Happenings
Stay and Play Fridays
Every Friday, May 23 - August 1, from 5:00 - 9:00 PM.
Stay & Play Fridays features live music, drink specials, and exciting activities each week, all happening in sunny Market Square. Every Friday, May 23 - August 1, from 5:00 - 9:00 PM.
Presented by the Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project (PUMP) in partnership with Dunkin' Donuts.
Click here for a complete schedule of events and updates!
PUMP Quiz Night
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Hough's (formerly Pickles)
563 Greenfield Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15207
Grab your smartest friends and get to Hough's on July 22nd for PUMP Quiz Night! The fun begins at 7:00 pm. Enjoy drink specials, great...or interesting...prizes, and impress everyone with that collection of useless trivia you've been building in your head.
Quiz Night is Free to play! Teams of 4 can compete. Don't have 4? Come anyway and we'll help you build a team.
No need to RSVP. Just show up!
Happy Hour + Pirates Game
Friday, July 25th, 2008
PNC Park
Take me out to the ballpark! Join PUMP for happy hour on The Deck at PNC Park followed by the Pirates game! Your $28 ticket includes happy hour from 5:30 to 7:00 (complete with all-you-can-eat nachos and popcorn, 3 beers, and cornhole) and grandstand seating to cheer on the Bucs against the Padres! It's also Al Oliver Bobblehead night.
To order tickets, call Marianne Marcantonio at 412-325-4487. Tickets must be purchased by July 23rd.
Nonprofit Speed Dating
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 6:00 PM
Bossa Nova, 123 7th Street, Downtown
Don’t miss your chance to participate in this nationally recognized event! Nonprofit Speed Dating brings together 20 nonprofits that are looking for board members and 20 individuals who want to serve on nonprofit boards. Each individual has 5 minutes with each nonprofit to share information. At the end of the evening, interest forms are collected and the next day nonprofits and board candidates receive a list of their “matches.”
Event Schedule: 6:00 PM – Registration
6:30 – 9:00 PM “Dating”
Location: All events will be held at Bossa Nova, 123 Seventh Street, Downtown, Pittsburgh
Participation: Any nonprofit organization or individual registered with Boards-By-Design. To register for Boards-By-Design, visit www.nli.duq.edu.
RSVP Info: RSVP’s will be accepted at NOON on the days listed below. RSVP by email only to jonesa@duq.edu. Early RSVP’s will not be accepted.
Event Date: RSVP Date:
5/6/2008 4/7/2008
9/9/2008 8/11/2008
11/18/2008 10/20/2008
PUMP is a collaborating partner of New Trustees for a New Pittsburgh. For more information, please visit www.pump.org or www.newtrustees.org.
Special thanks to Horovitz, Rudoy, & Roteman
**Original RSVP's will have first right of refusal for this event. However, there may be spots that open up as a result. Please contact Allison Jones at jonesa@duq.edufor more information.
Check out our PUMPed up Jobs Page!
Looking for a new career? Trying to connect with local talent? PUMP is always finding ways to better connect young professionals to jobs in the Pittsburgh Region, check out the new PUMP Jobs Page, powered by
Career Builder.com!
- Posting a job opening through the PUMP Jobs page? Let us know! We will give your company a shout out to more than 4,000 young and young-thinking people weekly through our PUMPAGANDA e-blast.
- Looking for a job? Posting your resume through the PUMP Jobs page benefits both employers and PUMP. Employers know you are out there, and every time you apply online, you make a contribution to PUMP.
- All work and no play? Check out PUMP’s diverse civic engagement, social and community development program offerings. Find the places to go, things to do and ways to get involved in your…um…free time?
For more information, please contact Erin Molchany erin@pump.org or 412.338.2133
PUMP Wake Up Call Breakfast Briefing; Sponsored by Comcast & Chatham University
7:30 - 8:30 AM; Last Friday of every other month. The first Wake Up Call is on February 29.
Chatham University
PUMP encourages a new generation of leaders to become involved in the civic and political process. We organize educational forums, exchange information, mobilize around important issues and collaborate with community leaders to make a meaningful impact. Beginning in 2008 on the last Friday of every other month beginning February 29th, we will be partnering with Chatham University’s PA Center for Women, Politics, and Public Policy to host Wake Up Call breakfast briefings. PUMP members and students are invited to participate in monthly discussions with federal, state, and local elected officials about issues facing our neighborhoods and national issues that our members have deemed important.
Where: Chatham University, Laughlin Music Hall (Located behind the Chapel on the Chatham campus). Free parking is available in the library lot, enter campus from Murray Hill Avenue. For a map, click here.
