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Felicity A. Williams
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👩🏽‍⚖️ Esquire
📜 Public Policy and Administration
✊🏽 Racial and Economic Justice
🌇 Strategic Planning
💼 Intergovernmental Affairs
🗣️ Communications
👩🏿‍🤝‍👨🏽Organizing and Community Engagement
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President Donald Trump said he is firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, according to a letter addressed to her posted on his social media — the first such instance in the central bank’s 111-year history. https://cnn.it/45C6SvH
August 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
(1/): 👩🏽‍🏫 👩🏿‍🦱👩🏾‍⚖️💁🏽‍♀️🏃🏿‍♀️‍➡️

“Always—in churches and classrooms, at ballot boxes and bus stops—Black women have kept this democracy afloat, even when it tried to throw us overboard.

So where do we go from here? What will it take to keep rising?

www.newsweek.com/we-are-risin...
A Tribute to the Women Who Lead, and a Call to Those Who Will | Opinion
Where do we go from here? What will it take to keep rising?
www.newsweek.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
😡 Policy changes + disinvestment - the dismantling of the systems that have advanced progress for low income and marginalized communities.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
Trump's proposed HUD time limit puts 1.4M of the nation's poorest renters risk
A Trump administration proposal could put more than a million low-income households at risk of losing their government-subsidized housing
abcnews.go.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
(1/): 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏾‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️ Calling all business owners in Allegheny County!

Do you currently, or want to, do business with the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, URA, Pittsburgh Water, Stadium Authority (Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County), or or Parking Authority?
July 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
(1/): We’re raising our voices for #Pittsburgh!

Last week, we sent urgent letters to US Senators Fetterman & McCormick, outlining serious concerns regarding proposed cuts to federal funding that are essential for the quality of life of Pgh residents ahead of 2026 federal budget negotiations.
April 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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An asteroid": The White House is said to be planning to ask Congress to claw back $1.1 billion in federal funding from public media, including NPR and PBS. With @tonyromm.bsky.social and Jonathan Swan:

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...
White House to Ask Congress to Rescind $1.1 Billion From NPR and PBS
Trump administration officials want legislators to rescind $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some support for public media.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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JUST IN: The Trump administration announced that it would freeze $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and $60 million in multi-year contract value at Harvard University after the school said it would not follow policy demands from the administration. cnn.it/4imtzXL
April 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Same Gayle King, same.

A new meme is born 😂
April 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
(1/): This morning, we officially kicked off the #Pittsburgh Regional Disparity Study—and the room was PACKED!

Over 70 attendees joined us to launch this long-overdue, transformative step toward economic #inclusion and #equity in public contracting. ✊🏾📊
April 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
(1/): It was an honor to join members of the Pittsburgh Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at City Hall earlier this week for Delta Days in #Pittsburgh— a local extension of the sorority’s national initiative focused on civic engagement and social impact.
April 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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The peeps, hoots and grunts of wild bonobos, a species of great ape living in the African rainforest, can convey complex thoughts in a way that mirrors some elements of human language, a new study suggests.
Hoots and grunts from bonobos show signs of complex communication, researchers say
Researchers spent months eavesdropping on wild bonobos at a rainforest in Congo. Their research suggests the animals can use some features of language to communicate.
nbcnews.to
April 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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I'm sensing a common theme here.
April 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Tracking Trump, Day 74:

• Stocks tank after new tariffs
• How nations are retaliating
• Trump exaggerated immigration arrests

Plus more you should know for April 3: www.washingtonpost.com/the-seven-tr...

📥 Get the newsletter: www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/...
April 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
(1/): Last night, I had the pleasure of attending the @axios.com Pittsburgh launch event, Bridges to Breakthroughs: The Future of #Pittsburgh. The discussion explored how the “City of Bridges” continues to grow while preserving the history, values, and culture that make the ’Burgh unique.
April 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Here we go 💪🏽
BREAKING NEWS: Susan Crawford WINS the Wisconsin Supreme Court election DEFEATING Elon Musk puppet Brad Schimel!

Congratulations Judge Crawford!
April 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Cory Booker and Susan Crawford to Democrats today
April 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
(1/): 🔔CALLING ALL LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS 🔔

We are proud to invite you to the Pittsburgh Regional Disparity Study Kick-Off event!

📅 : Wednesday, April 9, 2025
⏰ : 9:30 am - 11:30 am
🗺️ : Alloy 26 (100 S Commons Street, Unit 102, Pittsburgh, PA 15212)
🎟️: bit.ly/DisparityStu...
March 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
(1/): I had an incredible time last night celebrating 29 years of the Urban League of Greater #Pittsburgh’s Ronald H. Brown Leadership Awards, honoring exceptional individuals and corporations in Greater Pittsburgh who uplift the African American community through remarkable leadership.
March 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Let’s have some real talk about “solidarity.”

If it only appears when you’re also experiencing suffering, but was absent when I was the one suffering, what kind of unity is that? 🧐
March 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
✊🏽 “Hard work beats talent, when talent fails to work hard.” - Kevin Durant
March 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🤞🏽
March 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
(1/): I’m deeply saddened by the passing of Karl Singleton. I first met Karl in 2018 while working for then-State Rep. Jake Wheatley, and from that moment, it was clear that he truly embodied what it means to be a servant of the people—committed to Black liberation and

www.abc27.com/local-news/h...
Harrisburg announces passing of Chief Equity and Compliance Officer
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The City of Harrisburg is mourning a key member of the Mayor’s cabinet. Karl Singleton passed away, the city announced Friday. He was Chief Equity and Complianc…
www.abc27.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Do you want to know one of the best things about a new day? That you have another chance to get up and do it all over again.

So get up, get down, and get it right today, tomorrow, and every day 👊🏽
March 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
(1/): 🌈 RSVP today for a joint Town Hall in collaboration with Mayor Ed Gainey and the LTBTQIA+ Commission!

📅 Thursday, March 20th
🕔 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
📍 True T Studios, 1632 Forbes Avenue
🎟️ RSVP here: forms.office.com/g/MMj5AkxTBB

Refreshments will be provided!

Learn about the City’s
March 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
(1/): 📣 PLEASE SHARE

We’re two weeks away from our annual City of #Pittsburgh Procurement Opportunities Fair! 🎉

📆 Tuesday, March 25th
🕗 8 AM to 12 PM
📍Schenley Park Ice Rink (10341 Overook Drive

🎟️ REGISTER:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM