Lived Experience Narrative Quotes

“Pittsburgh must take the same resolve to address poverty that it used to build the city we see today.”
— Todd Elliott Koger, Sr., January 23, 2003

“They tried to erase our names, our stories, our truth. But we remember. And we write.”
— Elliott‑Todd Parker Koger, April 23, 2026”
― Todd Elliott Koger, The Record That Woke