Are you ready to feed “The Little Fire in All of Us that Fights for Greatness”? Pick up a jar of Angry Man Salsa where 100% of profits help feed people in need. Launched by New Sun Rising friend, partner, and artist Baron Batch, Angry Man Salsa started ramping up operations at the Millvale Food + Energy Hub as a social enterprise by Moose MODE Inc in late 2025.
Maude’s is creating community space for LGBTQIA+ folx in Millvale and beyond! Our goal is to support members of the LGBTQIA+ community on their individual journeys of healing and growth while also fostering community connection. Through events like Queer Coven, Found Family, Queer Prom, and Sober Sundays, we hold space for individuals who crave connection and haven’t yet been able to find a support system that fits their needs and wants. We support the trans and nonbinary community specifically by offering space for exploring gender in a safe and uplifting environment. We want our community to thrive and are honored to be able to create space for them to do so.
Mission Statement
By demystifying the complexities of property management, we aspire to cultivate a generation of informed, responsible, and successful landlords. These informed and supported individuals will begin the steps to acquiring and preserving intergenerational wealth.
Program Description
We will provide the tools and information to help individuals become successful and sustainable landlord stakeholders in the community. We will make sure the participants understand the rigors, challenges and expenses of owning and properly maintaining a property. This training will assist them in planning for long term success. Approaching the landlord model in the lens of a small business owner who must take into account R.O.I, forecasting, and understanding the expenses of running their small business.
the creation of accessible, artistic programming with Millvale and Pittsburgh artists of all genres, minorities, and incomes
De-comodification of live art
Providing affordable live arts experiences for the people of Millvale
Creating a safe, inclusive, collaborative space for arts-focused learning, workshops, and productions
Promoting sustainable resource bartering within our local theater community
Youth in urban communities often think there are only two ways out: athletics or working the streets. And most schools in these communities do not offer career training and exposure in tech-related fields. Beta Builders helps to address systemic issues by raising the consciousness of youth towards healthier, more sustainable pathways for employment and wealth-building.
Find out how you can get involved!
All-Abilities Media amplifies the voices of people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism on its nationally-award winning A Valid Podcast. Hosts, guests and producers are primarily people with disabilities. The show covers disability and other issues.Please consider supporting inclusive media with your donation today.
In 2019 the Outdoor Inclusion Coalition was founded to progress the pressing questions of diversity in the outdoor industry. Through collaborative approaches, the Coalition is at the forefront of making quality recreation experiences more accessible while reshaping urban recreation to be a pathway for greater exploration both professionally and recreationally.
From our backstory stems our mission: to support Pennsylvanians through programs dedicated to attracting, engaging, and retaining underrepresented populations in the outdoor industry.
Core Values
Collaboration: facilitating and encouraging multi-sector engagement to elevate the industry
Connection: elevating connections to people, place, and empowerment
Accessible Experiences: mitigating barriers to quality outdoor experiences while nurturing a sense of care for the outdoors
Activation: engaging the communities love for the outdoors while supporting the interest in sustainable outdoor developments
Equity & Inclusivity: continual progress and accountability towards a more just industry and outdoor community
The Outdoor Inclusion Coalition welcomes further engagement from residents, organizations, and governmental agencies. If you would like to receive additional information on the Coalition email marcus@theoic.org.
Outdoor Inclusion Coalition aims to make parks more accessible for all
Birth Your Way exists to connect expecting parents to community resources to support and educate expecting parents of their options to having a healthy and successful pregnancy and delivery.
To further support Black and Minority maternal health, Birth Your Way is fundraising to provide scholarships for Black midwives in Pittsburgh. The scholarship covers tuition fees for Black women to attend Commonsense Childbirth School of Midwifery, a Black midwife college designed to enable students to gain the knowledge and skills needed to become highly competent midwives. We are asking community members, partners, and leaders to invest in the future of Black birth and make this dream a reality.
The 2019 Pittsburgh Gender Equality Report revealed that Black women’s maternal mortality rate is higher in Pittsburgh than in 97% of similar cities. Black birthing women are dying from complications that are 60% preventative compared to white counterparts. Unfortunately, in a city with merits for being medically advanced with superior health care systems, Black birthing women are not reaping the benefit of being residents in the most livable city. Pittsburgh is rated as one of the worst cities for Black women to give birth.
Racism, blatant, passive-aggressive, microaggressions, and complicit biases directly correlate between Black women and infants dying or surviving. Since the Gender Equality release, many organizations have attempted to combat these statistics with new doula community programs, town hall meetings, and other services created to address this national health crisis.
#TOYZSTEAM Dah-Varsity Scholars is a fiscally sponsored program focused on increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) creator industry.
We also foster entrepreneurship, and improve economic mobility in disadvantaged populations, by empowering people to be the superhero version of themselves, through training and multi-generational mentorship.
We have created a virtual adult workforce training course with the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC), providing students with laptops, internet access, and hardware, along with books and materials.
These students use our Dah-Varsity app, our anti-bullying song created with the music department at Carnegie Mellon University, “Stop The Bullying,” along with our teaching materials, to deliver STEAM programming to middle school and high school students, in an after-school setting.
Our program uses digital storytelling, 3D modeling, game design, coding, audio production, music, and entrepreneurship to teach students how to create, sell, and tell their stories through designing and manufacturing superhero toys.
Our purpose is to reduce poverty and build gender equity by providing networking, professional mentoring, and education to women experiencing economic hardship.
PARTICIPANTS: WIN will connect participants with an individual in the desired field to offer advice and assistance as it relates to personal and professional growth. Participants will receive a minimum of 1-year support and connection to professional experts in the areas of business and career mentoring, resume review and writing services, personal finance education and support, education about homeownership, and assistance in locating relevant resources such as insurance, professional attire, along with services such as career advancement opportunities.
All projects are charitable in nature and fall in line with section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status for our sponsors, donors, and grantors.
Flourish Ed is a fiscally sponsored educational outreach program in collaboration with the founders of Strong Ambitious Women, Kind-R-Garden and The Pittsburgh Village Project.
The mission of this program is to develop and implement a framework for conscious teaching and learning in a post pandemic world. We reimagine the present by nourishing a positive self and community image in support of a flourishing future. Through focusing on soft skills and creative resilience, students grow as meaningful contributors and impactful leaders whose radiance promotes the growth of their communities.
Our goal is to reimagine education to be authentic. We aim to empower learners to be creative contributors through a focus on social and emotional wellness and project-based learning, while nourishing a positive self and community image. By cultivating leadership, learners will be active participants in engaging and empowering their social circles to be positive catalysts for change.
The vision of Kate’s Kid Book Bash is to inspire a love of books and reading in all of Pittsburgh’s children by providing access to authors, illustrators, and stories that reflect their diverse world. Our annual free-to-the-public children’s book festival features a book sale and signing with some of today’s most influential children’s authors and illustrators. It also includes story times, crafts, and maybe a few surprises! Kateskidbookbash.com
In addition, we organize programs throughout the year that support our mission: to create literary experiences for kids that strengthen their sense of belonging in the world.
Kate’s Kid Book Bash is named after beloved Pittsburgh children’s author Kate Dopirak who lost her life to a neurodegenerative disorder at the age of 43.
Facebook is @kateskidbookbash
Twitter is @kateskidbooks
Instagram is @kateskidbookbash
