Photo: Courtesy of Dr. Brittany Trotter Dr. Brittany Trotter For Black musicians in Pittsburgh, there are often hoops to jump through to get the recognition, funding, and support that comes more easily to their white counterparts. On top of the already fraught world of underfunded arts programs, Black artists say they have to deal with bias and being pigeonholed as one kind of performer. “Because you’re Black, people think you only do jazz or you only do gospel, which is not the case. There are a plethora of amazing classical Black musicians out there,” says Dr. Brittany Trotter, a renowned flutist who lives in Pittsburgh.
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CP photo: Jared Wickerham Ed Gainey The Pittsburgh mayoral race is well underway, and state Rep. Ed Gainey (D-Lincoln-Lemington) is setting up battle lines around the region’s preeminent medical powerhouse: UPMC. In a virtual event on Feb. 23, Gainey spoke about his plans to fight for health care workers. This pledge came as SEIU Healthcare, the largest union of health care workers in the state, voiced their official support for Gainey’s mayoral bid. “We can’t have a thriving community unless everyone pays their fair share,” said Gainey. “It is time.” As part of his endorsement, Gainey rolled out an economic proposal for the city that includes reinstating a lawsuit to challenge the charitable status of UPMC. The hospital giant, which has several executives raking in multi-million-dollar salaries, is technica
In a year made so tough for so many reasons, people in Western Pennsylvania needed to trust their medical care more than ever before. Central Outreach Wellness Center is proud to say that they were not only able to continue providing culturally competent and inclusive care, but were able to grow, expand, and adapt to the needs of the year. Central Outreach’s main mission is still being a resource for care for underserved populations, particularly the LGBTQIA and HIV+ communities, and that continued in 2020. They saw and provided care for 1,459 trans and nonbinary patients, and 816 HIV+ patients, offering them all the competent care they deserve. And this extends past simply the people that Central Outreach sees in its different clinics. In 2020, they also launched their Street Outreach Program, offering care to those that don’t feel comfortable receiving it in a hospital or formal medical setting.