Pittsburgh Human Rights Working Group

04/16/2026

Housing for People-not for profit!

Pittsburgh’s Housing Justice Coalition needs you!
Help us build a city with safe, affordable housing & stable communities for all residents.
Join us:
Saturday April 18, 2026 11:00AM-1:00PM
University of Pittsburgh, Frick Fine Arts Center (Schenley Drive) Lunch provided.
All community residents and housing justice advocates are invited to discuss organizing strategy and help build community networks for tenant rights and affordable housing in our region. Meet other activists and find out how you can be part of a broad movement to make housing affordable and safe for all of our neighbors.
Please register!
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For more information: Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance pghrights.org

April is Fair Housing Month! Keep up the struggle to realize the vision of the 1968 Fair Housing Act! Join us Saturday April 18 to discuss ongoing efforts to support racial justice, tenant rights, and a people-centered development policy that ends racialized displacement and promotes affordable, saf...

04/04/2026

https://www.justsecurity.org/135423/professors-letter-international-law-iran-war/

Over 100 international law experts sign letter on Iran War, UN Charter, and international humanitarian law.

03/24/2026

Please register today to attend the 3rd Annual Housing Justice Summit this weekend!

Part of Global Housing Action Days 2026

03/18/2026

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March 21: 11am-4pm
Building Power for Gender & Racial Justice in Pittsburgh
2017 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh--(refreshments provided)

To honor Women’s History Month and the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, this event recognizes the important role of women’s struggles for human rights to advance community well-being in our region. It features community leaders whose work addresses the urgent threats we face today, and highlights initiatives of community and City leaders to remedy gendered and racial inequities and strengthen human rights protections for everyone. Co-sponsors: Human Rights City Alliance, Pittsburgh for CEDAW, The Sisters Lifting as we Climb Network, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission, & University of Pittsburgh Center on Race and Social Problems.

03/09/2026

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12/10/2025

https://www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org/rest-in-power-paul-ohanlon-a-ppt-rememberance

Rest in power, Paul O’Hanlon. February 9, 1954 – November 30, 2025 Today, our Pittsburghers for Public Transit family mourns the recent passing of our Board member and founder, Paul O’Hanlon. Paul was a powerful organizer for human rights, with a clear understanding of how our movements for ....

12/03/2025

Great News! Thanks to Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance Board member, Randall Taylor for all the important work in our community!

Over the past decade, Taylor has been one of the loudest voices calling for safeguards on affordability and a multi-pronged approach to housing justice.

11/30/2025

Hard-won victories for freedom and equality are under direct assault in the United States. Do we have the courage to unite and defeat an authoritarian

10/23/2025

The People’s UPR takes place Thursday October 23 from 12:00-2:30PM (EDT) and will be live streamed (Register for link). Following this kick-off event, organizers will expand local efforts to bring attention to human rights in the U.S., including work to engage state and local governments in the UPR.
Pittsburgh activist Leeretta Payne noted that “rising rents have meant that many long-term residents of the Greater Hill District are being forced to leave behind years of friendship and a sense of community. The People’s UPR gives us a chance to amplify our message and push for meaningful change to end displacement of our communities.”

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-peoples-upr-2025-tickets-1689494035139

Get ready for The Peoples UPR! After registering below, you will receive a ticket for in-person attendance or Zoom link to view the webinar

09/25/2025

The Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance joined a global coalition of nearly 270 advocacy groups in an open letter urging UN Member States to uphold, preserve, and strengthen international treaties in response to U.S. government efforts to undo international legal protections for refugees.

The organizations signing the open letter span the globe and include human rights organizations, faith-based groups, humanitarian, and refugee assistance organizations from every region of the world. The open letter was organized by Human Rights First and ICVA, along with other dedicated human rights organizations, refugee assistance and faith-based organizations.

The 268 faith-based, non-governmental, and other civil society organizations listed below call on UN Member States to uphold, preserve, strengthen, and celebrate international refugee, human rights, and humanitarian treaties and reject efforts to undo or undermine legal norms. In recognition of the....

08/21/2025

The Human Rights City Alliance did not disinvite members of the BDS coalition from attending our annual human rights cookout. All supporters of human rights are welcome, and we whole-heartedly support the rights of Palestinians. All struggles for human rights are interconnected.

Our mission is to bring attention and action to the human rights and basic needs of people in our region. The cookout is a space where we encourage people to get involved with the local organizing for, e.g., housing rights, gender and racial justice, and economic needs of people here at home. This intention shapes our selection of partners and co-sponsors of this event. Too often, national political debates and mass media overshadow the urgent needs of our immediate neighbors. And too many people in this country believe that human rights apply to other countries, not this one. Politicians use racism and the Palestinian cause to divide and distract us. They use this political wedge to keep us from uniting for justice and equity.

We regret the error that led to this situation, and we call upon those working for justice and peace to focus more of our attention and political energies on the needs of the people with whom we share this city. Only working together can we end classism and the racism that denies dignity and justice for all.

08/13/2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/12/nx-s1-5495621/state-department-human-rights-reports-slashed

Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.