Pop City is proud to support those enterprising and dedicated Pittsburgh Social Ventures Partners in a visit to the Allegheny County jail on August 5 at 6:00. Did you know that kids whose parents are incarcerated have a 70% chance of one day also being incarcerated? In a collaborative effort sparked by the warden, a group of Pittsburghers worked to make the family waiting area as friendly as possible as they encourage more visits to keep families connected. Read more about this rare opportunity to visit the jail in what promises to be an enlightening evening, followed by dinner and discussion. read on…

Find out why Pittsburgh is dubbed Kidsburgh in this entertaining and informative video by Steel Town Entertainment. Gregg Behr of the Grable Foundation is your guide as he takes you from the world-class Children's Museum of Pittsburgh to the studios of Mr. Roger's neighborhood and places inbetween. read on…

The Pittsburgh Promise takes aim at two of Pittsburgh's toughest problems: the erosion of city population and the subsequent drop in city school enrollment. Here's the deal: if a student graduates with a 2.5 average and a 90% attendance record, that student gets a cool $40,000 scholarship to attend college. Now two years old, the bold Pittsburgh Promise is working as an incentive to attract more students, improve student performance and make Pittsburgh look all the better.read on…

In a first, the Fred Rogers Center hosted a breakthrough conference on the role of media and technology in young children's lives, following the lead of--who else?--Mr. Rogers. The conference gathered policy makers, educators, researchers, media producers and child development experts all under one roof to talk frankly about the current state of children's media. Rogers' presence loomed large during the two-day event. And even when the debate got contentious, the participants did their best to stay neighborly. read on…

A nationally unique organization is working to turn high schoolers into neighborhood preservationists -- and engines of economic development. What started as a Carnegie Mellon grad school project has morphed into the only preservationist association in the country dedicated solely to youth engagement in architecture, history and civics. Founder Dan Holland explains.

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