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*[https://www.publicsource.org/advocacy-groups-file-court-brief-supporting-media-efforts-to-make-pittsburghs-amazon-hq2-bid-public/|“Advocacy groups file court brief supporting media efforts to make Pittsburgh’s Amazon HQ2 bid public” Public Source, June 21, 2018]
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*[https://www.publicsource.org/advocacy-groups-file-court-brief-supporting-media-efforts-to-make-pittsburghs-amazon-hq2-bid-public/| “Advocacy groups file court brief supporting media efforts to make Pittsburgh’s Amazon HQ2 bid public” Public Source, June 21, 2018]
[http://www.wesa.fm/post/protestors-demand-officials-make-pittsburgh-s-amazon-hq2-bid-public|Protestors Demand Officials Make Pittsburgh’s Amazon HQ2 Bid Public WESA, June 21, 2018]
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*[https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2018/05/13/Without-public-debate-now-on-Pittsburgh-s-Amazon-bid-citizens-will-lose/stories/201805130081| "Without public debate now on Pittsburgh's Amazon bid, citizens will lose" ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' letter to the editor, May 13, 2018]
 
*[https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2018/05/13/Without-public-debate-now-on-Pittsburgh-s-Amazon-bid-citizens-will-lose/stories/201805130081| "Without public debate now on Pittsburgh's Amazon bid, citizens will lose" ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' letter to the editor, May 13, 2018]

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Forged for All? Amazon HQ2 & the Future of PittsburghHuman Rights, the Right to the City, and Equity implications of the City of Pittsburgh's Future. Forged. For All Plan
Amazon put forward a wish list that set off an inter-city competition to become the site of the company's planned new headquarters. Pittsburgh was one of more than 230 cities to submit proposals. But here and elsewhere, the general public had little opportunity to discuss cities offers to Amazon and how this development would impact residents. Human rights and social justice activists in our community have been convening community forums where Pittsburgh residents can learn more about the likely effects of the City of Pittsburgh's proposal to host Amazon HQ2. While the project would create certain kinds of jobs, would they, as leaders claim, be forged for all? Moreover, how will they impact Pittsburgh's already severe affordable housing crisis, and its racial inequities, infrastructure, and public services? Panelists will also examine how people in other cities have responded to similar initiatives around the country, and discuss ways that city residents can work to ensure that planning and development better accounts for the needs of residents for affordable housing and quality public services like transit, education, and urban infrastructure.

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June 2018: Press release-Community groups file amicus brief to release details of Amazon HQ2 bid


Forums and Events

Sign the Petition

Call on our public officials to be accountable to voters: Sign Community Power Movement's petition to the City of Pittsburgh, here: http://communitypowermovement.org/action/petition-to-the-city-of-pittsburgh/

Media coverage




Additional Resources


Analyses of Pittsburgh and other city impacts


Campaigns-- National Activist groups put out Our HQ2 Wishlist:


Coverage of Pittsburgh Forums


Alternative Development Strategies-- Place and People-Centered Economic Planning?