The growing partnership between The Hear Foundation and Duquesne University was recently featured on KDKA Radio. Dr. Norman Conti, Professor of Sociology at Duquesne University, joined KDKA to talk about the work he and Leon Ford are doing together, from its origins to what is happening in the classroom today. The conversation also included a […]
Media Mentions
In the News: Leon Ford in the Pittsburgh Business Times and The Pittsburgh Progress
Leon Ford and The Hear Foundation’s work to build safer, healthier communities have been featured in two recent stories. Pittsburgh Business Times: Personalities of Pittsburgh In August, the Pittsburgh Business Times profiled Leon for its Personalities of Pittsburgh series, exploring how forgiveness fuels his mission at The Hear Foundation. Read the Pittsburgh Business Times profile […]
Leon Ford Leads Session at Massachusetts Statewide Civil Rights Symposium
On August 5, 2026, The Hear Foundation President and CEO Leon Ford joined more than 200 law enforcement professionals from across Massachusetts at the third annual statewide Civil Rights Symposium in Norwood, Massachusetts. Hosted by the Healey-Driscoll Administration through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, in partnership with the Municipal Police Training Committee […]
The Hear Foundation Featured on the Black Arm of the Law Podcast
During the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) Conference in New Orleans, our team and Pittsburgh Public Schools students were interviewed for the Black Arm of the Law podcast. LISTEN NOW to find out what they had to say about policing, the community, and their experience at the 48th annual conference. The Black […]
‘Poverty and racism is trauma’…Erica Givner, Leon Ford keynote the NAMI Black Mental Health Summit
The Pittsburgh Courier highlights Leon Ford’s participation as the morning keynote during NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Keystone Pennsylvania’s third annual Black Mental Health Summit, held at the Hosanna House in Wilkinsburg, July 10. Read the full article.
A Safer Pennsylvania: Steel City Edition
The Hear Foundation was honored to attend A Safer Pennsylvania: Steel City Edition this past Friday, standing alongside Pittsburgh’s grassroots organizations, faith leaders, and city officials to address the urgent issue of gun violence. Our board members, including Allegheny County Department of Human Services Director Erin Dalton and Pittsburgh Public Safety Professionals Chief Larry Scirotto, […]
