James Street Sensory

07/31/2024

Are you feeling motivated by the 2024 Summer Olympics. Good news you can participate in the 2024 Garage Olympics !

The Garbage Olympics is Pittsburgh's yearly neighborhood vs neighborhood competition to see who can pick up the most trash! Looking to join in on the fun? Register below!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st 2024 | 10 AM - 12 PM CLOSING CEREMONY HELD AT Velum Fermentation | 1 PM - 3 PM

07/18/2023

https://metropolismag.com/viewpoints/vitra-design-museum-garden-futures/

Garden Futures: Designing with Nature, an exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum, celebrates radical gardeners of all stripes.

07/08/2023

The Center that CARES donated a parcel of land in the Hill District for the first Sunny’s Community Garden. Then an empty lot in Manchester beckoned.

05/25/2023

https://buildhealthyplaces.org/sharing-knowledge/blogs/expert-insights/green-spaces-can-encourage-social-connectedness-in-cities-2/?utm_source=BHPN+Website+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=afa3275448-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_13_07_56_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c39fafc581-afa3275448-356410040

When it comes to the range of social benefits that we can receive from urban green spaces—common areas where people can recreate, volunteer, and connect with others in their city—our understanding continues to unfold. While social isolation can be considered a growing epidemic in the United Stat...

04/08/2022

https://www.kidsburgh.org/pittsburgh-charity-pushing-to-scale-communication-device-program/

Variety-The Children’s Charity is changing lives with its "My Voice" program. Variety-The Children’s Charity is helping children with autism speak through the My Voice program. Details here.

11/11/2021

The Jasmine Nyree Campus offers free programming for Pittsburgh adults with special needs. The Jasmine Nyree Campus offers free programming for Pittsburgh adults with special needs.

11/04/2021

"But how can we make sure this isn’t a wave that will subside? And more importantly, how do we make sure we're not just part of consumer content, commodities, trends to devour and eventually expel for the next thing? And most importantly, how do we make sure all marginalized people are invested in throughout all forms of creative expression, so we can move beyond the Black-and-white binary of representation in Pittsburgh?"

I firmly believe I was born at the wrong time, even though being born in June of 1969 meant I saw the moon landing at...

11/04/2021

Families Neighborhood Litter Walk
Sunday, November 7th, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Bring your family out this weekend! Join Allegheny Cleanways and Repair the World Families as we redd up (pick up trash) around Repair’s workshop space located in East Liberty. Hear from community organizer Renee Robinson. Supplies including grabber tools and gloves will be provided, as well as refreshments.

Register here: https://go.werepair.org/e/527702/LitterWalk/3t2jz9m/991489358?h=VjvAlciRYRsjiFtaAmxJ7SXaXY_Rym2l9qgNcdVC1v0

Repair the World mobilizes Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world, igniting a lifelong commitment to service.

10/26/2021

When Katelyn Collins spotted a Harry Potter costume in August, she envisioned how perfect a lightning bolt would look peeking out from beneath her 7-year-old...

10/15/2021

https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/autism/?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ad&utm_content=october_newsletter

Share the amazing by celebrating and supporting the uniqueness of every child, including those on the autism spectrum.

10/14/2021

If a public space has a strong community-led component, people use it more, they trust it more, and they feel more like it is theirs.