This is a list of 527 individuals and 61 organizations who support our work to preserve
227 Abolitionist Place.

We began compiling this list in the Summer of 2020 during the emergency mobilization to #Save227Duffield. To add your name, contact us here.

For Identification Purposes Only*

Individuals:

• Aaron Kay, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

• Abigail Drach, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

• Abigayle Frederick, East Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Adriana Muñoz, Ybor, Tampa, FL

• Aiana Toychubekova, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

• Aimee Fleck, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• AJ Seiden, Brooklyn, NY

• Akosua Albritton, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Alainna Lynch, Researcher, Brooklyn NY

• Alan Bounville

• Alan Yaspan

• Alanna B

• Aleah Rajitsing, Professor, Brooklyn College*

• Alexander Eklund, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Alejandra Noyola, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn 

• Alex Kolosakas Syosset, Long Island, NY

• Alexandra Dickson

• Alexis Feliciano, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

• Alice Sturm Sutter, Retired Family Nurse Practitioner

• Alice Bennahmias, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Alice Wu

• Alicia Lowe, Brooklyn Native

• Allis Chang, Visual Artist, Philadelphia, PA

• Allison Harbin, PhD

• Allison Stadnik

• Aliyah Smith, East New York, Brooklyn

• Alroy Branigan,  Brooklyn, NY

• Alyssa Dennis, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

• Amanda Fulmer, Brooklyn, NY

• Amanda Renteria, Austin, TX

• Amanda Thieu, Philadelphia, PA

• Amy Briggs, Gowanus, Brooklyn

• Amy Harlib

• Amy Kwalwasser

• Ana DeJesus, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Ana Raickovich, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Andres Varela, Madrid, Spain

• Anevay Darlington, Bushwick, Brooklyn

• Angelina Bruno

• Anita Rosenblithe

• Ann Fawcett Ambia, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

• Ann Seymour, Journalist, Red Hook, Brooklyn

• Anna P.

• Anna Tello

• Annabel Rosario, Brooklyn, NY

• Anne Mlod

• Anne Rhea Smith, East Flatbush

• Anthony Beckford

• Apollo Newman, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Ariel E. Williams, Student, Silberman School of Social Work

• Mrs. Arvernetta Henry

• Asantewaa Gail Harris

• Ashar Foley, Professor, Fordham University

• Ashley Albert, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

• Ashley Jordan, Brooklyn NY 

• Ashely Winston

• Assane Ndiaye, Bedstuy, Brooklyn

• Ava Ferenci

• Aviva Pusey, Gowanus, Brooklyn

• Bailey Wilson

• Barbara Cassidy

• Basir Mchawi, Bronx, NY 

• Ben Abrams

• Betty Davis, Retired Educator/Professor

• Brian L Thompson

• Brice Gaillard, Brooklyn, NY

• Brittany Camacho, Manhattan, NY

• Caitlin Wolper, Brooklyn

• Cailyn Hansen, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

• Calvin Sauveur, Brooklyn, NY

• Camille Kuo, Oakland, CA

• Camille Nerney, Long Lake, NY

• Carl Westmoreland, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

• Carla Orlandi Cranford, NJ

• Carlen Deskin

• Carol Galli

• Carrie Hawks, Artist/Community Activist 

• Catherine Carpenter, Paoli, PA

• Catlin Hickey, Brooklyn, NY

• Cayla DeRegis, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Celine Degachi, Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

• Celia Walters, Staten Island, NY

• Cerene Roberts, Harlem, NY

• Chanel Matsunami, artist and teacher, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Chanzo Greenidge, PhD

• Charlene Nimmons, CEO, Public Housing Communities Inc., Brooklyn, NY 

• Charlotte Phillips, Brooklyn For Peace*

• Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, PhD, University of Maryland

• Cheryl Taruc, Brooklyn, NY

• Chloe Cockburn, Program Officer, Open Philanthropy, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

• Chloe Cole, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

• Christine Hardee

• Christopher H. Brown, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Christopher Petrie, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

• Cindy Gao, PhD student in American Studies, NYU

• Clarke Johnson, Teaneck, New Jersey

• Claire Beaufort

• Claire Lindsay, Tivoli, NY

• Collin Montgomery, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Corri Plunkett

• Courtney Almeida

• Cree McClellan, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn

• Cristina Alvarez, Lower East Side, NY

• Cristina Roti, Chicago

• Cydney Johnson, black student midwife, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn

