Led by Renaldo Pearson ’11 and assisted by Charles Fischer III ’97 and Shederick McClendon ’92, the Greater Pittsburgh Morehouse College Alumni Association (GPMCAA) was founded in 2021. The chapter obtained its official acceptance letter from the Morehouse College National Alumni Association (MCNAA) on October 27, 2021.
Like every other local chapter, GPMCAA exists to build on the MCNAA mission, which is to support and further the ideals and interests of Morehouse College. We do this through cultivating our membership and brotherly ties, financially supporting the college, assisting in the recruitment of students that will be the next generation of servant-scholar-leaders, and serving our community by continuing to lift as we climb in the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Boasting over 40 brothers (and counting) across 6 decades of Morehouse Men, the chapter currently meets virtually on the second Monday of each month at 7pm.
Morehouse Man, former Harvard Administrator, National Citizen Leadership Award Recipient, Criminal Justice Advocate, Democracy Reformer, “Good-Trouble” & Nonviolent Movement-Building Organizer. These are just some of the titles and honors Renaldo Pearson has earned over the past decade as a Civic & Social Engineer.
A Certified Nonprofit Professional (or CNP; the only national nonprofit management certification in the U.S.), he has managed, overseen, and/or impacted nonprofit staffs and coalitions of 10 to over 1,000 with operating budgets of $300K, $3M, $13M, and $200M, including a successful fundraising appeal for a first-of-its-kind $40M gift. His groundbreaking framework, “The 7 Deadly Sins of American Democracy,” has been credited with becoming “a touchstone for thousands of anti-corruption and pro-democracy activists around the country” by global think tank and government corruption watchdog Transparency International. And his work — advancing both historic Obama administration executive action on criminal justice reform and post-Obama democracy reform legislation (The For the People Act and Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act) to the top of the political agenda — has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Politico, The Hill, HuffPost, The Grio, Democracy Now!, C-SPAN, CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, local media outlets, film festivals, and most recently in both Josh Tickell’s book The Revolution Generation: How Millennials Can Save America and the World (Before It’s Too Late) and award-winning film The Revolution Generation (which premiered in theaters and across digital platforms on Earth Day, April 22, 2022). To be sure, no great achievement can ever really be singular. But, on the preceding list, Renaldo has not only been “in the room where it happened,” he’s typically been a driving force.
Renaldo was born in DC, received his secondary education in Prince George’s County (MD) Public Schools, and his BA in Political Science from Morehouse College — receiving 4 post-graduate trainings and certifications from the James Lawson Institute (Nonviolent Direct Action Organizing), Momentum Community (Building Nonviolent Popular Movements), Human In Common (DEI/Interrupting Racism), and the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (CNP). He currently resides in Pittsburgh (PA) with his wife (WPXI’s Emmy-Nominated Meteorologist Jessica Faith; Pittsburgh’s first Black female meteorologist) and he serves on the board of Free Speech TV (which broadcasts to 40-million homes as one of the last standing independent progressive national news networks). He’s also a member of the Executive Council of The Partnership Inc., and the Founding President (Board Chair) of the Greater Pittsburgh Morehouse College Alumni Association (GPMCAA), where he recently led the chapter in a successful campaign to become the first alumni chapter to reach 100% alumni giving in Morehouse College history.
The Rev. Charles L Fischer III is the Vice President for Seminary Advancement at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
Rev. Fischer’s parish ministry has been focused on the Christian formation of the children and youth of the parish as well as global and local outreach in areas of: feeding, clothing, and education.
Rev. Fischer received his undergraduate degree in finance from Morehouse College. After several years of working in New York City, he returned to his beloved alma mater, serving as the Associate Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Programs.
He continued his studies at the Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) in Alexandria, VA, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree. During his course of study he was deeply committed to the life of the community, holding many leadership positions including Student Body President. Also during this time, he was a Canterbury Scholar at the Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England.
Rev. Fischer is a fellow of the Black Theology and Leadership Institute at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has also studied at Wesley Theological Seminary, Howard University Divinity School, Columbia Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, Bexley Seabury, and the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Annually, Rev. Fischer returns to the Princeton Theological Seminary, serving as a Theologian in Residence with the Black Theology and Leadership Institute.
Rev. Fischer has served parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Mt. Lebanon), Diocese of Atlanta (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta and St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, Marietta), the Diocese of Maryland (St. James Episcopal Church at Lafayette Square, Baltimore),and the Diocese of Washington (St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, DC).
He also served as the Associate Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Development & Special Assistant to the President at Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, NC. Rev. Fischer’s work and ministry was focused on reestablishing and strengthening the relationship between the University and the Episcopal Church.
Rev. Fischer was proudly inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. International College of Ministers and Laity at Morehouse College in April 2012. He is also an inaugural member of The Martin Luther King Jr. International College of Pastoral Leadership. Rev. Fischer has served on the Board of Trustees for the Holy Innocents Episcopal School in Atlanta, GA, WellStar Atlanta Medical Center Regional Health Board, as well as the Alumni Association Executive Committee for the Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA.
Rev. Fischer is blessed to share his ministry with his lovely wife, Mrs. Rhonda D. Fischer. They are the proud parents of two sons, Charles IV and Cameron, who are students at St. Edmund’s Academy.
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