A sea of pink covered Schenley Park on Mother’s Day for the Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure.

Of more than 30,000 people who converged in Pittsburgh on Sunday, about 3,000 were breast cancer survivors. Everyone participated with a mission of eradicating breast cancer through education, screening, research and treatment.

The Pittsburgh event—one of the biggest Komen races in the country—raises millions to save lives. The Mother’s Day event, a 5K (3.1 miles) run/walk and a 1-mile fast walk, has raised millions of dollars to date in the Pittsburgh market to support national breast cancer research.

TEAM TRACEY—From all over the city Team “Tracey” walked for Tracey Feagins, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Tracey, in pink, is in the middle of the group.

Children’s fair

MAY 15—The Extra Mile Foundation of Pittsburgh will host a Children’s Health Fair from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Holy Rosary School, 7120 Kelly St., Homewood. It is open to all students in grades 5-8 and there will be face painting, soul line dancing, hip-hop aerobics, workshops for parents and more. The event is free. For more information, call Karen Hall at 412-874-5802 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Recently the Courier ran a story on the decline of Black policemen in the city. So we asked Pittsburghers how they felt about this issue. Here’s what you said:

BERNADETTE HOLLY

“Yes. They can relate to us as a people.”
Bernadette Holly
Clairton
Vector Inc.

From the 1940s through 1962, Evelyn Cunningham led the crusade for civil rights and women’s rights as a writer and editor for the Pittsburgh Courier, the largest Black newspaper in the country at the time. After leaving the paper in 1962 she continued her fight to open closed doors for women and Blacks to the point of being one of the most respected and feared women in the country.

EVELYN CUNNINGHAM

Cunningham died April 28 of natural causes at the Jewish Home and Hospital in Manhattan, said her niece, Gigi Freeman. She was 94.

She traveled the world while covering many stories and opening doors for women. She was a founder of The 100 Black Women.