Aspinwall Community Group Sponsors T-Shirt Fundraiser

Aspinwall Neighbors is sponsoring the sale of Stand Against Racism – Fox Chapel Area T-shirts and stickers. 100% of the profits will go to social justice organizations. The funds will be split between the ACLU of Pennsylvania and the Social Justice Fund at the Pittsburgh Foundation. The items will be printed by a local business: DRE Media Works. Artwork courtesy of cricket-press.com.

Orders will be accepted until July 31st. Prices included shipping & handling.

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Petition Calls for Change of Local Park Name

Local Native residents and concerned community members have created a petition to remove and replace the derogatory term “squaw” from the names of local streets, parks, and waterways in Fox Chapel Borough and the Township of O’Hara in Pittsburgh, including Squaw Valley Park, Squaw Run, Old Squaw Trail/Park, Squaw Run Road, and Squaw Run Road East.

The word squaw is an ethnic and sexual slur, historically and contemporarily used for Indigenous North American women. It is considered offensive, misogynist and racist. Squaw was the bastardization of an Algonquin word for women, by white settlers, and has since been used to disparage indigenous women for centuries. “It’s akin to the ‘C’ word,” said Benita Moore, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and founder of Native Daily Network.

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In Her Words: Michele Leonard addresses the Fox Chapel Borough Council

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Call for Stories

The Fox Chapel Area Residents for Social Justice group wants your stories of how racism has affected you in the Fox Chapel or greater Pittsburgh Area.  In collecting and sharing these stories, we hope to personalize the challenges we face as a community, opening all of our eyes to how racism plays out in our own backyard.  Our hope is this will keep the momentum for change moving forward as we work, in parallel, on concrete steps to make our community better.

What kind of stories?  

We want your *personal* experience with racism in the Fox Chapel Area or Greater Pittsburgh area;  whether as a victim or a witness, whether the racism was overt or subtle, whether you handled it how you wanted to or, perhaps, wish you had done something differently.  We want to hear about your experience; your perspective.  

How will my story be shared?

Stories will be compiled into a collection to be distributed to the community online and in print.  We also eventually hope to share these stories during a live storytelling event held in the Fox Chapel Area,  pending feasibility of live gatherings while keeping everyone safe. 

(Note: depending on the number of submissions, we may not be able to include all stories in the live event. )

How do I submit?

Submit your story here, with either the whole story or just a summary, whichever you are most comfortable with.  Please indicate if you would be willing to tell the story live, would be willing to have someone else read your story for you if you are not comfortable with public speaking, or just want your story included in the written collection. 

Thanks so much for considering sharing your story with us.  

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About Fox Chapel Area Residents for Social Justice

We are a grassroots group of individuals who are passionate about building equitable and inclusive schools and neighborhoods. We are just getting started, and we invite you to join us  as we work together as a community.  We are committed to building an inclusive group and amplifying the voices and concerns of BIPOC community members.