers take .
Charters kill Public schools .
Defend public school .
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Tanisha @tanishaevonne.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Watching the Twitter exodus in real time like
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a raccoon is sitting on the ground with its paws folded in prayer and smiling .
ALT: a raccoon is sitting on the ground with its paws folded in prayer and smiling .
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412Justice @412justice.org · 13/11/2024
Last week we toured fracking site in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Summary: companies trash the water table for greed. No surprise. From drilling to toxic manufacturing, PA lawmakers have made it clear: it’s ok to poison us for profit.
Our environmental justice lead organizer Daequan with our executive Director, Angel Gober stand in a rural area at the edge of a fracking site with other people on the tour.A graph depicting Pennsylvania, gas production and consumption between 2013 and 2018. The graph makes clear that residential consumption has stayed flat, total consumption has slightly increased, but production has skyrocketed.A map of Pennsylvania shows concentrated areas of fracking sites. Most dense areas of activity are in south western and north eastern parts of the state.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Libraries are precious and beautiful and must be defended
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412Justice @412justice.org · 13/11/2024
Are you in Pittsburgh/Western PA? Give a damn about our AIR, WATER and future? Join us for our monthly video-call meeting for Environmental Justice! Now more than ever, we must show up for each other! 💜 Monthly EJ Meeting Thursday, November 21 · 6:00 – 7:30pm link: meet.google.com/bxv-dmvn-fcy
Image: Flier for Monthly Environmental Justice Meeting for 412Justice. A group of Western PA residents gather, with pride together, inviting you to join us. Up in front a very charming and cute child seems a smile as bright as the sun.
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412Justice @412justice.org · 13/11/2024
This is who we are. Education, Environmental & Economic JUSTICE. Black Woman Lead. Pittsburgh proud. We don’t backdown.
Three children (racially: black & white)  hold signs at the Pennsylvania Capitol to defend real public schools. 
1st sign says “ stop pretending vouchers help PA kids”
2nd sign says “ our kids can’t wait”
They are all wearing 412justice T-shirts.
Four teenagers hold signs at the Pennsylvania capital to defend public school funding in the state. The signs are all oversized black hearts with white text. One of the hearts is cut in half jaggedly to illustrate the broken hearts of Pennsylvania children. That sign reads “ underfunded schools hurt kids”
One of the smaller signs reads  “ tax, the rich”
The smallest broken heart sign reads “ cut to college prep”
An elementary school age child from Pittsburgh Public schools, Speaks at the School Board public hearing. The image shows him at the microphone during the meeting. He is speaking to defend his school from being closed.The image shows a crowd of protesters demonstrating at the U.S. Steel Building in downtown Pittsburgh. During he MetCoke World Summit, an annual gathering for polluters and profiteers in the coke, coal and steel industries. Many signs are being held. The crowd represents residence from highly impacted areas near US steel manufacturing sites, resident from East Palestine, Ohio, who survived the catastrophic toxic train derailment, and other environmental justice activists. The speaker at the microphone is a resident of Clariton Pennsylvania testifying about breathing issues and pollution in her town. She is a beautiful Black woman holding a serious gaze as she tells her story.
A large banner with the 412 Justice logo is on the left. The largest sign on the right read.  “environmental justice = racial justice”
Some other signs include:
“ we bleed for your greed” with a list of all the companies polluting for profit in these industries. 

—“Will your grandkids forgive you?” “Stop hurting us,” “Asthma is not generational,” and “Cancer is not normal”
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