ABOUT THE SOUL PITT & CEO

Here you will find info about the founder,
awards received and media coverage.



Donna Michele Baxter, CEO & Tech Diva

AKA "Soul Sis"
Self Proclaimed "Cool Nerd"
Education: M.Ed. Instructional Technology
Favorite Quotes: 
"You can't keep doing the same thing,
expecting different results!"

"Get online or get left behind!" 
 
Contact Donna at soulsis@thesoulpitt.com or call 412-904-1630

Find out more about Donna and consider booking her as a speaker for your next event!  www.donnambaxter.com



 
The Soul Pitt is a community web site that focuses on the Soulful side of the city of Pittsburgh, PA!  We are here to showcase the positive and unique things going on in our city for all to enjoy.  With our main focus on the African-American community, we also showcase the Latino Community as well.  Either way, all are welcomed as we know that EVERYONE has or enjoys a little SOUL! 

 

Our site was started by Donna M. Baxter, Founder and Web Mistress, back in 2000.  Underground at first, the Soul Pitt has surfaced to the mainstream to become The Official #1 Community Web Site for Pittsburgh and named the Best Local Community Site in the East USA by BlackWebAwards.com

 

On this page, you will find info about the founder, awards received and media coverage.  Our site receives well over 350,000 views per month and it one of the best places you can advertise at to reach our target audience of adults 25-54.

 

 

Elaine Effort from KQV 1410 AM, invited Donna "SoulSis" down to the station for an interview about The Soul Pitt.  Catch the interview on KQV the following days:  Friday Jan 6th at 9:30pm and Sunday Jan 8th at 6:30am and 6:30pm.  Find out how the Soul Pitt got started, how its growing and info on Soul Pitt's upcoming Soulful Singles Social!

 

Congrats to The Soul SIS...for being selected as one of 50 Women of Influence by the New Pittsburgh Courier!  Donna, or Soul Sis as you all know her, has a web design company named Soul Pitt Media (formally Digable Digitals) to help more small Black businesses get online.  Through this, she saw a need for The Soul and has dedicated her time & web design skills to provide this site for the Soulful Pittsburgh community & others interested in our Soulful side!  Thanks to you all for supporting the Soul Pitt. Go to the New Pittsburgh Courier site to read about all 50 Women of Influence.   

  Send comments/questions to Donna at soulsis@thesoulpitt.com

 

 

 



Thank YOU Pittsburgh - We did it!  The Soul Pitt has been named 2007 BEST Local Community web site in the East USA.  Thanks to all your support, love, and voting, you helped put Pittsburgh on the Internet map.  It's a great time for all of our advertisers as well as you will be receiving national exposure.  Soul Day is TODAY, Nov 17th and celebrate with us downtown at the opening night of Carmen Jones.  Thanks again Pittsburgh.  We couldn't have done it without YOU.  Click here to WATCH the video and HEAR Soul Sis give her acceptance speech!

 

 

 

 

Web site helps promote 'soul' searching
Monday, March 27, 2006
By Monica Haynes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Contrary to what some think, there's a lot of soul in Pittsburgh, and soul sister Donna Baxter has built a virtual community based on its presence.

The 37-year-old entrepreneur and Webmistress is the creator of The Soul Pitt (www.thesoulpitt.com) a site developed in 2002 to give Pittsburgh's residents of color a place to learn about community and social events, businesses and other topics that may interest them.  Continue article here>>



 

Soul Pitt Makes An Impact!
Donna "soulsis" Baxter, creator of The Soul Pitt, was honored to chat with Darieth Chisolm about The Soul Pitt, which was featured on IMPACT Saturday, Dec 4th. IMPACT is a 30 minute weekly public affairs show hosted by Darieth Chisolm that focuses in on issues of importance to the minority and diverse communities.  IMPACT airs on Saturdays at 6am on WPXI and repeats Sunday on PCNC (The Pittsburgh Cable News Channel) 2:00pm - 2:30pm.  Darieth Chisolm is the co-anchor for WPXI.  Please click here to find out more about Darieth Chisolm who is a Detroit native.

