Actions Taken
Below is a brief summary of only some of the actions taken to protect and preserve our community.
March 13, 2007
Meeting at the office of a Pitt administrator.
April 24, 2007
Letter to Pittsburgh’s Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.
June 7, 2007
Letter to a Pitt administrator.
August 16, 2007
Tour of neighborhood streets with a UPMC administrator.
September 13, 2007
Letter to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.
October 22, 2007
“Enough is Enough”: paid message placed in The Pitt News,
the official student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh;
Letter to a Pitt administrator.
January 8, 2008
“Enough is Enough”: paid message placed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
January 10, 2008
Article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
February 11, 2008
Meeting with an Oakland councilman and administrators of the University
of Pittsburgh.
March 6, 2008
“South Oakland Needs Your Help!”: paid message in the University
Times;
Letter to a Pitt administrator;
Letter outlining 20 proposed ideas to end the trash and litter problems
in the residential community of South Oakland, given to Pitt and UPMC
administrators.
March 19, 2008
Letter to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.
April 2, 2008
“South Oakland Trash and Litter Problems are Shameful!”: paid message
in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;
“Is it Time for New Leadership at the University? At UPMC?”: paid
message in The Pitt News.
April 8, 2008
Meeting with University of Pittsburgh faculty members.
April 21, 2008
Letter to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl;
Letter expanding (from 20 to 26) the proposed actions to end the trash
and litter problems in the residential community of South Oakland, sent
to Pitt and UPMC administrators.
April 30, 2008
Letter to Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg.
August 14, 2008
Meeting with a Pitt administrator and others.
October 13, 2008
Meeting at the office of an Oakland councilman and a representative of
Pitt, and others.
October 22, 2008
Testimony given at a Pittsburgh city council hearing concerning trash
and litter problems in our community.
October 23, October 25, October 27, 2008
Emails sent to Pitt and UPMC administrators, to the University Times,
and to some faculty members, containing a copy of city council testimony,
photos and information about THE SOUL PROGRAM.
October 28, November 2, November 3, November 9, 2008
Email communications with a Pitt administrator.
October 29, November 2, December 2, 2008
Email communications with a UPMC administrator.
November 16, November 18, December 2, 2008
Email communications with Oakland community organizations.
December 16, 2008
Letter to Jeffrey Romoff, UPMC President and CEO.
January 26, 2009
This website placed online;
“Enough is Enough”: paid message in the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette.
February 17, 2009
Letter to Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg.
February 18, 2009
“Break the Silence”: paid message in The
Pitt News.
February 19, 2009
“Break the Silence”: paid message in the University
Times.
February 22, 2009
Letter to Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg.
March 1, 2009
Letter to Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg.
March 5, 2009
“Break the Silence”: paid message in the University
Times.
April 15, 2009
Petition placed online.
April 16, 2009
Letter to Jeffrey Romoff, UPMC President and CEO;
Letter to Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg.
April 20, 2009
Letter to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl;
"Supporting the Petition": paid message in The
Pitt News.
April 29, 2009
"Supporting the Petition": paid message in The
Tartan.
May 7, 2009
Letter to a member of the Pittsburgh City Council.
June 4, 2009
Letters to President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President
Joseph Biden
July 20, 2009
South Oakland Update
August 12, 2009
Letters to President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President
Joseph Biden
August 13, 2009
South Oakland Update
September 8, 2009
Letters to Senator Daniel Inouye and Congressman Neil Abercrombie
September 9, 2009
South Oakland Update
October 3, 2009
South Oakland Update
October 6, 2009
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - Origin of SOUL
October 20, 2009
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - National Disgrace
October 27, 2009
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - Gratitude
November 7, 2009
Support Letters Email
November 12, 2009
Delivery of petitions
and letters of support
November 13, 2009
Article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
December 2, 2009
Declaration of Freedom placed online
December 21, 2009
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - Media - Broken Trust?
