David P. Demarest (November 9, 1931 – October 15, 2011). One of the founding...
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Preserving the Vanka Murals
St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale is the site of a national treasure - the murals of Maxo Vanka, painted in the 1930s and 1940s....
Maxo Vanka Murals, St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale
"The murals were created by Maxo Vanka, an artist with a spiritual sense of social justice. He moved from his homeland of Croatia to New York City...
HARD HATTED WOMEN – an Exhibit
A multimedia exhibit featuring influential women leaders in the Pittsburgh region’s labor movement during the 1970s and 1980s. The In Sisterhood...
Pittsburgh’s Labor History Sites ~ an Interactive Map
From dramatic strikes to the formation of the AFL, the CIO and the AFL-CIO, Pittsburgh’s labor movement has a rich and deep history. Fight Back...
Health Effects of Fracking
We had a great gathering on August 25, 2016, at The Pump House with 58 people seeing the film Gaswork by Josh Fox and hearing first hand accounts....