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Today’s Verdict in the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial

Hello Friend, Good afternoon. Today’s verdict acknowledges the horror of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and is one step in a long journey we need to take in this country and this world to stand up against antisemitism. While many acts of antisemitism and white supremacy have never gotten their day in court, today’s verdict was a validation by our country, community, and legal system of...

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June Newsletter: Bearing Witness and Accompanying Each Other

Hello Friend, I hope you are doing well. The 10.27 Healing Partnership team continues to spend much of our time within the courthouse with families and survivors who are bearing witness to the ongoing trial. Reliving the details of Oct. 27, 2018 will be extremely difficult for many people, and there will be much that is outside of anyone’s control. Many of us have been...

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May Newsletter: Civic Duty and Responsibility

Hello Friend,   Rarely does paying taxes, waiting in line to vote, or doing jury duty fill anyone with unadulterated excitement. Yet these civic duties are our collective responsibility in our country. Over the last several weeks I’ve watched prospective jurors wading through complex questions of values, morality, justice, and consequence. Watching this process has opened my...

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April Newsletter: Supporting Yourself

Hello Friend, Now may be a good time to take a few long, deep breaths. The jury selection of the Oct. 27, 2018 synagogue shooting trial began on Monday, and for many that may mean reactivation of trauma, grief, and deep emotions. Whether you are experiencing your own reactivation or standing with your neighbors in solidarity, the ongoing trial does not require you to watch every...

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March Newsletter: Intent to Continue

Hi Friend,We are proud to announce that the 10.27 Healing Partnership intends to continue the work it is engaged in for another 5 years. This means that while our federal Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) funding will cease in September of this year, we intend to continue and will seek new streams of funding to do this. We believe that there is more to do to...

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March Newsletter: A Conversation with Reverend Paul T. Abernathy

Hello Friend,  In honor of Black History Month, the CEO of the Neighborhood Resilience Project, Rev. Paul T. Abernathy, MPIA, MDiv, agreed to speak with us in February about the history of generational and communal trauma in Pittsburgh’s Black community. The mission of the Neighborhood Resilience Project is to “support the transformation of neighborhoods from trauma affected communities to...

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Looking Forward to 2023

Hi Friend,   We hope you had a peaceful and joyous Thanksgiving and are settling into these early winter months.  For us, as with many in our community, it was a busy fall filled with the Jewish holidays and commemoration.We are so grateful to the incredible number of community members and organizational partners who created meaningful programs this year and every...

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September Newsletter: Elul Bravery

Hello Friend, Can we be brave for ourselves? As I settle back into Pittsburgh life from my three months abroad, I’ve noticed how overwhelmed I feel by the intensity and complexity of my emotions, by the joy of being reunited with friends and family, the difficult events I see on the news, and the intensity of politics. It does take courage to stand steadfast through the difficulties of work,...

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Kimberly Rooney: Intersectional Pride

Kimberly Rooney. Photo credits to Eben Parker. Kimberly Rooney 高小荣 (they/them) is a Chinese adoptee from Jiangsu Province. They work as a copy editor at Prism Reports, a nonprofit newsroom led by people of color that focuses on intersectional injustice and empowering the most affected communities to tell their own stories. Kimberly came to Pittsburgh in 2015 to attend the University of...

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