By Devra Hall Levy for Miller-McCune
Bill Strickland hopes to persuade 200 cities around the world to replicate his arts, education and job-training program.

It’s late spring, and Bill Strickland is spending some quiet time in the ceramics studio at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, the art and job-training center he founded in Pittsburgh’s struggling Manchester area. Later in the evening he and his wife, Rose, will host a dinner for friends of the center, followed by the final jazz concert of its season. But right now, he wants to relax and throw a pot….

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