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Archive for September, 2019

HUMP DAY 411

Free Events (or nearly) in beautiful Lawrence, Kansas For Sept. 25th – 30th ______________________________________________ Discussion groups | Create Change: Women, Democracy and Global Politics September 25, 2019 Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Dr. (785) 864-4900 Admission: Free Do you dream of creating change in your community, state or country? Dole fellow Nancy Bocskor will […]

September 25, 2019 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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Pinckney Working Group meets TONIGHT at 7pm

Hey Neighbors, Gentle Reminder, the Pinckney Working Group meets tonight at the Boulevard Grill @ DoubleTree Hotel

September 19, 2019 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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PNA Monthly Meeting TOMORROW at 7 pm

Hey Pinckney Neighbors, Gentle reminder — New time and place for our neighborhood monthly meeting. It’s TOMORROW at 7 pm at a residence: 401 Mississippi St. It’s a POTLUCK! So if you can, bring something to share. Last thing — please RSVP us at pinckney.neighborhood@gmail.com so we have a headcount. See you there for food, […]

September 16, 2019 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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TOMORROW! WALK PINCKNEY!!

10 am – 12 pm   We meet at the hospital parking lot, NW corner of 4th & Arkansas St.   Last month, was a great beginning to our third year of this important and fun program created by Pinckney President, Bart Littlejohn. Our focus is to spread the word about our premier event of […]

September 13, 2019 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Do you get weekends off work? Lunch breaks? Paid vacation? An eight-hour workday? Social security? If you said “yes” to any of these questions, you can thank labor unions and the U.S. labor movement for it. Many of the most basic benefits we enjoy at our jobs today were the result of years of hard-fought […]

September 2, 2019 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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September is INTERGENERATIONAL MONTH

Reach across the ages. You never know what might happen. The Intergenerational Foundation launched Intergeneration Month, held each September, to connect generations and to prompt folks from varying age groups to befriend and learn from each other. Intergeneration Month is endorsed by such groups as the American Library Association and American Association of Museums.

September 1, 2019 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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• Helpful Lawrence Area Links

  • Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
  • City of Lawrence, Kansas
  • Heartland Community Health Center
  • Just Food Douglas County
  • Lawrence – Douglas County Health Department
  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital
  • Lawrence See-Click-Fix Reporting for Potholes, Parks Issues, Etc.
  • Pinckney Elementary School

• Other Neighborhood Associations

  • Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods
  • Brook Creek
  • Delaware Street Commons
  • East Lawrence
  • North Lawrence
  • Old West Lawrence
  • Oread
  • Sunset Hills
  • University Place
  • Schwegler

• Changing our Neighborhood Name

  Our neighborhood name of “Pinckney” was recently changed to “Pinkney.” This change occurred because Pinckney with a ‘c’ was associated with Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a Revolutionary War general who signed the Constitution and who also was a slaveholder who believed slavery was fundamental to the American way of life (he owned a large plantation in South Carolina). Given this problematic history, neighborhood residents voted to change our neighborhood name. To learn more about the year-long process, go to our dedicated webpage. The final round of voting ultimately landed on the name of “Pinkney” in honor of William Pinkney, who gave a famous anti-slavery speech in 1789.