Bethany Hallam
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social
Formerly Incarcerated. Recovery. Abolitionist. Juris Doctor. Allegheny County (PA) Councilmember, At-Large. Yinzer. Buccos Fan. Jagoff. 💛🖤 #MakeProgressHappen 📍412
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Allegheny County’s winter shelter plan launches Nov 15, with 600+ beds for single adults, and nightly transportation from Second Ave Commons. Families can call Allegheny LINK at 1-866-730-2368 for help.
We’ll keep sharing updates, data, and resources so our neighbors stay safe this winter.
We’ll keep sharing updates, data, and resources so our neighbors stay safe this winter.
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Allegheny County’s winter shelter plan launches Nov 15, with 600+ beds for single adults, and nightly transportation from Second Ave Commons. Families can call Allegheny LINK at 1-866-730-2368 for help.
We’ll keep sharing updates, data, and resources so our neighbors stay safe this winter.
We’ll keep sharing updates, data, and resources so our neighbors stay safe this winter.
November 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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As the @pghguild.com strikers near the 3-year mark, @stevemellon412.bsky.social reports, they appreciate @bethanyhallam.bsky.social's Council proclamation. Steve Rotstein previews "one of the best matchups of the regular season that will surely decide the Class 4A champion." www.unionprogress.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
As the @pghguild.com strikers near the 3-year mark, @stevemellon412.bsky.social reports, they appreciate @bethanyhallam.bsky.social's Council proclamation. Steve Rotstein previews "one of the best matchups of the regular season that will surely decide the Class 4A champion." www.unionprogress.com
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Just a week and half short of the third anniversary of our unfair labor practice strike against @post-gazette.com, Allegheny County Council member at-large @bethanyhallam.bsky.social brought forward a proclamation acknowledging the fight of the union journalists holding down the picket line.
Hallam and County Council recognize our resilience as this damn strike nears its third anniversary - Pittsburgh Union Progress
Tuesday night about a dozen of us wore our black PUP T-shirts, the most vigorously chic attire in labor history, and gathered in the Gold Room at the Allegheny County Courthouse to stand with the coun...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just a week and half short of the third anniversary of our unfair labor practice strike against @post-gazette.com, Allegheny County Council member at-large @bethanyhallam.bsky.social brought forward a proclamation acknowledging the fight of the union journalists holding down the picket line.
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At the Jail Oversight Board meeting today, Judge Evashavik paused the meeting to offer support to a white man, John Kenstowicz, who emailed the full unredacted n word three times to County Council, earning a rebuke from the council and upsetting Black community members
September 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
At the Jail Oversight Board meeting today, Judge Evashavik paused the meeting to offer support to a white man, John Kenstowicz, who emailed the full unredacted n word three times to County Council, earning a rebuke from the council and upsetting Black community members
Happy Labor Day!!
While you’re enjoying your cookout, don’t forget that workers in the Allegheny County Jail STILL work 7 days a week, 10-15 hour days, and make $0.00 per hour!!!!!!
While you’re enjoying your cookout, don’t forget that workers in the Allegheny County Jail STILL work 7 days a week, 10-15 hour days, and make $0.00 per hour!!!!!!
September 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Happy Labor Day!!
While you’re enjoying your cookout, don’t forget that workers in the Allegheny County Jail STILL work 7 days a week, 10-15 hour days, and make $0.00 per hour!!!!!!
While you’re enjoying your cookout, don’t forget that workers in the Allegheny County Jail STILL work 7 days a week, 10-15 hour days, and make $0.00 per hour!!!!!!
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August 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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I took the bar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I took the bar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Polish Hill today on my quest to visit as many city pools as possible this summer
July 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Polish Hill today on my quest to visit as many city pools as possible this summer
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Kush Wilkerson
vs.
Hunter Sarver (Sergeant)
William Sunday (Sergeant)
Jason Holt (Sergeant)
Cody Covine (Correctional Officer)
William Kemp (Correctional Officer)
Orlando Harper (Warden, Allegheny County Jail)
David Zetwo (Chief Deputy Warden)
Jason Beasom (Deputy Warden)
@abolitionistlawcenter.org
vs.
Hunter Sarver (Sergeant)
William Sunday (Sergeant)
Jason Holt (Sergeant)
Cody Covine (Correctional Officer)
William Kemp (Correctional Officer)
Orlando Harper (Warden, Allegheny County Jail)
David Zetwo (Chief Deputy Warden)
Jason Beasom (Deputy Warden)
@abolitionistlawcenter.org
A detainee at the Allegheny County Jail filed suit today claiming he was the subject of a 2023 assault involving up to 10 correctional officers. The sergeant at the center of the allegations has been named in seven previous lawsuits with similar claims. www.publicsource.org/new-lawsuit-...
