PIIN - Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network

04/24/2026

Are you interested in making a difference in your community? Don’t know where to start?

Join us on May 2nd to learn more about PIIN and our work for justice in Allegheny County, and how you can build power to affect change in Clairton and beyond. Lunch will be provided!

Hear from our Task Force Leaders and Speakers:

Education Task Force: How to organize for change in educational policy and resistance. Hear community leaders and PIIN leaders talk about confronting a school board and superintendent on behalf of children and families.

Immigration Task Force: How to organize for safety, anti-violence in our streets, and for what is on the horizon. Hear our leaders share experiences of resistance that led to change.

Environmental Justice Task Force: Hear local leaders talk about air quality, childhood asthma, and other health concerns in the Clairton area. Hear PIIN leaders share recent wins and proposals for the future.

Transformational Justice: Allegheny County Jail oversight work, Colorful Backgrounds EXPO cohorts, and addressing Housing Authority discrimination practices. Hear our impacted leaders share their work and recent wins.

Integrated Voter Education: How to see the integration of issues into voting opportunities to vote our values. (Seeking candidates who align with our values and issues.)

Religious Leaders Caucus: Igniting and connecting the passions and theology of religious leaders to the concerns they hear from their constituents, and moving to address policies that affect their lives.

Training Opportunities! We can offer training that teaches how to discover the internal values that need external expression, working with others for the benefit of the community and to strengthen congregations, and providing clarity for why we are all drawn to the work of justice.

04/22/2026

🌎 Happy Earth Day from PIIN!

You can learn more about our work for environmental justice (with a focus on improving air quality in the Monongahela Valley by holding corporate polluters accountable) at www.piinpa.org/environmental-justice

You are also invited to join us on May 2nd for our "Eat, Meet, and Greet" event in Clairton. Enjoy some good food, hear about our task forces, and learn about ways you can get involved in our work! www.piinpa.org/calendar/clairton-eat-meet-greet

04/22/2026

Visit piinpa.org/calendar/ppbp to register!

04/20/2026

⭐ PIIN's annual fundraising Gala is just 4 weeks away! Tickets are limited, but there is still time to purchase yours at piinpa.org/gala

We look forward to seeing you on May 17th for an evening of food, dancing, music, and fellowship, to celebrate our successes in 2025 and support our continued work for justice in 2026.

(If you aren't able to make it on May 17th, you can still help by sponsoring another guest, or following and sharing our posts on social media!)

Another huge thank you to the Unitarian Universalist Church of the North Hills, one of our 2026 sponsors, and .shalom for hosting the Gala.

04/16/2026

⭐️ You are invited to join us this May 17th at 4:00pm for an evening of food, dancing, and fellowship at our 2026 Fundraising Gala! Celebrate this past year’s wins and learn about more opportunities to support our work in 2026.

A big thank you to the Unitarian Universalist Church of the North Hills, one of our 2026 sponsors!

04/15/2026

Two weeks!

Join us for our April 2026 Colorful Backgrounds EXPO community meeting, at Pittsburgh Mennonite Church in Swissvale, at 5:30PM on Wednesday, April 29th. Connect with other community members and enjoy a light meal, followed by a guest presentation from Amy Kleissas:

Amy Kleissas is the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh Director of Civic Education in Schools and Community. A retired school counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor, her focus has always been on students. Helping young people and new voters understand the gift and duty of participating in our Democracy through voting has been her mission. At home with her husband in Robinson Township, they split travel between Colorado and Virginia, to spend time with their children and grandkids.

Please be sure to RSVP so we can keep you updated in the event of schedule changes. (Link in comments below!)

04/12/2026

⭐ The annual PIIN Fundraising Gala is just 5 weeks from today!

Tickets are limited, but there is still time to purchase yours at piinpa.org/gala. Join us on May 17th for an evening of food, dancing, and fellowship, celebrating our successes in 2025 and supporting our continued work for justice in 2026.

If you attended last year's Gala or made a contribution to PIIN, YOU had a direct hand in making our work this past year possible, including successfully pushing for legislation that protects immigrants' rights in Allegheny County.

On March 10, 2026, after weeks of one-on-one meetings with council members, phone calls, and speaking out at County Council meetings (often with the allotted 3-minute time limit cut to just 90 seconds), PIIN and our Immigration task force celebrated the passage of ordinance 13809-26 in an 11-3 vote! The legislation limits the cooperation of Allegheny County law enforcement agencies, officials, and employees of the county with ICE and other federal agents, siding with the majority of Allegheny County citizens in curtailing the excesses of ICE/DHS.

There is still work to do, and we could not do it without you! Celebrate with us and support our continued efforts at the annual PIIN Gala on May 17th!

04/10/2026

Join us for our April 2026 Colorful Backgrounds EXPO community meeting, at Pittsburgh Mennonite Church in Swissvale, at 5:30PM on Wednesday, April 29th. Connect with other community members and enjoy a light meal, followed by a guest presentation from Amy Kleissas:

Amy Kleissas is the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh Director of Civic Education in Schools and Community. A retired school counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor, her focus has always been on students. Helping young people and new voters understand the gift and duty of participating in our Democracy through voting has been her mission. At home with her husband in Robinson Township, they split travel between Colorado and Virginia, to spend time with their children and grandkids.

Please be sure to RSVP so we can keep you updated in the event of schedule changes. (Link in comments below!)

04/06/2026

⭐ We are 6 weeks out from the annual PIIN fundraising Gala!

To highlight one of our wins from this past year: In November 2025, PIIN's Environmental Justice task force, focusing its recent efforts on increasing air quality in the Mon Valley, celebrated the unanimous Allegheny County Council vote to increase operating permit fees for facilities that produce air pollution! This win was the result of months of our EJ task force's testimony at County Council meetings, collaboration with other local organizations, and work advocating for tighter regulations on the federal level.

If you attended last year's fundraising Gala or made a contribution to PIIN, YOU had a hand in making this and our other wins this past year possible. We could not do this without you.

Celebrate our work in 2025 and support our continued work for justice in 2026 at PIIN's fundraising Gala on May 17th! (Tickets available at piinpa.org/gala)

04/05/2026

04/02/2026

Thank you to Amachi Pittsburgh and everyone who made it to the March 2026 Colorful Backgrounds EXPO community meeting!

Our next community meeting is Wednesday, April 29th, at Pittsburgh Mennonite Church - with guest speaker Amy Kleissas from the League of Women Voters. RSVP at the link in the comments below!