So when she was told that she was being honored for her selflessness with a banquet at the Ascension Hall, Bradford didn’t think she deserved it.

“I don’t like all the hoopla. I just do what I do,” said Bradford. “Everyone always complains about the kids, but when it boils down to it, there’s not a lot for them to do and there are not a lot of volunteers to help people when you need to do something. They are always too busy and there are only a handful of people trying to do something.

PAULETTE BRADFORD

MAY 28—The African American Leadership Association and UPMC’s Center for Inclusion will host the 2nd Annual African American Leadership Summit from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Herberman Conference Center, 5230 Centre Ave., Shadyside. The theme is “Success in Leadership.” The summit will consist of various speakers, facilitators, panelists and the keynote speaker Jay Williams, Mayor of Youngstown, Ohio. There will also be a leadership development series certificate presentation award ceremony. Registration is required and the cost is $50. For more information, call 412-281-4967 or visit www.aala.webs.com.

What is your reaction to the pharmacy being opened by Duquesne University? Here’s what you said:

“It’s very important because of the elderly who live here. The nearest one is out of the community and is a big travel for a lot of people. I think it’s good that Duquesne University is bringing it and I support it 100 percent.”
Leroy Wilson
Entrepreneur
Hill District

Leroy Wilson, Scott Tunstalle, Tommy Hayes

The city of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work and Center on Race and Social Problems will host one of the largest race relation conferences to ever take place in the ­country. From June 3-6, the “Race in America: Restructuring Inequality” national conference will take place at various places around the university area.

LARRY DAVIS

“My goal was to put on the largest conference on the issue of race. There has never been a large number of scholars and experts on race together in one place at one conference,” said Larry E. Davis, Ph.D., dean and professor of Pitt’s School of Social Work and Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems. “We have some of the most prominent scholars in Pittsburgh and the country coming. I would not miss this conference.”