Ponsie B. Hillman Way

June 09, 2017

Ponsie_portrait.jpgWe are thrilled to report that Community Board 7 approved the resolution to designate the NW corner of 71st Street and Columbus Avenue as MRS. PONSIE B. HILLMAN WAY!

A ceremony will be planned in the fall.

Project FIND enthusiastically supported the street co-naming after Mrs. Ponsie B. Hillman -- a trailblazer in the civil rights and labor movements. 

Mrs. Hillman was a long-time supporter of Project FIND whose many years of volunteering made her a beloved member of our community on the Upper West Side, particularly at our Hargrave Senior Center.

 

Mrs. Hillman was also a relentless fundraiser on our behalf with legendary skills in running the Hargrave Charity Boutique.  She spent many years working with Center Director Aaron DeBroux and was well-known for being able to recruit and rally around sizeable groups of seniors to participate in our healthy and creative aging programs.

Read more about Ponsie Hillman's inspiring life HERE

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  • Barbara Dowdall
    commented 2018-12-20 06:25:48 -0500
    Mrs. Hillman was my 8th grade math teacher at Theodore Roosevelt Junior High in Philadelphia in 1959. She used the lesson about mortgage interest rates to raise the issue of racial discrimination in housing. Our class reacted with vigorous arguments that we carried on all the way down to the lunchroom. I remember her beauty, kindness and inspiring message written in my autograph book. Years later I saw her name in a news article about an NAACP convention. Pre-Google, I couldn’t figure out a way to get in touch. This street naming is well-deserved.