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September 2020 PNA Meeting Recording on our YouTube Channel

The video recording of our PNA meeting that took place this morning is now available for viewing on our YouTube channel.

We heard a presentation from Jill Jolicoeur (Assistant Administrator, Douglas County); Derek Rogers (City of Lawrence Parks & Rec); and David Tucker (Bert Nash Homeless Outreach Team case manager).  To review the proposed map for the homeless camp, a draft Code of Conduct, and the RFP for homeless encampment services, please go to http://www.pinckneyneighborhood.org/news-info/.  You may contact the presenters at: jjolicoeur@douglascountyks.org (Jill), drogers@lawrenceks.org (Derek), and dtucker@bertnash.org (David).

Please note that starting this month, there will not be any closed captions on the video, nor a document with the transcribed conversation. Correcting the auto-generated captions/transcription is a hugely time intensive task. Due to severely limited grant funds PNA received this year, the executive committee made a decision last month to remove that duty from the coordinator’s responsibilities. Additionally, the video recording will only be available for viewing until the next meeting – after which point it will be removed.

September 19, 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.