In the past two days, we’ve learned that large Pittsburgh companies are actively working on learning how to recruit new college graduates and that Mayor Ravenstahl is improving diversity on city boards/commissions. We’ve still got a long way to go, but that’s two bits of very good news.

I’ll add one bit of editorializing on the second story. Part of the reason there’s not enough young people on local governance boards is almost certainly that not enough young people are applying. Most of the young folks I know aren’t even aware that these commissions exist, let alone that their skills could be useful to our city. Spreading the word would be a good project for a local action group like PUMP.

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