Welcome to GlobalPittsburgh, a regional collaborative initiative to introduce you to the international character of the Pittsburgh region!
This region is home and host to tens of thousands of new Americans and others born in other lands who have come here to work, to play, to study, and to invest. We are home to over 300 international firms from 26 different countries. We are home to over 40 distinct international communities. With this website, we invite you to meet our international communities!
We also invite new residents to the region and those considering coming here to explore the many opportunities that living in Pittsburgh offers to help you feel more at home. And we invite employers and investors who are growing their international workforce and improving their position in the global marketplace to take advantage of the many services available to assist you.
Pittsburgh says welcome in many languages, with many customs and cultures. But it all translates to the same thing -- home.
Many thanks to the members of the International Communities who helped to create this Web site.
Spotlight:
The Georgia Community
Click
here for more information about the
Georgia community.
The history of Georgians
traveling to Pennsylvania and settling in Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia dates back to just after the Russian
Revolution of 1917, when Georgia declared independence
on May 26, 1918 in the midst of the Russian Civil
War. In February 1921 Georgia was attacked by the
Red Army and fell as an independent country. Georgians
fled their homeland in numbers and some immigrated
to the United States, with a few settling in Pennsylvania.
Georgians see great deal of resemblance between
Pittsburgh and Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi.
Click
here for details about other
PIttsburgh communities.
The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh is helping to build a vision of broadband-empowered learning throughout our community. One way we are doing this is by helping people gain access to broadband technology through their internet providers. Click here for more information.
Olympic Happy Hour August 8, 2008 The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh invites you to come and celebrate as we watch the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics. Click here for more details!
GlobalPittsburgh Celebration September 2008 A month-long extravaganza to highlight global connections in the Pittsburgh region – home to more than 50 international communities and where over 300 foreign owned firms have operation. Click here for complete details.
Want to update your community page or organization contact information? Want to add your community to GlobalPittsburgh's family of international communities? Call the World Affairs Council at 412-281-7970 or email global@worldaffairspittsburgh.org.
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Olympic Happy Hour 
GlobalPittsburgh Celebration
