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On Monday, April 19th, 2021 BurghMeetsWorld facilitated a series of conversations around the ongoing vaccine distribution in Pittsburgh and around the world. These conversations were centered around the growing inequalities around vaccine distribution which mirrors already existing systemic discrimination against marginalized populations. A focal point of these conversations was acknowledging trends such as vaccine gentrification and vaccine apartheid as well as other barriers and challenges to vaccination. We explored how these barriers play out on the world stage and the parallels between the rest of the world and Pittsburgh.
Together we decide how Pittsburgh meets the world.
Our partners for this event included:
Read the full notes here
The Global Switchboard held a BurghMeetsWorld event on July 28th, 2020. At this virtual edition of the BurghMeetsWorld event, we explored together the question “How do we center equity in global learning?”
We connected to people through conversation-based breakout rooms and shared our experiences with global learning. Then, community and youth leaders had a fishbowl discussion to share their insights on what global learning entails from talking to a neighbor to travelling to a different country, and how the current challenges, like COVID-19 can be used as an opportunity to break down geographical barriers in making global learning more equitable and accessible. Together we identified the actions we can take to center equity in global learning.
Together we decide how Pittsburgh meets the world.
Our partners for this event included:
Read the full notes here.
The Global Switchboard and partners held the first BurghMeetsWorld of 2020 on January 28th at the Union Project! BurghMeetsWorld is a series of public events that explores the intersections between global concerns and local issues. This January we asked, “What does it mean to be home?”
Through guided activities and interactive dialogue with community leaders, we learned about Pittsburgh’s current housing reality, and challenged ourselves to go beyond meeting the immediate needs of shelter and ensuring safe and affordable housing by creating a sense of home, belonging, and community for everyone. Together we explored how these conversations connect to broader global discussions around home, from the experiences of newcomer communities, to housing as a human right, and the implementation of the UNSDGs.
Together we decide how Pittsburgh meets the world.
Our partners for this event included:
– Global Shapers
– Light of Life Rescue Mission, Jerrel T. Gilliam
– NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania, Beci Russel
– PGHRights / Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Jackie Smith
– Somali Bantu Community Association of Pittsburgh, Aweys Mwaliya
– PHDC Business Incubator, Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation, Guillermo Velazquez and Maria Nuñez
– Jewish Family and Community Services of Pittsburgh, Abby Jo Krobot
Read the full notes here.
On August 6, 2019 The Global Switchboard hosted a community forum, “BurghMeetsWorld: Whose Intelligence is it Anyway?” to explore inequities in the data and design of Artificial Intelligence design, and opportunities for creating AI systems that reflect our diverse communities. The following data is a recording of the post-it notes submitted by attendees, and has been grouped into categories.
On June 27, 2019 The Global Switchboard hosted a community forum, “BurghMeetsWorld: What do we do with fear” to explore how the pervasive “fear of others” is impacting us on a global, local, and personal scale. The following data is a recording of the post-it notes submitted by attendees, and has been grouped into categories.
This document summarizes some of the approaches that organizations active in the Global Education Network Coalitions are taking to address the group’s primary concern: the inequity in access to global education opportunities.
As we continue to pursue this work, our aim is to keep populating and expanding the information available here.
Here we will compile our collective findings and work from each session and make it accessible for review after the meetings.
In March 2018 The Global Switchboard kicked off a convening series with leaders within two global engagement focus areas — (1) global education and (2) immigrant and refugee inclusion — to help us understand the challenges in these focus areas that are going unaddressed and require cross-sector, collaborative solutions.
This document serves to frame The Global Switchboard’s model and role as convener, and introduce the value propositions that will guide The Global Switchboard’s ongoing involvement in these focus areas.
Here we will compile our collective findings and work from each session and make it accessible for review after the meetings.