The CEC in the Hill District is part of Neighborhood Commitments, Pitt’s effort to build stronger communities and a stronger University based on long-term place-based partnerships. In partnership with residents and stakeholders in communities like the Hill District, the University is making long-term commitments of investment, infrastructure, programming, and staffing in Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods.
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Address & Contact
CEC - Hill District
1908 Wylie Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412-383-2226
Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
Evening hours determined by scheduled programming.
Parking & Transportation
Street parking is available in front of the CEC on Wylie Ave.
PRT 83 Bus Stop
Devilliers St. + Wylie Ave.
PRT 82 Bus Stop
Centre Ave. + Devilliers St.
Hill District CEC Staff
Hill District Advisory Council
The University’s approach in the Hill District is informed at every stage by an internal advisory council that has identified the educational, research, and capacity-building programs Pitt can commit to the neighborhood and a Hill District Advisory Council of community leaders and residents who guide how the CEC in the Hill District benefits local partners and community members.
Hill Advisory Advisory Council Members
- Paul Abernathy, CEO, Neighborhood Resilience Project, Resident
- Tyra Townsend, Neighborhood Resilience Project
- Regina Yasmeen Brown, Resident
- Marisol Valentin, Executive Director, McAuley Ministries
- Beverly Wilkes Jr., McAuley Ministries
- Tinisha Hunt, Chief Program Officer, Macedonia FACE
- Justin LeWinter, Adult Services Program Manager, Macedonia FACE
- Isabel Bright, Family & Community Services Program Manager, Macedonia FACE
- Glenn G. Grayson, Sr. Executive Director, Center That CARES, Resident
- Shinora Johnson, Center that CARES
- Michelle Hardeman, Resident
- Carol Hardeman, Hill District Consensus Group, Resident
- Brenda Tate, Resident
- Frankie Harris, Ujamaa Collective, Resident
- Kira Henderson, Principal, Pittsburgh Weil K-8, Resident
- Antoine Bailey, Resident
- Marcia Scott, Resident
- Mickie Mack, Resident
- Donnie Kyte, IkeWear, Resident
- Cheryl Larry, Webster Block Club, Resident
- Daniel Lavelle, City of Pittsburgh Council District 6, Resident
- Rhonda Lockett, Webster Block Club, Resident
- Marimba Milliones, President, Hill CDC, Resident
- Laray Moton, Bedford Dwellings Tenant Council, Resident
- Betty Picket, Dinwiddie Community Alliance, Resident
- Darelle Porter, Ozanam, Inc
- Brotha Ash, Resident
- Jenise Shealey, Community Relations Officer, The KBK Foundation
- La’Vette Wagner, PHRESH Study
- Lee Walls, Hill District Ministers Alliance
- Richard Witherspoon, Hill District Federal Credit Union
- Brittany McDonald, Executive Director, Uptown Partners
- Daschinique Johnson, Community Project Manager, Uptown Partners
- Diamond Davis, Youth Program Coordinator, Housing Opportunities
- Byron Wright, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh
- Alicia George, Schenley Heights for the Youth
- Roy Blankenship Jr., Black Political Empowerment Project
- Shayla Holmes, Black Political Empowerment Project