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City High helps keep our students and families connected with helpful resources in their communities.  Along with our many Internship partner sites, we also maintain strong relationships with with local community organizations, businesses and non-profits throughout Pittsburgh and Allegheny county.

For more information, or to connect with City High, please contact info@cityhigh.org.

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Student Opportunities

City High provides students with information about and access to a variety of community opportunities both during the school day and after school and on weekends.

City High provides students with information about and access to a variety of community opportunities both during the school day and after school and on weekends. This page is updated every week to ensure accuracy!
 
Quilting Black History

WHEN: February 3, 4:30pm-5:30pm

WHERE: CLP Beechview, 1910 Broadway Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15216

This Teen Time program will help teens learn about the history of quilting in Black culture, think about the importance of Black quilters in Black history, think about the role of art in expressing and preserving history in Black communities, and create a sewing project such a tea mat or a key fob.

Tribute to the Vashons: Public Reception
WHEN: February 6 @ 5:30pm

WHERE: City-County Building (414 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219) Downtown Pittsburgh

Black History Month 2026 honors the courage and leadership of John B. Vashon and the legacy of his family. The family exemplifies the enduring spirit of abolitionists and activists of the 1800s through education, justice and community service. Their impact continues to motivate contemporary movements for justice and equality, underscoring that the quest for human rights remains an ongoing journey. 

There will be a performance by Viii Dorsey at 6:30pm and the option to do a screen printing activity with BOOM Concepts.

Black History Month Display: February 6 - 28, Grand Lobby, City-County Building, Downtown Pittsburgh

 
Black History Month Art Crawl WHEN: February 7, 11am-3pm

WHERE: Children's Museum of Pittsburgh (Floors 1&2), 10 Children's Way, Allegheny Sq, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Join us on Saturday, February 7 for our third annual Black History Month Art Crawl. Watch artists create live pieces that highlight the impact of Pittsburgh's Black heroes!
Black Stories Trivia

WHEN: February 11, 5:30-6:30pm

WHERE: CLP – South Side, 2205 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203

Black Stories Trivia is a casual or competitive trivia game with questions that are specifically themed around stories, media, and art produced by Black creators and artists. This Teen Time program will help teens know the vast array of Black voices that exist and express themselves through a variety of different mediums and styles. No registration required!

KEA Presents Jazz Legacy

WHEN: February 12 @ 6:00 pm — 7:30 pm

WHERE: CLP – Main (Oakland), 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Dive into the legacy of the jazz scene with a concert that showcases African-American roots and continual evolution. Whether it’s traditional, bebop, or smooth jazz, you’ll have something that makes you move your head and tap your feet. This educational program also includes poetry and conversation to help every attendee learn something new while coming together with the rest of the community.

This event will take place in the South Wing Reading Room.

Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit

WHEN: February 21, 2026, 9am-5pm

WHERE: CCAC Allegheny Campus

Join the Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit for a day packed with community engagement, educational workshops, and networking with your friends, family, and neighbors. You can learn more about this event on their website!

Tickets are pay what you can on the registration page. You will want to scroll all the way to the bottom to select the free option! You MUST register to attend!!

The Warhol Presents: The Teen DJ Academy

WHEN: Mondays from 4-6pm

(program runs from February 23 to June 8)

WHERE: The Pop District Print Lounge, 20 E General Robinson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Teen DJ Academy is a 14-week workshop series for participants ages 13–18 taught by professional DJs. Participants will get hands-on experience with pro gear and perform at Youth Invasion, LGBTQ+ Prom, and other teen events. This program is free and participants will earn a stipend for the 15 week program plus an additional stipend per performance. Space is limited. Participants are encouraged to attend all 14 workshops and commit to performing during our scheduled events. While the program is free, registration by February 6th is required.

Zine Making Workshop: Voices of Change

WHEN: February 25, 5:30 pm — 6:30 pm

WHERE: CLP – South Side, 2205 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203

This Teen Time program will help teens to remember the importance of Black History and the trailblazers that made progress possible through a fun and creative outlet. This activity is meant to make teens feel connected to history and learn more about figures that they might not be knowledgeable of. They can create a booklet of multiple figures like in the example photos, or they can choose to focus on a singular person. Ultimately, this Teen Time activity encourages curiosity, learning, and artistic vision.

Surrealism as Tactic: A Black Women's Film Festival and Community Workshop  WHEN: February 26 @ 6pm

WHERE: The Andy Warhol Museum (117 Sandusky Street), Art Theater

Join art historian Tiffany Barber and filmmaker Madeleine Hunt-Erlich for a screening of The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, which explores the inner world of Caribbean surrealist Suzanne Césaire through archival research, fragmentation, and other non-linear poetic structures. The conversation that follows will center Black surrealism as an artistic tactic and response to a fragmenting authoritarian society. This event is co-presented with Center for African American Poetry and Poetics. This event is free but you must register in order to attend!
Youth Civic Leadership Academy Applications Applications for the Spring 2026 sessions of the Youth Civic Leadership Academy (YCLA) are now open! YCLA offers Pittsburgh youth unique opportunities to explore diverse career paths through hands-on learning and mentorship. Apply before the end of January to be considered for the spring session.
The University of Pittsburgh Presents: The Brown Overcoat

WHEN: Fri, Feb 27, 7:30pm-10:00pm

Sat, Feb 28, 7:30pm-10:00pm

Sun, Mar 01, 2:00pm-4:30pm

WHERE: Henry Heymann Theater, 4301 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

A romantic comedy set in a fashionable Parisian drawing room. The play revolves around a vain and witty Countess, her somewhat pompous lover the Baron, and her flirtatious interest in a young musician across the street, George Duroi.

The Price of Resistance: Sala Udin, American Agitator Screening and Q&A WHEN: February 28 @ 1:30 pm — 3:00 pm

WHERE: CLP – Homewood, 7101 Hamilton Ave, Pittsburgh, 15208

The Price of Resistance follows Sala Udin’s fearless activism, chronicling his battles with injustice, FBI surveillance, and unwavering leadership in the civil rights movement and beyond. Q & A with the filmmakers to follow screening.

Community Connections

City High works with a variety of non-profits and community organizations around the Pittsburgh and Allegheny County metropolitan area.

Some of our partners include: