A SERIES OF COMMUNITY PEACE SUMMITS HAVE BEEN HELD THROUGHOUT PITTSBURGH, SPONSORED BY THE BLACK POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT, ATTEMPTING TO BRING DIFFERENT ENTITIES TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO STOP THE VIOLENCE IN PITTSBURGH’S BLACK COMMUNITIES. PICTURED ABOVE IS REV. DR. JAMES H. HARRIS SR., PASTOR OF ST. JAMES AME CHURCH, LINCOLN AVENUE.
PITTSBURGH POLICE ASST. CHIEF LONNIE BICKERSTAFF
LUENNA COWARD, A MOTHER WHO LOST THREE SONS…
BREAKOUT GROUPS, WORKING ON SOLUTIONS TO THE VIOLENCE PROBLEM.
B-PEP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TIM STEVENS AND NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER SALES DIRECTOR ASHLEY JOHNSON (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)