 

 


Donna Baxter, originally from Johnstown, PA, is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications/Media.  She received her Master s degree in Education and Instructional Technology from American Intercontinental University Online in 2005.  She was recently nominated as one of the New Pittsburgh Courier's 50 Women of Influence (Seen sitting in far right below).
2005 Renaissance Publications Emerging Trailblazer Award Recipient

The Soul Sis was very honored to receive an emerging trailblazer award on March 19th, 2005 at the Black Extravaganza for creating The Soul Pitt.  There were so many beautiful African-American people in the house!  It was a proud night for all.  Great job to Connie and the Staff at Renaissance.  Thanks to Bonita, Lisa, Jackie, Spa Lady, Dana and the rest of the Soul Pitt crew for showing their support.  We had a ball!


Local web site represented soulful side of 'burgh at networking  by Murphy J. Hickerson
For New Pittsburgh Courier

" Get Motivated. Get Busy. Get Connected." was the theme of the 2005 PowerNetworking conference, held June 8 through 12 in Cleveland.

George C. Fraser, chairman and chief executive officer of Frasernet, Inc., is the creator and host of this annual event. He is considered by many to be one of the foremost authorities on networking and building effective relationships.

TheSoulPitt.com Web site founded by Donna Baxter-Hankins (Pictured right, with Bev Smith), can attest to the importance of relationship building. Through its relationship with Fraser, TheSoulPitt.com was able to be a media partner and exhibitor at the conference. 
Continue Story Here on the New Pgh Courier Web Site>>>

 

BACK TO MAIN


YOU Voted Us 2008 WINNER for Best Local
Community Site in the East USA!
THANKS TO ALL OF OUR SITE VISITORS


A Message from the CEO of
The Soul Pitt
Donna "Soul Sis" Baxter

Soulful Greetings! 
I have a gift for you all, but first let me tell you a few things. 

My vision for The Soul Pitt when I started designing this site back in 2000 was to basically showcase the Soulful side of the Burgh.  Believe it or not, the site used to be red, black and green with a different logo and stuff all over the place.  Glenn from Spirits Embodied was among some of the first visitors that discovered The Soul Pitt.  My friends like Verris, Yvette and Donna W. were among the guinea pigs that I emailed the links for them to test out. It took me a long time to get it where it is today.  There were a whole lot of late nights, computer eyestrain and frustration using some of the new software, but I was determined to complete it.  I wanted to give something back to my community.  With the addition of the e-newsletter, word spread about the site.  The Soul Pitt slowly evolved into this web community for Soulful people or those interested in Soul that Pittsburgh has to offer.  I soon began to realize - There IS a lot of Soul in this city!

Looking back, The Soul Pitt has really come a long way!  The Soul Pitt has been featured on KDKA, WPXI, Pitt Magazine, Various Black websites, and mentioned in the New Pittsburgh Courier.  The Soul Pitt has made business relationships with many minority and majority owned businesses as well.  But I knew that after awhile, there may come a time when I would need help.  So I started asking for volunteers.  All the ladies now involved (& some men) volunteer to work on different aspects of the site. 

Finally, I must stress that you please support the businesses and events on this site.  They depend on people like you to make it.  We make this city what it is. You can join in and be a productive part of it, or sit back and complain.  Pittsburgh don't make us - We make Pittsburgh! So my gift this year & every year to my community is The Soul Pitt.  I plan to keep this site professional, fresh, easy to use, organized and most importantly Soulful. This site is not about one individual, it is about a community of people -- That I love to uplift!  May you continue to use this site to find, explore, share, and promote all Soulful things in the Burgh!  And one more thing...Go Steelers!

Donna "SoulSis"
& The Soul Pitt Crew!

 

 

The Soul Pitt
815 Copeland Street, #117
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

412.407.SOUL