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About the CEC in the Hill District

Learn more about Pitt's Community Engagement Center in the Hill District. Meet the Director and see a listing of our local advisory council.

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About

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.

Hill District CEC Director and Staff

Kelly Protho, Director

 

Marlo Hall, Outreach Coordinator – mrh169@pitt.edu

View Marlo’s full bio here.

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Kali Mack, Receptionist/Administrative Assistant – kem368@pitt.edu

View Kali’s full bio here.

Mikia Sheffey, Welcome Attendant/Greeter – mis347@pitt.edu

View Mikia’s full bio here.

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

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Neighborhood Commitments

Partnerships that build stronger communities and a stronger University

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710 Alumni Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Homewood: 412-383-0830
Hill District: 412-383-2226

cecinfo@pitt.edu

Neighborhood Commitments is a program housed in the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs.

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