• Cynthia King, Cynthia King Dance Studio, Brooklyn 

• Dale Byam, Professor, CUNY*

• Dan Perlman, Brooklyn, NY

• Dana McGuffey

• Daniel Calvo, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

• Daniel Lando, Pittsburgh, PA

• Daniel V. Gsovski

• Danielle Bullock

• Danté Crichlow, Brooklyn, NY

• Dara Adams, Downtown Brooklyn

• David Bragin, Lifelong Brooklyn Resident

• David Kanj, Sunset Park, Brooklyn

• David King, Board Member, NYC Arts in Education Roundtable

• Davis James, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn 

• Chaplain DeBoRah Dickerson 

• Deborah Tint, Librarian

• Diana Chase, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Diana Hart, Kalamazoo, MI

• Diana Hosameldin, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

• Diana Rodin, Brooklyn 

• Divya Anantharaman

• Dolila Baret, Professor, University of Leningrad

• Don Bickford, Downtown Brooklyn

• Dorothy Wilsey, President National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum

• Dusti Morales

• Dylan Murphy, New York, NY

• Ed Herzman

• Eddie Griffith

• Eden Staten, Bronx, New York

• Dr. Ednita M. Wright

• Ekenchole Seshat, Sakhu Healing Arts Center, Crown Heights, Brooklyn 

• Elaine Gay

• Eli Bierman, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Elissa Chun

• Elizabeth Black, Downtown Brooklyn

• Elizabeth Dickinson, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

• Elizabeth Lok Ung

• Dr. Elizabeth Martin, Archaeologist

• Elizabeth Moore, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

• Ellen Bolotin, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

• Ellen Gruber Garvey, PhD

• Elyse Johnson, Resident, Duffield St / Abolitionist Place

• Emelie Ali, Englishtown, NJ

• Emily Batista, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Emily Ceballos, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

• Emily Hartford

• Emily Suzuki

• Emily Weinrebe, LMSW, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

• Emily Zulz, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Emma Dieter, Collegeville, PA

• Enensaauas Rastrygina, Doctor of Acupuncture, Brooklyn

• Enid Braun, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

• Erica Spera

• Ericka Hart, Educator, ihartericka, Brooklyn

• Erin Lilli, M.Arch, MS.Arch, Adjunct Instructor, Urban Studies, Queens College*

• Erin R. Santana, PhD Student, Rutgers University-Newark

• Ethel E. Tyus Esq.

• Fanula Karanxha, Brooklyn

• Forrest Stevens, San Jose, CA

• Fran Shapiro

• Franki Violet, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

• Gabriella Ansah, MSW

• Gabrielle Kleinberg, Westchester, NY

• Gabrielle Larochelle, Manhattan, NY

• Gail Bennington

• Gautam Jain, San Francisco, CA

• Georgia Wall, artist & educator

• George Bueno

• Gilda Pervin, Bowery, NY

• Gina Arias, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

• Gina Geshlider, Battery Park, NY

• Gloria Jacobs

• Gregory C. Baggett

• Gretchen A. Duling, PhD

• Grethen Begley, East Elmhurst, NY

• Hale Sheffield, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

• Haley Schwartz, Lifelong Brooklyn Resident

• Hannah B

• Hannah Wilson, Downtown Brooklyn

• Harley Brown

• Hazel S. Pinder

• Heather Krannich, Morristown, NJ

• Hemani Hughes, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn 

• Henry Euler

• Hilary Cianciolo, Bushwick, NY

• Holly Spiegel

• Holly Staggs, Staten Island, NY

• Hope Weber, Washington Heights, NY

• Ilana Rutberg, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

• Immaculata Ermocida

• Isabel Sousa

• Isabella De La Rosa, Washington Heights, NY

• Isabella Marino, Lower East Side, NY

• Isak Buan

• Isidora Finkelstein, LMSW, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Jacqueline Braslow, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

• Jacqueline King-Howell, Filmmaker

• Jacqueline Moore, Brooklyn, NY

• Jada Williams, Brooklyn, NY

• Jadari Brisport, Incoming State Senator, District 25

• Jaelene Perez, Bronx, NY

• Janelle Sopko, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

• Jean Marie Mckee

• Jelani Fraser, East Flatbush, Brooklyn 

• Jenna Montemayor, Woodside, NY

• Jenna E. Tally

• Jenna Walsh, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

• Jennie Spector

• Jenny Hipscher, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

• Jennifer Kim

• Jerry Lieblich, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Jerry Polner

