The 16th annual Summit Against Racism from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue 15206. This is an annual event held that is held the Saturday after Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Pittsburgh.
The Summit Against Racism is a day when everyone—from students to seasoned activists—can come together to start the new year by making or renewing and revitalizing commitments to ending racism in Pittsburgh.
The Summit Against Racism is hosted by the Black and White Reunion (BWR), an organization working to end racism, racial profiling, and police brutality, will host its
Come join a diverse group of nearly 300 people across the city who want to discuss, learn, and strategize around promoting racial justice in Pittsburgh!
History of the Summit Against Racism
Jonny Gammage was a Black businessman and philanthropist who died at the hands of white police from positional asphyxiation during a “routine” traffic stop in a Pittsburgh suburb in 1995. It was this incident, and the “not guilty” verdicts in court cases against the police, that inspired the founding of the Black and White Reunion and BWR’s development of the Summit Against Racism and the Jonny Gammage Memorial Scholarships. (more…)