LEE WALLS

AMANI CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Rev. Lee J. Walls founded Amani Christian Community Development Corporation in 1998, as a tax-exempt, 501.c3 faith-based community and economic development organization and is now its executive director.

The focus of the organization is to maximize the human capital of the Greater Hill District Community.  Understanding the need for a shared vision and responsibility for the uplifting of the Hill District community, its residents and its youth, the outreach of Amani is: “To facilitate healthy and safe communities by creating programs that educate the Hill District community residents and nurture youth, encourage community and economic development and promote a livable quality of life.”

Walls is a charter member of the Hill District Education Council, a former Board member of the Hill District Consensus Group, Clean Green Hill and former a working partner of the Schenley Heights Collaborative and SHORE Initiative.

A longtime resident of Pittsburgh's Hill District and a product of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, His post-secondary education began at Point Park University and eventually led to Hampton University. Walls responded to God's call to the ministry in late 1986 and continued with his studies at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and finally at Virginia Union University of Theology, where he was ordained as a minister.  

For the next years, having been ordained as a Baptist minister, Walls began community service in various capacities at several Hill District youth-serving organizations including Open Doors, Hill District Ministries, and Breachmenders and eventually serving as operations and program director for The Center That C.A.R.E.S.  As an active participant in the community and with a focus on ministerial duties at Macedonia Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, Lee continues to serve his Church and the Greater Hill District.