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YWCA, PNC, UPMC among those named ‘Vibrant Champions’ Comes at a time when DEI is under attack across the country by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that 15 companies and organizations were named "2024 Vibrant Champions" by the organization Vibrant Pittsburgh for their commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. It comes at a time when DEI is under attack across the nation, as some companies try to ease out of supporting DEI in its hiring practices and employee-bonding activities. The "2024 Vibrant Champions" are: Aires, Ansys, BNY, Community College of Allegheny County, DICK’s Sporting Goods, Giant Eagle, Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation, People's Gas/Essential Utilities, PNC Financial Services, Pittsburgh Promise, Schell Games, U.S. Steel, UPMC, Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, and YWCA Greater Pittsburgh.
To become a Vibrant Champion, participating organizations had to score a 95 percent or better in the "Vibrant Index 5.0" assessment, a joint effort from Vibrant Pittsburgh and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. Roughly 100 organizations participated, and those organizations represent 185,000 people, or 16 percent of the Pittsburgh region's workforce. According to a statement from Vibrant Pittsburgh, this year's Vibrant Index 5.0 evaluated organizations on various criteria, including leadership commitment, workplace culture, recruitment and retention, and supplier diversity. This year's Vibrant Index featured enhanced metrics and deeper insights, reflecting the evolving landscape of DEI best practices. Diversity, Equity and SEE CHAMPIONS A8
ANGELA REYNOLDS IS CEO OF 2024 VIBRANT CHAMPION YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH.
SABRINA SAUNDERS MOSBY IS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF VIBRANT PITTSBURGH.
Federally Qualified Health Centers play important role in Black communities Congresswoman Lee gets award for her role in money allocation by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
Over money, over status, over the type of car you drive, your health is what's most important. Without your health, nothing else matters. Those who don't have health insurance, are on a fixed income or may qualify as low-income are often the people who visit FQHCs, or Federally Qualified Health Centers. But it takes elect-
ed officials to continue to fight in Washington, D.C., for money allocated to FQHCs across the nation. Congresswoman Summer Lee has fought the fight, and on Monday, Aug. 5, she was awarded the Distinguished Community Health Center Advocate Award by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). The presentation was made to Congresswoman Lee at the North Side Christian
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Health Center, on Middle Street. The North Side Christian Health Center is one of nine FQHCs in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and one of six that are exclusively in Allegheny County. "It's an honor to be able to work on you all's behalf," Congresswoman Lee said as she was presented with the all-glass award. "I don't take for granted how important the work it is that you all do at every one of these facilities, the many people who are relying on this service who would otherwise not be taken care of. It's my job to go and stand in the gap and to fight as hard as we SEE HEALTH CENTERS A8
CONGRESSWOMAN SUMMER LEE, CENTER, WITH NORTH SIDE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER CEO BETHANY BLACKBURN AND CORNERSTONE CARE CEO RICH RINEHART. (PHOTO BY ROB TAYLOR JR.)
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