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Vol. 113 No. 44 Two Sections
NOVEMBER 2-8, 2022
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Election Day is November 8 Number of informational events leading up to the big day by Tim Stevens The Black Political Empowerment Project (B-PEP) and the CAMPAIGN FOR POWER have been doing everything possible to encourage a great voter turnout for what B-PEP has described as the most important Midterm Election in our lifetime! During the last two months, B-PEP has had 20 Pittsburgh Regional Transit buses carrying that important theme, along with listing B-PEP’s mission: “We VOTE in EACH and EVERY Election.” The CAMPAIGN FOR POWER, led by B-PEP’s Civic Engagement Coordinator, Lorraine Cross and former B-PEP Vice Chair, Celeste Taylor, includes numerous community partners who have come together to politically empower the Black and brown communities of Western Pennsylvania. On Thursday, Nov. 3, B-PEP, the League of Women Voters and the Transformative Justice Coalition will
sponsor the “Table Talk/ Meet the Candidates” night, co-sponsored by several other community partners, including the Alliance For Police Accountability, Wake UP the Vote, the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, the NAACP Pittsburgh Branch, VEEEM, National Council of Negro Women, Revelations and Reflections, West End Power, and Black Voters Matter. It will take place at St. James AME Church, 444 Lincoln Avenue. Dinner will be provided from 6-6:30 p.m., with the program starting by 6:45 p.m. The person who brings the most adults to the event (more than three in number) will win a $50 Giant Eagle gift certificate. There will be a raffle for six $25 Giant Eagle gift certificates for those who stay for the entire event. Black Voters Matter will have their bus at this event, and will be providing plenty of giveSEE VOTE A3
THE BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT URGES THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO VOTE, NOV. 8. (PHOTO BY J.L . MARTELLO)
High school seniors to get paid internships, jobs with the city It’s all thanks to a partnership with Pittsburgh Public Schools
STUDENTS IN THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AT PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS are getting a firsthand view of what it’s like to work in some city jobs.
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by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
While you were sleeping, there were high school students in Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Career
and Technical Education Emergency Response program shadowing EMTs from the City of Pittsburgh. As those EMTs were going out on calls, saving lives, the students
got to see it firsthand. One day, they’ll be Emergency Medical Technicians, helping to save lives, too. Across town, there were PPS students in the ma-
chine operations program of CTE, who went with City of Pittsburgh employees to the city’s sign SEE INTERNSHIPS A8