Posts Tagged by Get Involved

Help BikePGH deliver 1,000 hand-written letters to the Mayor!

From the BikePGH blog and newsletter… In 2010, the City of Pittsburgh installed about 5 miles of bike lanes and sharrows, mostly in East End neighborhoods.  These lanes were a welcome addition to the emerging city-wide bike lane network, and showed that the City was serious when, upon receiving the “Bronze Bike-friendly Community” status, Mayor Ravenstahl proclaimed that there…

Getting Ready for Netroots Nation

The annual conference for lefty political bloggers – Netroots Nation – will be held in Pittsburgh in August 2009. If you are in Pittsburgh and want to learn more about getting involved – please join the PghRoots Google Group to connect to others and share info about the conference. Subscribe to pghroots Email: Visit this…

P2 Happy Hour: Hope for Pittsburgh

One week from today is the third Tuesday in November. You know what that means- it’s time for another P2PAC happy hour event! Last Tuesday was an amazing day in our political history. Now, it’s time to take that positive energy and use it to make local change. Please join us as we step up…

Happy Anniversary to Progress Pittsburgh

Image via WikipediaWell we have had a week to celebrate and reflect on the nation election and now it is time to get back to Pittsburgh politics.   If you are new to Progress Pittsburgh, or wondering what the heck this group/blog is all about – Progress Pittsburgh was founded exactly 4 years ago – many…

Places to Volunteer on Election Day in Pittbsurgh

Image via WikipediaThere are a number of groups recruiting and coordinating volunteers for election day outside of the campaigns. Here are the groups we know of, and we have included training dates that we know. Some of these groups are working on non-partisan activitees too. League of Young Voters – will be doing voter turnout…

Reminder! P2 Happy Hour for Obama: All Politics is Local

Join the Progress Pittsburgh PAC for a happy hour (or two) tomorrow, Tuesday, October 21st in support of the Obama campaign. In October, P2 = Pittsburgh + Presidential. We will again be raising funds to support P2pac because all politics is local and we’re gearing up for important elections in 2009. P2PAC is a political…

Drinking Liberally is Back @ Buffalo Blues

Drinking Liberally is a great organization that exists across the nation.  A happy hour that is open for anyone that wants to get together and talk politics.  Mostly from the liberal point of view.  Drinking Liberally started in NYC during the 2004 elections and has spread across the US. Pittsburgh has had a Drinking Liberally…

Get Involved: Obama Campaign in Pittsburgh

I know many people are looking to volunteer with the Obama campaign, here is some info that has been circulating on some email lists. If you are involved with other campaigns and are looking for volunteers please let us know by leaving a comment and we will be happy to try to post information for…