Pittsburgh has a repute constructed on sports activities, metal, and ketchup. However cities are usually not outlined by successful groups, industries, or condiments. Folks outline them. Every year, the Pittsburgh Metropolis Paper appears for these locals who made an enormous distinction over the past 12 months.
The Metropolis Paper crew selected Folks of the 12 months candidates who devoted 2022 to employees’ and reproductive rights, made constructive shifts within the arts, and scored historic wins in politics and different fields.
This challenge contains profiles of La’Tasha D. Mayes, voted in as the primary out Black lesbian to serve within the state Home of Representatives, and Crystal Grabowski, a healthcare assistant combating for Deliberate Parenthood sufferers and employees. It additionally contains distinctive figures within the classes of Labor, Music, Meals and Drink, Enterprise, Performing Arts, Visible Arts, and Literature.
CP feels proud to current a posthumous tribute to Celeste Scott, a longtime native activist and group organizer who handed away in November.
Please be part of us in honoring the individuals working to make this metropolis a greater place for everybody.
— Pittsburgh Metropolis Paper Editorial Employees
Amanda Waltz, Jamie Wiggan, Jordana Rosenfeld, Lucy Chen, Hannah Kinney-Kobre, Jared Wickerham
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