June PNA Meeting Zoom Recording & Meeting Transcribed

If you missed the Zoom meeting on Saturday and would like to watch the discussion, it can be viewed on our PNA YouTube channel.

The meeting conversation has also been transcribed. You can read it here: transcription document.

June 21, 2020 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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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.

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