When 7:30 - 8:30 AM on the last Friday of every month
What: ISSUE: The Statewide Smoking Ban
Who: PA Representative Chelsa Wagner
Member Price: FREE
Non Member Price: $25 (You must be a member of PUMP or Chatham University student to attend this event. However, you may join PUMP for $25 and attend the entire series at the Member Price).
Space is limited so please RSVP to jennifer@pump.org.
Member Benefits Update
Currently, PUMP is working on adding sponsors to the Member Benefits Program as well as having current sponsors renew. If you own a business and would like to participate as a Member Benefits Sponsor, or if you have a favorite haunt (and more importantly, a contact for that favorite haunt) that you would like to see as a Member Benefits Sponsor, please email Jennifer Black at jennifer@pump.org.
UPDATE!! Please visit http://www.pump.org/benefits.jsp for a current and updated list of Member Benefits Sponsors! Sponsors will continue to be added and updated throughout the year so check back often!
Please note that due to upgrades and new incoming sponsors, we will be suspending the printing of member benefits cards until the Annual Member Meeting. However, we will be emailing welcome letters soon which you will be able to use as proof of your membership. Thank you for your patience during this time!
USE YOUR VOICE: Smoke Free Pennsylvania Act Survey
USE YOUR VOICE: Smoke Free PennsylvaniaAct Survey
Please take a few moments to USE YOUR VOICE and give us your opinion on the Smoke Free Pennsylvania Act. If you are not familiar with this piece of legislation, please visit: Legislation in the House: HB1541; and Legislation in the Senate: SB246 to familiarize yourself with this very important issue.
To take the survey, please follow this link: SMOKE FREE PENNSYLVANIA ACT SURVEY.
WANTED: Young People to Serve on Pittsburgh's Boards, Authorities & Commissions
The City of Pittsburgh is seeking interested young people for appointments to its Boards Authorities and Commissions (BACs)! Mayor Ravenstahl’s office has been working with a coalition of diverse organizations to implement Fair Representation Legislation which was adopted by Pittsburgh City Council in 2005 to afford all citizens the opportunity to bring their unique perspectives and ideas to city government through service on BACs. PUMP is part of this effort to diversify the city’s Boards Authorities & Commissions, and is committed to helping the Mayor find qualified and passionate young people to fill these vacancies.
If you are interested in serving on a Board, Authority or Commission, please fill out an application online or download the PDF application and send it to:
Gabe J. Mazefsky, the Mayor’s Policy Manager Gabe.Mazefsky@city.pittsburgh.pa.us
Don’t forget to indicate which of the following BACs you would like to be considered for! More information on each of the BACs is available on the City of Pittsburgh’s Boards Authorities & Commisisons Website
Current vacancies: All appointed by the Mayor unless otherwise specified. These vacancies are being filled everyday. For the complete UP TO DATE list of openings, please check the Boards Authorities & Commisisons Website
**JUST ADDED** Propel Pittsburgh Commission: 35 vacancies.
*At this time you must download and fill out an application and send it to Neil Parham at Neil.Parham@city.pittsburgh.pa.us *
- 9 appointed by members of council
- 26 City of Pittsburgh residents who are between the ages of 20-34 at the beginning their term, selected from the community at large.
Human Relations Commission: 1 vacancy;
- must be a City of Pittsburgh resident.
Equal Opportunity Review Commission: 2 vacancies
Ethics Hearing Board: 1 vacancy
Housing Authority: 2 vacancies
- Must be City of Pittsburgh residents;
- May possibly need to live in a Housing Authority community;
- Cannot hold public office
Pgh Housing Development Corp: 3 vacancies. Appointed by URA Board of Directors.
- 1 must be from Mayor’s Office.
- Must live, work, or own a business in the City of Pittsburgh.
City Planning Commission: 2 vacancies.
Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority: 1 vacancy. Must live, work, or own a business in the City of Pittsburgh.
Propel Pittsburgh Commission: 35 vacancies.
*At this time you must download and fill out an application and send it to Neil Parham at Neil.Parham@city.pittsburgh.pa.us *
- 9 ppointed by members of council
- 26 City of Pittsburgh residents who are between the ages of 20-34 at the beginning their term, selected from the community at large.
Shade Tree Commission: 1 vacancy.
- Must be from Mayor’s Office.
Urban Redevelopment Authority: 1 vacancy.
- Must be a City of Pittsburgh resident.
Water Exoneration Board: 3 vacancies.
- 1 must be from PWSA
- The other two cannot be City employees.
Zoning Board of Adjustment: 1 vacancy.
- Might need to be a lawyer.
**JUST ADDED**: BOARD OF APPEALS – 1 vacancy
- seeking a certified architect
Art Commission: 1 Vacancy
- Sculptor
PUMP advances issues affecting young and young-thinking people in Pittsburgh, making the region a more dynamic, engaging and diverse place in which to live.