About Us

Mission statement

Southwestern Pennsylvania Grassroots Town Halls is a group of Allegheny County grassroots organizations and residents that advocate for clean air and who, with the help of the Breathe Project, organize a series of virtual town halls as part of an advocacy campaign seeking redress for the ongoing air pollution that erodes the quality of life in our region. We seek to assemble a racially, economically and geographically diverse coalition of residents and elected officials for this effort.

Edith Abeyta - Braddock

Braddock

Edith Abeyta

North Boroughs

Angelo Taranto

Glenn Olcerst, Barbara Talerico - Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Glenn Olcerst & Barbara Talerico 

Germaine Patterson - Clariton

Clairton

Germaine Patterson

Thaddeus Popovich - North Boroughs

North Boroughs

Thaddeus Popovich

Howard Reiger - Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Howard Reiger

Uptown

Brittany McDonald

Hazelwood

Tiffany Taulton

Pittsburgh

Mark Dixon

Sharon Stern - Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Sharon Stern

Not Pictured:

Angela Hoffman – CREATELab

Julie DiCenzo – Sewickley

 

Christine Graziano – Uptown/ Birmingham

Jan McMannis – Braddock

 

Gail Murray – Sewickley

John Detwiler – Braddock