{"id":66,"date":"2026-04-23T03:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pittafricans.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:34:26","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pittafricans.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"66\" class=\"elementor elementor-66\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec9d630 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ec9d630\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-496edb39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"496edb39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3353e39a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3353e39a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d3c373 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"21d3c373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a2fa918 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a2fa918\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"singlepost-detail\"><p>The Pittsburgh Area African Professionals Organization is a small network of African professionals who live in the Pittsburgh area. Since its inception in 2008, our organization has grown from a small group of 8 friends to over 70 active members today. 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