Jail sergeant in PublicSource investigation hit with new abuse allegations
An Allegheny County Jail sergeant is at the center of another new lawsuit filed in federal court. He is named in 7 prior cases alleging abuse.
www.publicsource.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Kush Wilkerson
vs.
Hunter Sarver (Sergeant)
William Sunday (Sergeant)
Jason Holt (Sergeant)
Cody Covine (Correctional Officer)
William Kemp (Correctional Officer)
Orlando Harper (Warden, Allegheny County Jail)
David Zetwo (Chief Deputy Warden)
Jason Beasom (Deputy Warden)
@abolitionistlawcenter.org
vs.
Hunter Sarver (Sergeant)
William Sunday (Sergeant)
Jason Holt (Sergeant)
Cody Covine (Correctional Officer)
William Kemp (Correctional Officer)
Orlando Harper (Warden, Allegheny County Jail)
David Zetwo (Chief Deputy Warden)
Jason Beasom (Deputy Warden)
@abolitionistlawcenter.org
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Fair point, but credit to officials like @bethanyhallam.bsky.social who’ve made priorities to address these sort of things on the local level: www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
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July 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fair point, but credit to officials like @bethanyhallam.bsky.social who’ve made priorities to address these sort of things on the local level: www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
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No better way to spend the 4th of July than having a big cookout for the homeless homies alongside some awesome volunteers 🥰🎆
@man-eternally.bsky.social
@dangrzybek.bsky.social
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social
@man-eternally.bsky.social
@dangrzybek.bsky.social
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
No better way to spend the 4th of July than having a big cookout for the homeless homies alongside some awesome volunteers 🥰🎆
@man-eternally.bsky.social
@dangrzybek.bsky.social
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social
@man-eternally.bsky.social
@dangrzybek.bsky.social
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social
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Someone remind UPMC that Trans rights are Human rights.
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social @tanishaevonne.bsky.social
@gaineyformayor.com
@barb4pgh.bsky.social @themariamontano.bsky.social @cmroma.bsky.social @hanrahanrahanra.bsky.social
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social @tanishaevonne.bsky.social
@gaineyformayor.com
@barb4pgh.bsky.social @themariamontano.bsky.social @cmroma.bsky.social @hanrahanrahanra.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Someone remind UPMC that Trans rights are Human rights.
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social @tanishaevonne.bsky.social
@gaineyformayor.com
@barb4pgh.bsky.social @themariamontano.bsky.social @cmroma.bsky.social @hanrahanrahanra.bsky.social
@bethanyhallam.bsky.social @tanishaevonne.bsky.social
@gaineyformayor.com
@barb4pgh.bsky.social @themariamontano.bsky.social @cmroma.bsky.social @hanrahanrahanra.bsky.social
Simple Plan and Avril Lavigne 💥 @man-eternally.bsky.social @litatalked.bsky.social @kevincarndt.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Simple Plan and Avril Lavigne 💥 @man-eternally.bsky.social @litatalked.bsky.social @kevincarndt.bsky.social
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Pittsburgh's @bethanyhallam.bsky.social is "sick and tired of the billionaires deciding what our lives look like." So are we!
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Pittsburgh's @bethanyhallam.bsky.social is "sick and tired of the billionaires deciding what our lives look like." So are we!
Ranked choice voting is good and correct
June 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Ranked choice voting is good and correct
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Left's strong night, updated:
—Mamdani finishes well ahead.
—All 10 challenged NYC Progressive Caucus members win, or way up. Jumaane Williams, too.
—Left may add councilors (AOC- or WFP-backed newcomers up)
—WFP-endorsed candidates win primaries for Syracuse & Buffalo mayor.
—Mamdani finishes well ahead.
—All 10 challenged NYC Progressive Caucus members win, or way up. Jumaane Williams, too.
—Left may add councilors (AOC- or WFP-backed newcomers up)
—WFP-endorsed candidates win primaries for Syracuse & Buffalo mayor.
June 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Left's strong night, updated:
—Mamdani finishes well ahead.
—All 10 challenged NYC Progressive Caucus members win, or way up. Jumaane Williams, too.
—Left may add councilors (AOC- or WFP-backed newcomers up)
—WFP-endorsed candidates win primaries for Syracuse & Buffalo mayor.
—Mamdani finishes well ahead.
—All 10 challenged NYC Progressive Caucus members win, or way up. Jumaane Williams, too.
—Left may add councilors (AOC- or WFP-backed newcomers up)
—WFP-endorsed candidates win primaries for Syracuse & Buffalo mayor.
