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Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Awards – Pittsburghers Who Demonstrate Values Based Leadership

Martin Luther King leaning on a lectern. Deutsch: 1964: Martin Luther King Português: Martin Luther King (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Each year the Coro Center for Civic Leadership celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr by hosting the Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Awards which recognizes Pittsburghers that exemplify values based leadership.

I wanted to share this information for a few reasons. First, its timely. Second, The winners and the nominees for 2014 are people who are doing some impressive things to make Pittsburgh a better place to live. And third, one of my big learnings from my participation in the Millennial Trains Project last summer was the importance of talking about leadership training. One each day of the trip – we had a dedicated session and a leadership curriculum that was developed by Dr. Max Klau, who is the vice president of leadership development for the City Year program. (you can read Dr. Klau’s Huffington Post articles about the Millennial Trains Project here) and The Coro Center for Civic Leadership is just one organization that is working to develop better leaders in Pittsburgh.

What is the Coro Center for Civic Leadership?

A non-profit organization that offers leadership training programs for everyone from recent college graduates to Pittsburghers that are interested in running for public office. The Pittsburgh Coro Center for Civic Leadership was founded in 1999 and is part of a nationwide network of Coro centers with locations in Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis and Kansas.

What are the Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Awards?

An event hosted each January by the Pittsburgh Coro Center for Leadership to celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.’s values-based leadership.

The 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Awards will be held on Friday, January 24, 2014 at the New Hazlett Theater. Tickets are available here. Continue reading →

Friday – The Train Stops in Pittsburgh – Happy Hour at East End Brewing

As most of you know I’ve been on a cross country train trip with the Millennial Trains Project. I am one of 24 passengers who are working on a project as the train has traveled across the country from San Francisco to Washington, DC.

Toledo, OH Amtrak Station

I’m writing this post from the train – we just passed through Toledo, Ohio. Next stop – Pittsburgh! The train pulls into the station around 5am. I’ve already set my alarm, I want to see what the city looks like from a train.

The Millennial Trains Project group will be in Pittsburgh all day and I hope you will get a chance to say hello and meet my fellow passengers.

As we left Chicago today – I realized that this trip is coming close to an end in just 2 days. But, I am excited to be stopping in Pittsburgh and have the chance to show the passengers on this train the steel city. I hope you will help me welcome everyone to the ‘burgh on Friday.

10am-4pm – Participant Projects at TechShop and around the city.

MTP passengers, staff and mentors will be at TechShop, located in Bakery Square, all day (I’ll be there 10-11 and in and out in the afternoon). Stop by and check out TechShop and say hello.

6pm-7pm – MTP Happy Hour at East End Brewing

Thanks to Scott at East End Brewing for hosting. All are welcome to stop by and check out the brewery and meet my fellow passengers. This is a short event because we have to get back on the train for some of the evening sessions.

Facebook event link for the Happy Hour – https://www.facebook.com/events/155412884660747/

All Aboard – 2 Weeks to Get Some Pittsburghers on the Millennials Train

If you follow IheartPGH on Facebook and Twitter you may have noticed that I’ve been linking to the Millennial Trains Project.

The Millennial Trains Project is a cross country train trip this August that will start in San Francisco and end in Washington, DC. The train will stop in 10 cities over 10 days. The Millennial Trains project was founded by Patrick Dowd (not the Pittsburgh city councilman Patrick Down) who helped to organize a similar project, Jagriti Yatra, when he was a Fulbright scholar in India.

The inaugural journey of the Millennial Trains project will be stopping in Pittsburgh!

The route of the inaugural Millennial Trains Project trip

The Millennial Trains project has put together a beautiful video that describes the trip which is worth two minutes of your time and can be watched here. To get a seat on the train, passengers must create a project and use the Millennial Trains Project’s custom crowd-funding platform (kind of like Kickstarter or Indiegogo), CrowdHitch to raise $5000.

I think we need to make sure that Pittsburgh is represented on this train! I’ve created a project and I would love to see some other Pittsburgh folks create a project and get a seat on the train.

Get on board

If you are interested I would be happy to help you with your project and your application. Please drop me an email lindsay – at -IheartPGH.com

Check out my project – The United States of Pittsburgh

The United States of Pittsburgh will explore what the Pittsburgh folk who left town are doing now and we’re going to build a big bad directory of Pittsburgh businesses across the US. There are many more Pittsburgh places than those listed on Steeler Bar directories.

I’ve just added some awesome perks – I am honored to have the support of some of my favorite Pittsburghers in supporting this project.

Here are some of the “perks” I’ve put together for this project and more are on the way. If you are a local business and would like to contribute to the perks please drop me an email lindsay-at-IheartPGH.com

A Postcard from Pittsburgh – let someone know that Pittsburgh misses them.

$7 – I’ll send a Pittsburgh postcard to the person you choose

Pittsburgh Love – we’re offering a few of our favorite items, all will be printed with love by our friends at Commonwealth Press

$25 – The Heart of PA T-shirt One of our best selling t-shirts – the state of PA with a heart right in the most important location

Printing Party at Commonwealth Press

$100 – Come on down and print your own Pittsburgh gear with our friends at Commonwealth Press. We’ll provide the t-shirts and some beer. Commonwealth Press will teach you about screen printing and you’ll screen print your own t-shirts. We’ll pick a date/time that works for everyone.

Social Media Consulting – I’ve worked with both local and national business to help strategize and grow their online presence. I’d love to help you with your project and I’m offering a super discount on my usual rate to folks who support my Millennial Trains Project.