Carl Redwood, Jr. currently serves as convener of the Hill District Consensus Group and was Chairperson of the One Hill Community Benefits Agreement Coalition. Carl is a social worker and has participated in various community organizing efforts on the local, national and international levels.

During the 1970’s he worked as an organizer with the Pittsburgh chapter of the African Liberation Support Committee, the Third World Peoples Coalition and the Black Action Society at Pitt.

During the 1980’s he worked as an organizer with the Homestead Unemployed Center / Rainbow Kitchen, the Garfield Rowhouse Tenant’s Association and he served as Campaign Coordinator for the 1984 Jesse Jackson for President Campaign.

During the 1990’s he served as Associate Director of Hill House and later served as Program Director at Kingsley House. He was a supporter of forming the Hill District Consensus Group and he supported the development of community computer labs and Internet access centers in Pittsburgh area neighborhoods. He has taught Community Organizing at the Pitt School of Social Work since 1991.
Carl’s passion for the Hill District and Community Organizing is the legacy from his father,

Carl Redwood, Sr., worked to organize Hill District Youth and Adults for many years through Hill City, the Center Avenue YMCA, The Neighborhood Youth Corps and the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
Longtime community activist in Pittsburgh, Redwood teaches courses at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Social Work and lectures on principles of community organizing (for example, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2S79PD-Nq4).

He has served as Associate Director of the Hill House and Program Director of the Kingsley Association, but most recently has distinguished himself as a key founder and Chair of the One Hill Community Benefits Association, a coalition made up of over 100 Hill District organizations, unions, and environmental groups that has done outstanding work representing the interests of Hill District residents in recent negotiations with the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Using citizen power, One Hill signed a Community Benefits Agreement that guarantees $2 million for a much-needed grocery store, an employment center offering Hill District residents first opportunity at new jobs paying from $12-30+/hour, $500,000 from the Penguins every year for the next 6-12 years to be used for development and social services, support for the YMCA to build a community center within the neighborhood, and more.