The public was invited to be a part of the 17th Annual Summit Against Racism, a multi-racial initiative of the Black & White Reunion held Jan. 24.
The doors opened at 8 a.m. with breakfast followed by three periods of powerful social justice workshops, and ended at 3:30 p.m. Lunch was provided as well. The theme for this year’s summit was “Ferguson to Pittsburgh: Challenges Ahead for the Racial Justice Movement.”
There were 16 powerful social justice workshops including “Strategies for Achieving Racial Justice & Building our Human Rights City,” “School Discipline: Moving Beyond Zero Tolerance Toward Justice,” “Teen Dating & Violence Prevention,” “You and the Police,” a workshop exploring what to do when stopped by the police. Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Chief Cameron McLay participated in this year’s summit, bridging the gap between the community and the police.
The Black & White Reunion and the Summit Against Racism was initiated by Tim Stevens in his first year as president of the NAACP Pittsburgh Branch, in response to the Oct. 12, 1995 death of Black motorist and businessman Jonny E. Gammage at the hands of Brentwood, Whitehall and Baldwin Borough police officers, during a traffic stop.
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