February 2, 2010
City Planning Commission Testimony
June 1, 2010
Letter to the Editor in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 7, 2010
Letter to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl
July 6, 2010
Mayor's Reply
August 5, 2010
Letter to Councilman Bruce Kraus
August 10, 2010
Letter to Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith
August 16, 2010
Letter to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl
August 27, 2010
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - August Update
August 24, 2010
State Legislators Visited
September 13, 2010
Letter to State Legislators
October 18, 2010
Letter to Chancellor Mark Nordenberg
October 26, 2010
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - Call for Compassion
October 29, 2010
WPXI Interview
November 4, 2010
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - Human Dignity
January 5, 2011
Letter to the Editor in the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
April 11, 2011
Oakland Community - Bill of Rights
April 26, 2011
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - SempleFest
July 5, 2011
Requested a letter of apology from Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg
September 6, 2011
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - Shame of a University
September 20, 2011
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - Firebombs
Must End
October 1, 2011
Preuniversity Settlers document
October 12, 2011
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - Call to Action
October 15, 2011
Fireworks Press Release
December 6, 2011
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - Shadow on the Lawn
December 11, 2011
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article
January 11, 2012
Right-to-Know Law testimony given to Pennsylvania State
Legislators
March 31, 2012
YouTube Documentary
July 11, 2012
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - University Impact Aid
law
September 12, 2012
University Impact Aid law proposal given to Pittsburgh
City Council members
October 17, 2012
City Council Testimony - Nordenberg Must Resign
December 5, 2012
Allegheny County Council Testimony
December 6, 2012
"Time for New Leadership": paid message
placed in the University Times
December 27, 2012
City Council Testimony - Time for New Leadership
March 12, 2013
City Council Testimony - Class-Action Lawsuit?
April 1, 2013
"Nordenberg Must Resign": paid message
placed in The Pitt News
April 2, 2013
"Nordenberg Must Resign": paid
message placed in The Pitt News
April 2, 2013
City Council Testimony - Time for a New
Beginning
April 5, 2013
Letter to the Editor in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
July 7, 2013
Letter to the Editor in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
August 22, 2013
An Open Letter to the Trustees of the University of
Pittsburgh
September 18, 2013
Pittsburgh City Council Testimony - Search for New
Chancellor
September 19, 2013
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article
September 20, 2013
University's Response to Open Letter
September 23, 2013
Response to University's Letter
December 2, 2013
A New Paradigm
December 12, 2013
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review commentary
December 16, 2013
City Council Testimony - A New Paradigm for Oakland
January 9, 2014
"A New Paradigm for Oakland": paid message
placed in the University Times
January 30, 2014
New development on Joncaire Street
February 4, 2014
The Pitt News article
February 11, 2014
City Council Testimony - In Memoriam: Robert "Bob" Casciato
March 5, 2014
City Council Testimony - Symbol of Domination
May 7, 2014
Revised University Impact Aid proposal sent to
political leaders
and leaders of community organizations
September 5, 2014
Letter to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher
September 22,
2014
Letter to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher
October 10, 2014
Community Objectives
October 28, 2014
Meeting with Chief of Staff Reynolds Clark, Vice Chancellor
Paul Supowitz and Assistant Vice Chancellor John Wilds
December 2, 2014
Letter to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher
June 16, 2015
City Planning Commission Testimonies
June 30, 2015
Letter to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher
July 7, 2015
Pittsburgh City Council Public Comments
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Campus Advantage Development Plan
August 3, 2015
Pittsburgh City Council Public Comments - Campus
Advantage Development Plan
February 2, 2016
Pittsburgh City Council Public Comments - 10 Solutions
February 9, 2016
Pittsburgh City Council Public Comments - The Legal Rape
of Oakland
February 23, 2016
City Planning Commission Testimony - End
