Pittsburgh APRI measures success in people: cohorts trained, union careers launched, partners engaged, and voters mobilized.
59
Cohorts trained
30
Employer and union partners
250K+
Advocacy texts, calls, and mailers
115,000
Black voters mobilized
Breaking the Chains is Pittsburgh APRI's pre-apprenticeship program, preparing our region's residents for careers in the union trades. Across 59 cohorts, participants have gained the skills and connections that open doors to family-sustaining work.
That work doesn't happen alone. A network of 30 employer and union partners helps move graduates from training into apprenticeships and jobs across the region.
Demand tells its own story. When applications opened in 2024, APRI received 81 applications in 42 days, a 97 percent increase over the year before.
"I now have connections to move into the workforce."
Alexis Black, Breaking the Chains graduate
Through PA Black Votes Matter, Pittsburgh APRI leads a non-partisan coalition of Black organizations working to raise Black voter registration and turnout across eight Western Pennsylvania counties.
The region is home to an estimated 130,000 to 140,000 Black voters, with roughly 90,000 in Allegheny County alone. Since 2020, the coalition has organized volunteers, activists, and trusted community voices to register neighbors and get them to the polls, because elections are won and lost at the margins.
The 30-second Count Me In spot from the 2024 campaign.
Every cohort trained, every career launched, and every voter reached starts with people who fund the work. Join them.