Together with our friends at the Pitt Global Hub, we are excited to bring students, faculty and staff a virtual discussion every Wednesday in July that will give participants an opportunity to think about the most recent wave of brutal police violence in the U.S. through a global lens.

This panel will explore the impact of COVID-19 on children and education. UNESCO estimates that over 262.5 million children from pre-primary and secondary school are currently out of school because of COVID-19 closures, which translates to approximately 21.5% of the total population in Africa. For many poor and vulnerable children in Africa, schools are not only a place for learning but also a safe space from violence and exploitation. It is also where they have a nutritious meal (sometimes the only meal for the day).

Join a panel of individuals in Africa as they discuss how people in their country are reacting to life with COVID-19. We will learn from panelists in South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Morocco, and Kenya! Following the panel discussion there will be a question and answer session with the panelists.

“Bringing Human Rights Home” Uniting People for Rights: US Human Rights Cities Webinar Series: Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing

In almost every single country, in every region, in cities and towns across the globe, we are experiencing a human rights crisis – the housing crisis. And something needs to change. It’s time to reclaim the #Right2Housing. -The Shift

The Pitt Global Hub and Asian Studies Center are excited to announce our last event in our programmatic series in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

#PittAPAHM: Unpacking APIA Identity as Pitt Students is student-led panel discussion featuring Albert Tanjaya, Lauren Yu, and Weiyi Tu, moderated by Cynthia Truong.

Please join us on Saturday, May 30th from 5-6PM to close out the month! Register here: https://bit.ly/3bOMKY9

As we consider actions and strategies to limit the damage of the COVID-19 pandemic and build our community's capacity to prevent and limit damage from future crises, this forum addresses systemic racism and its impacts. Both the City and County Councils have now passed motions naming racism as a "public health emergency." We consider both why it is necessary to make such public declarations, and how these political statements can inform and shape our advocacy work.

As those furthest behind economically find themselves on the front lines, we need policies that put needs of people furthest behind first to ensure health and well-being for all of us.
As public budgets shrink, ensuring health and well-being requires re-defining spending priorities, greater public participation and transparency in budget and planning processes, and reframing debates about taxation and governance. And we need to build collective power and unity to achieve this. Link to join Webinar https://pitt.zoom.us/j/96808717357

The Pitt Global Hub and Asian Studies Center present #PittAPAHM: The Making of ASIAN AMERICANS and APIA Activism, the second event in our programmatic series in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Estrategia de Apoyo a Pequeños Negocios en el Sur Oeste de Pennsylvania
con expertos en la materia:

Programa del evento:

4:00pm – 4:12pm Brent Rondon, SBDC @ University of Pittsburgh
4:12pm – 4:25pm Ed Schick, Huntington Bank.
4:25pm – 4:37pm Clara Phelps, Wilke & Associates CPA
4:37pm – 4:50pm Roberto Iriondo, Marketing and Web Strategy, DAI Builds
4:50pm – 5:15pm Preguntas

Este evento se llevará a cabo en español. / This event will be conducted in Spanish.

Panoramas Round Table led by Marilu Nuñez Palomino

Via Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92359840293

In this round table, we will discuss potential domestic and international economic policies that affect Latin American and Caribbean countries to respond efficiently to a pandemic like Covid-19.