• Jerry Rivers

• Jesse Perkins

• Jessica Duby

• Jessie Dessus, Elementary School Teacher

• Jet King, Kensington, Brooklyn

• Jill Larson, activist

• Jillian Powers, PhD

• Jim Driscoll, Historian, Queens

• Jiwon Ha, Artist, New Orleans

• Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon 

• Joan DiMartini, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn 

• Joanna Franchini, Brooklyn, NY

• Jody Landis, Sugarloaf, PA

• Joe Maniscalco, Journalist, Brooklyn 

• Joelle Serrano

• John C

• John Oseid

• Jon Schoss

• Jonathan Cherr

• Jonathan Spear, Brooklyn, NY

• Jordan Cook

• Joscelyn Jurich, PhD Candidate, Columbia University

• Joshua McCaw, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

• Joshua Mullenite, PhD

• Judith Ackerman

• Judith Wolochow

• Julia Charles 

• Julia Turner, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

• Julie M. Finch, Co-chair, Historic District Council

• Juliet Anderson, Therapist at Alliance Psychological Services, Bushwick, NY*

• Justin C. Cohen, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

• Justin Hill, Veteran of the USMC, Brooklyn

• K. Soerianata

• Kait McDougal

• Kaitlin Allsopp

• Kalyn Boudinot, South Slope, Brooklyn

• Kandra Clark, Advocate, Forest Hills, Queens

• Karen Mahler, Brooklyn

• Karen Paez, Woodside, Queens

• Karen Wang, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Kathleen Geiszler, Downtown Brooklyn

• Kathleen Lynch Gaffney, Brooklyn, Parishioner of Oratory Church of St. Boniface

• Kathleen Stack, LCSW, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn 

• Kathryn Friel, Boston, MA

• Kathryn Vetter, Bushwick, Brooklyn

• Katie Etych, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn

• Katrina Siladi, Brooklyn, NY

• Kay Sorin

• Kaya Alberto-Fridman, Borough Park, Brooklyn

• Kayla Christopherson, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Kayla Thong, Canarsie, Brooklyn

• Keenen Willis, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Keith Brooks, Brooklyn for Peace *

• Kelly Vaughan

• Kelsey Weber, Ridgewood NY

• Kendall Jackman, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 

• Kevin O’Brien

• Kiana Brown, Mill Basin, Brooklyn

• Kiana Howard from, Hempstead, NY

• Kim Marshall

• Kim Morales, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

• Kizzi Belfon Louison

• Kristine Bruch, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Kulani Jenkins, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan

• Kurt Hill, The People's Firehouse, Inc. Williamsburg, Brooklyn*

• Laila Lott, business owner, Bushwick, Brooklyn

• Lainey Espick

• Laila Lott, NYU grad & business owner, Bushwick, Brooklyn

• Lamont Jones, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Lanasia McMillan, Bronx, NY

• Lara Badr, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

• Latifa Khayat, Greenwich Village, NY

• Laura Vila Rawson

• Laura Whitehorn, Brooklyn-born

• Laurel Ullyette, Immediate Past President of Harriet Tubman Boosters

• Lauren G

• Lauren Gniazdowski, Clinton, Brooklyn

• Leah Roco, Bushwick, Brooklyn

• Leo Sherman, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

• Lex Singer

• Libby Fearnley, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Lillian Kang, PharmD

• Lillien Nathan

• Lindsey Coyle, Downtown Brooklyn

• Lisa Navarra

• Liz Sharp

• Liza Pross, Downtown Brooklyn

• Lora Tofte

• Lorenza Collins, Educator, Pratt Institute

• Lorraine Perricone-Dazzo

• Louis Boudinot, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Love Muwwakkil

• Lu Yim, Brooklyn, NY

• Luisa Muhr

• Lydia Green, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• M. Montasser