the Shame
February 24, 2016
Pittsburgh City Council Public Comments - End the Shame
March 3, 2016
Open Letter to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher
February 6, 2017
Open letter to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher - Lack of
Dignity
September 23, 2017
Open Letter to Chief of Staff Kathy Humphrey - Shameful and Pitthetic
July 29, 2018
First Annual March from Panther Hollow to The Run
September 4, 2018
Decimation of an Urban Community - South Oakland
October 3, 2018
Pittsburgh City Council Public Comments - Pittsburgh Communities Need Federal Prosecutors to Oversee City Hall
October 11, 2018
Eighteen questions for the University of Pittsburgh
October 17, 2018
Pittsburgh City Council Public Comments - Pittsburgh Communities Need Federal Prosecutors to Oversee City Hall and the University of Pittsburgh
December 12, 2018
Pittsburgh City Council Public Comments - Belief Precedes Experience
December 18, 2018
Pittsburgh City Council Public Comments
February 4-8, 2019
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher Must Resign
February 27, 2019
Pittsburgh City Council Public Comments - A Sacred Place
March 10, 2019
Investigations Needed by Oakland Residential Community
May 6, 2019
Letter to Pittsburgh City Council President Bruce Kraus
July 21, 2019
Second Annual March from Panther Hollow to The Run
August 6, 2019
Letters to CMU President Farnam Jahanian and CMU Adjunct Instructor Ray Gastil
August 25, 2019
SOUL Program Implementation Letter
September 2, 2019
Brookings Institution Study
September 9-13, 2019
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher Must Resign
October 26, 2019
Email concerning robots in Oakland
October 29 and November 4, 2019
Letters to OPDC and Pittsburgh City Council concerning their fiduciary duty
November 17, 2019
Follow-up to letters of October 9 and November 4, 2019
December 7, 2019
Letter to OPDC and Pittsburgh City Council requesting an immediate moratorium.
December 11, 2019
Letter to council president asking whether or not he supports a roadway through Panther Hollow
January 8, January 26, and March 5, 2020
Letters pertaining to a criminal investigation of the Duquesne Light Riazzi Substation in Panther Holow
February 24, 2020
Letter to District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. requesting an investigation into the Duquesne Light Riazzi Substation in Panther Hollow.
March 15 & 16, 2020
Letter to supporters requesting District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. investigate the Duquesne Light Riazzi Substation in Panther Hollow
May 11, 2020
Letter to Mayor William Peduto: Path of Dignity or Path of Tragedy
June 1, 2020
Letter to the president and CEO of Duquesne Light: Goodnight, Malnight. Time to Resign
June 4, 2020
Responses to the June 1 letter: Goodnight, Malnight. Time to Resign
July 23, 2020
Letter to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher concerning the University of Pittsburgh Quarantine Policy
August 14, 2020
Thoughts of an Oakland Resident
August 23, 2020
Unconscionable University of Pittsburgh Policy
August 27, 2020
Letter to the University of Pittsburgh's Dean of Students
August 31, 2020
Follow-up Letter to the University of Pittsburgh's Dean of Students
September 8, 2020
Third Letter to the University of Pittsburgh's Dean of Students
October 20, 2020
Follow-up Letter to Mayor William Peduto
December 3, 2020
Letter to the Editor in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 22, 2021
Letter to Mayor Wiliam Peduto: Label, Then Love or Hate the Label - A Tragic Practice
July 7, 2021
Letter to Mayor William Peduto: The Legal Rape of The Land of Oakland
July 29, 2021
Letter to Oakland Planning and Development Corporation:
The Legal Rape of The Land of Oakland Continues
September 6 and August 9, 2021
Letters to Pitt requesting university email addresses for members of the Board of Trustees, and total student enrollment number at Oakland campus
September 16, 2021
Requests made to OPDC to bring lawsuits against the
University of Pittsburgh
September 26, 2021
Letter to Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr.
October 14, 2021
Letter to Councilman Bruce Kraus: City Council Dishonesty
November 1, 2021
Letter to Oakland Planning and Development Corporation -- Betrayals, Dishonesty, and Moral Corruption
November 21, 2021
Letter to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher - - It Is a Student Community
February 18, 2022
TRIUMPH! TRIUMPH! TRIUMPH! -- Letter of Gratitude
March 17, 2022
A Bold New Vision for Oakland -- A Letter to the OPDC Board of Directors
March 24, 2022
Shameful Planning Commission Meeting on Oakland Crossings
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