The Peduto campaign is in full swing, and looking for volunteers!

This week’s focus is doing a LARGE mailing to thousands of voters, with the goal of a further growing our progressive coalition.  Our coalition is growing, but we need YOU to reach our goal.
If you are a supporter of Councilman Bill Peduto, please commit some time, whether you’re available for one, two or more hours on any of the following dates:

Thursday April 23:  5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Any of the following days, anytime from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.:
Friday, April 24
Saturday, April 25
Sunday, April 26

We look forward to hearing from you!   Please contact us at 412 361-6113, or  info@billpeduto.com

Last week, members of the Pittsburgh Chess Club played at a chess demonstration at Duquesne University, and Councilman Bill Peduto was in attendance as a special guest.  

The club includes international chess grandmaster Darmen Sadvakassov, a Kazakhstan native who is now a graduate student in the Heinz College School of Public Policy & Management at Carnegie Mellon University.  Sadvakassov played 12 others at the same time without even looking at the boards.  Councilman Peduto made the first move of the event against the grandmaster.  Sadvakassov sits with his back to the boards, and judges move his pieces for him after he hears his opponents moves announced by a game official.  He beat 11 of the 12 opponents, and had 1 draw.

The goal of the demonstration was to attract new members to join the Pittsburgh Chess Club, and to show just how much fun the game of chess can be.  Councilman Peduto has helped to bring chess to local events, and is currently working to provide opportunities for the chess club to work with children and others in our parks, particularly Mellon Park.  He was the chess club honoree at the club’s fundraiser last year, and even though they do not endorse political candidates, he always finds time to help them gain exposure and promote their incredible story.

Check out the article in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review for more details.

Last week, Scott attended the Fair Housing Poetry Slam event at the Improv in the Waterfront.  The theme of this poetry slam was “Ending Segregation: Just Say the Word.”  Participants performed their pieces before a panel and competed for cash prizes, while entertaining all in attendance.  Click here to watch the performance of the winner, Vanessa German.

The Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh has worked to promote equal choice in housing opportunities for all groups since 1975.  The group both counsels individuals on equal opportunity housing issues, and actively works to make sure that fair housing laws are enforced in the Pittsburgh area.

Last night, Councilman Peduto spoke to supporters about his vision for the City of Pittsburgh at a reception at Enrico’s restaurant in Shadyside.  

Thanks to all of those who came out to show your support last night!  Thank you also to all of our super volunteers that were in attendance – we could not be successful without you! 

If you were not able to make it last night, but would still like to show your support, join us for another reception on Monday, April 20 at Lucca Restaurant in Oakland. 

Monday, April 20
Lucca Restaurant
317 S. Craig Street
5:30pm – 7:30pm
A suggested contribution of $100 is requested.

Do you believe in a lean government, a clean government, and a green government for the City of Pittsburgh?  Come out tonight and show your support for Councilman Bill Peduto at Enrico’s Restaurant in Shadyside.

Enrico’s Restaurant
5863 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside
5:30pm – 7:30pm
A suggested contribution of $100 per person is requested.

Hope to see you there!

Tonight, Councilman Bill Peduto will be a guest at the Strong Women Strong Girls Jump into Spring jump-rope-a-thon. More than 200 girls and adult supporters will participate in this jump-rope event, which will raise money for the foundation.  Other celebrity guests will include Teresa Conn, founder of the Pittsburgh Passion, and members of the Pittsburgh Steelers team.

Strong Women Strong Girls is an after school program for underprivileged girls in grades 3 -5.  The goal of the program is to help these girls build positive self-esteem and skills that will make them into strong women.  Girls are paired with undergraduate women from local colleges to serve as mentors.

The annual Pennsylvania Federation of College Democrats convention was held  in Oakland at the University of Pittsburgh in early April this year.  Students who attended the convention got a lesson in local government at the City Council Roundtable, which was one of several opportunities that the students had that weekend to interact with local and state politicians.

Councilman Bill Peduto, Council President Doug Shields, and Mac Booker answered questions from students, and spoke about their role in City government.  Topics of discussion included everything from the issue of the City County merger, to the background of the panelists and how they became involved in local politics.

Congratulations to Hal Glick, the winner of the Brackets and Brunch with Bill contest!

Because of his fantastic bracket predictions, Hal and three of his friends will have brunch with Councilman Bill Peduto at Point Brugge Cafe in Point Breeze!

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the game!  You all had great predictions, and made this contest a close one. Sorry to all of the Pitt fans out there!

This week, tons of volunteers came out to our campaign office to help us with a huge mailing.  With their help, we were able to mail out over 6,000 letters this week!  A huge “thank you” to all of these fantastic volunteers – we could not have done this without your energy, enthusiasm, and willingness to devote some time to our campaign!

Check out this video created by one of our campaign volunteers, Greg Hauenstein, to get an inside look on what we worked on this week.  This video features one of our star volunteers, Alexis, who came out to help us with this mailing several days this week – thanks Alexis!

Last week, Councilman Bill Peduto spent time in two of the elementary schools in Pittsburgh, the Linden Elementary School and the Imagine Environmental Charter School at Frick Park.

At the Liden School, Councilman Peduto read three books to a classroom of elementary children.

At the Imagine Environmental Charter School, Councilman Peduto was a guest speaker at  an assembly.  During his presentation he explained the international movement Earth Hour, which occurred last Saturday night.  He also discussed the image of Pittsburgh as the “smokey city,” and his goal of changing this image.

He addressed a very captive audience, which had many questions for him after his presentation.  For more pictures of both events, check out Councilman Peduto’s Flickr page!