• M. Pierro

• M. Saunders

• M. Vallejo

• Madalyn Geraldine

• Madison Mitchell, Bay Ridge, NY

• Major King, Kensington, Brooklyn 

• Makayla Bowdren, Philadelphia, PA

• Malaika Aaron-Bishop , Brooklyn , NY

• Malcolm Sacks, Crown Heights, Brooklyn 

• Manon Vergerio, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

• Marc Gerber

• Marcela Mitaynes  

• Marcia and Donald Wolochow

• Margaret Murray, Gravesend, Brooklyn

• Margo Johnston, Park Slope, Brooklyn 

• Marianne McCarthy, The Spence School

• Marie Wyatt, Brooklyn 

• Marika Plater, PhD candidate in History, Rutgers University

• Marissa Rozario, Evergreen, San Jose

• Marjorie Isaacs, LMSW, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

• Marshalla Ramos-Inde

• Martha Southgate, Novelist

• Mary Buchwald, Brooklyn for Peace

• Mary Guillermo, East New York, Brooklyn

• Mary Suk, Woodside, Queens

• Matilda Paul, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

• Maura Smale, NYC College of Technology, CUNY

• Max Dury

• Max Fine, Bushwick, Brooklyn

• Max Young, Park Slope, New York

• Maya Herman, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

• Maya Lee, Purchase, NY

• Meila Migdalia Vazquez-Miller, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

• Melanie Deisz, Brooklyn

• Melissa Morton 

• Meredith Metcalf, New York, NY

• Meredith TenHoor, PhD.

• Mia Walker, East New York, Brooklyn

• Micha Borneo, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn 

• Michael Kengmana, Sunset Park, Brooklyn

• Michael Melandro, Bushwick, Brooklyn

• Michael Russoniello, East Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Michele Stein 

• Michelle Thiele, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Mike Buzzel, Lower East Side, NY

• Mike Jones

• Milan Weatherspoon, San Diego, CA

• Mitchell Grubler, Chair, Queens Preservation Council

• Mohammed.Nurhussein, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

• Molly Culver

• Molly Donahue

• Mouli Ghosh, Student, New York University

• Ms. Caponi

• Nadya Ali, Upper West Side, NY

• Nancy Preston 

• Naomi Coupet, Bergen County, NJ

• Natania Kremer, Brooklyn NY

• Natasha Furan, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

• Natasha Pasternack, LMSW, Queens, NY 

• Nebila Oguz, Brooklyn, NY

• Nellie Davis

• Nelly Reznik, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

• Nichole Barrett, LMSW

• Nick Balaban

• Nicki Miller, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

• Nicole Casamento

• Nichole Gooding, Maplewood, NJ

• Nico Bull, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

• Nicole Albdewi, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

• Nicole Ambruch, Weston, PA

• Nicole Boudinot, Park Slope,Brooklyn

• Nicole DeNuccio, RN, Bushwick, Brooklyn

• Nicole Kent, Student, City College CWE,  Brooklyn, NY

• Nikiesha Hamilton, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Nina Makanjee, Brooklyn, NY

• Noah Rocklin

• Nyalahrahsja Allen, Sacramento, CA

• Odalis Lopez, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

• Ofronama Biu

• Olivia DiGangi, Greenpoint, Brooklyn

• Olivia Minjae Lee, Brooklyn

• Olivia Trozze, Brooklyn, NY

• Oliver, Rodriguez, Ballard, Seattle

• Oluwakemi Omotunde 

• Onjena Yo

• Pamela Brown, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Passion Freeman, Bronx, NY

• Patricia Gray, MSc, Brooklyn, NY

• Patrick Johnson, Brooklyn, New York

• Paul Deceglie, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

• Paul Truesdell, Descendent of Thomas and Harriet Truesdell, Okinawa, Japan

• Peter Velez, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

• Phil Rowan, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Qobi Quainoo, Bethlehem, PA

• Ra'Lisa Smith, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Rachael Wilde, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

• Rachel Aeadan

• Rachel Alicea, musician, Gibbons

• Rachel Ashen, Brooklyn, NY

• Rachel Barr, Brooklyn, NY

• Rachel Collins, MS, Ed, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

• Rachel Dixk

• Rachel Simone

• Rae Binstock, BA, Columbia University

• Rahwa Haile, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn 

• Ramona Gomes-McEwen, Bushwick, Brooklyn

• Raquel Kahn

• Raul Rothblatt, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

• Rebecca Hutcheson

• Rebecca Sheahan

• Rebecca Shulman

• Rebecca Silverman, MD

• Hon. Renee Collymore, Former District Leader, Brooklyn

• Robert Landau, Activist, The Brooklyn Anti-gentrification Network (BAN)