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County Executive Sara Innamorato & County Council celebrated along with members of our Department of Public Works as the American Public Works Association (APWA) awarded the department with national accreditation.
Congratulations to all of the hard-working employees in Public Works!
Congratulations to all of the hard-working employees in Public Works!
June 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
County Executive Sara Innamorato & County Council celebrated along with members of our Department of Public Works as the American Public Works Association (APWA) awarded the department with national accreditation.
Congratulations to all of the hard-working employees in Public Works!
Congratulations to all of the hard-working employees in Public Works!
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It’s a beautiful thing to be able to spread the love, give back to our community, and help feed the people.
Yesterday it was an honor to join @bethanyhallam.bsky.social, Man-E, Tanisha Long, and our advocates to give back to our unsheltered community.
As Mayor, I’m here to serve ALL the people!
Yesterday it was an honor to join @bethanyhallam.bsky.social, Man-E, Tanisha Long, and our advocates to give back to our unsheltered community.
As Mayor, I’m here to serve ALL the people!
May 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It’s a beautiful thing to be able to spread the love, give back to our community, and help feed the people.
Yesterday it was an honor to join @bethanyhallam.bsky.social, Man-E, Tanisha Long, and our advocates to give back to our unsheltered community.
As Mayor, I’m here to serve ALL the people!
Yesterday it was an honor to join @bethanyhallam.bsky.social, Man-E, Tanisha Long, and our advocates to give back to our unsheltered community.
As Mayor, I’m here to serve ALL the people!
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People talk so much shit on the people who actually do the work but what I witnessed tonight was a full theater of unhoused people and allies sitting together watching a film on solving homelessness and sharing a meal.
Thank you @bethanyhallam.bsky.social and @man-eternally.bsky.social 👏🏾
Thank you @bethanyhallam.bsky.social and @man-eternally.bsky.social 👏🏾
May 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
People talk so much shit on the people who actually do the work but what I witnessed tonight was a full theater of unhoused people and allies sitting together watching a film on solving homelessness and sharing a meal.
Thank you @bethanyhallam.bsky.social and @man-eternally.bsky.social 👏🏾
Thank you @bethanyhallam.bsky.social and @man-eternally.bsky.social 👏🏾
In this house we support @gaineyformayor.com 😤
…since they didn’t mention Bethany in this article www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
April 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In this house we support @gaineyformayor.com 😤
I’ve got Gainey for Mayor yard signs; I’ve got Craig Stephens for Judge yard signs - who needs some?
April 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I’ve got Gainey for Mayor yard signs; I’ve got Craig Stephens for Judge yard signs - who needs some?
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Being an addict shouldn’t be a death sentence.
Addicts can and do recover, but they need the tools to do so.
Advocates like Councilwoman @bethanyhallam.bsky.social worked hard to make life saving medication to treat opioid use disorder available in Allegheny County Jail.
Addicts can and do recover, but they need the tools to do so.
Advocates like Councilwoman @bethanyhallam.bsky.social worked hard to make life saving medication to treat opioid use disorder available in Allegheny County Jail.
This long fight was won by @bethanyhallam.bsky.social. If the county is going to jail people for substance use (which they shouldn't, but do), they are obligated to provide medical care to treat those at high risk of serious withdrawal & then deadly overdose after release www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
Allegheny County expands jail's opioid use disorder treatment program
The in-house unit will enable jail staff to treat incarcerated individuals suffering with opioid use disorder even if they don’t have an existing prescription for treatment. The jail has also expanded...
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March 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Being an addict shouldn’t be a death sentence.
Addicts can and do recover, but they need the tools to do so.
Advocates like Councilwoman @bethanyhallam.bsky.social worked hard to make life saving medication to treat opioid use disorder available in Allegheny County Jail.
Addicts can and do recover, but they need the tools to do so.
Advocates like Councilwoman @bethanyhallam.bsky.social worked hard to make life saving medication to treat opioid use disorder available in Allegheny County Jail.
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We are in the heart of Fish Fry season and @bethanyhallam.bsky.social has been hitting up as many as she can. We talked about what makes Pittsburgh fish fries great and she offered up some expert advice. www.axios.com/local/pittsb...
Bethany Hallam's chasing the top fish fry in the 'Burgh
We talked to Hallam about her love of fish fries, common mistakes some make and how to best enjoy them.
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March 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We are in the heart of Fish Fry season and @bethanyhallam.bsky.social has been hitting up as many as she can. We talked about what makes Pittsburgh fish fries great and she offered up some expert advice. www.axios.com/local/pittsb...