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The Laurasian Institution is seeking host families in Lawrence!

Chris Armstrong is the Local Coordinator for the Laurasian Institution, a non-profit based in Seattle that fosters exchanges between East Asia and the United States.  The Laurasian Institute is currently seeking families to host students from East Asia for the upcoming school year.  Students arrive in August and leave in May, and attend school full-time. This program provides an opportunity for families to participate in an increasingly globalized world.

Chris has provided information, below, with more details about the program.  Feel free to contact him if you have any questions!

Chris Armstrong
Local Coordinator (NE Kansas)
(785) 218-4360
jayhawker87@gmail.com

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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.