• Robin McGinty, PhD Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center 

• Rodney King, Kensington, Brooklyn 

• Rojo Robles Mejía, Professor, Brooklyn College *

• Rokiatou Nahela Zauret, Oakland, CA

• Ron Krasnow

• Roxy Gates, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

• Roy Felshin, New York, NY

• Rue Pepper Aisenberg, Orange, MA

• Ryan Natsis, Gowanus, Brooklyn

• Ryun Harrison, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

• Saadia Khalid, Brooklyn, NY

• Sachar Mathias, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Sade James, East New York, Brooklyn

• Safaya Edwards, Bronx, NY

• Saleem Gondal, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Sally Hipscher

• Sally McMahon

• Sally Young, New York, NY

• Sally Zieper, Student, Brooklyn College

• Sam Griffith, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Sam Morrison, Bedstuy, Brooklyn

• Sam Ourlicht, Bushwick, NY

• Samantha Arcade, Writer, Brooklyn

• Samantha Arias, Brownsville, Brooklyn

• Sandra Chen

• Sandra DiPillo Twigg, Sunset Park, Brooklyn

• Sang Yi Choung

• Sara Eldridge, LMSW, Astoria, NY

• Sara’o Bery, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Saraah Dickens, Sunnyvale, CA

• Sarah Bussey, Ossining, NY

• Sarah Gardner

• Sarah Valeri, LCAT, Brooklyn, NY

• Sarika Kumar, Organizer, Long Island, NY

• Savannah Aldridge, Rogers Park, Chicago

• Scott Andrew Hutchins

• Sean Hernandez

• Shaina Sanchez

• Share Roman, Former Bed-Stuy Resident

• Shari Berman, partner, Evidence Design

• Sharon D’Arcangelo 

• Sharon Daughtry, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn 

• Shavagne Scott, Student

• Sibilla Maiarelli, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

• Sierra Black, Sunset Park, Brooklyn

• Silvia Barer

• Simone Gamble, Washington Heights, NY

• Sonya Lustig, Lower East Side, NY

• Soriya Ma’at Nefer, NBPR, NYC

• Soula Smith

• Soyeon Yu, New York, NY

• Stacy Strobel, Educator, Brooklyn NY

• Dr. Stefanie A. Jones, New York University*

• Stefanie Steele, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn

• Sterling Harris, Denver, CO

• Subhah Agarwal

• Susan Boudinot, Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Susannah Pasquantonio, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

• Sylvia Morse, Fort Greene, Brooklyn 

• Sylvie Fried, Harlem/Morningside Heights, NYC 

• T. Hray, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• T. Rasul Murray, Public Historian

• Taitu Fedenko, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn 

• Tamar Mose, Professor, CUNY *

• Tamara Gayer

• Tara Burke, City of Eugene employee, Eugene, Oregon

• Tatiana Varchola, Ridgewood, NY

• Taylor Hillman, Brooklyn, NY

• Teresa Langford

• Thai Singer, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 

• Thinh Le

• Thomas Abbot, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

• Tia DeVincenzo

• Tian Yi, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

• Todd Fine, President, Washington Street Advocacy Group

• Tom Angotti

• Tom Siracuse, Manhattan Local of the Green Party

• Tricia Olayinka Ben-Davies, Brooklyn, NY

• Trixie Jupin, MBA, Auburn, NY

• Vanessa Bretas, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Verónica Sousa

• Victor Batista, Flatbush, Brooklyn 

• Victoria Alexander

• Victoria Cambranes, Candidate for City Council District 33

• Victoria Meyer, Manhattan NY

• Violet Hull, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

• Vivian Y. Ohtake-Urizar, Upper West Side, NY

• Will Esswein, Vienna, Virginia

• William Heerwagen, NY, NY 

• William Somerville, PhD, Ridgewood, Queens*

• Willie Watkins

• Xenia Viray, citizen

• Yohance Barton, Flatbush, Brooklyn

• Yagmur Erdogan, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

• Zakiyah Sayyed, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn 

• Zena Spratley, Manhattan, NY

• Zoe Steinberg, Brooklyn, NY

• Zakhele Zamisa, Lower East Side, NY

• Zhenia Nagorny, Brooklyn, NY