As the five times great niece of an enslaved woman and the four times great granddaughter of the enslaved woman’s half-sister and enslaver, Prinny’s identity is shaped by connections to her linked ancestors and linked descendants. There are enslavers among all the branches of her family, including those from the North. Her commitment to helping people face their own connections to slavery and its legacies, and to become engaged in dismantling systemic racism in the U.S. arises from those family connections. Prinny is a founding member of Coming to the Table, of the CTTT Linked Descendants Working Group, and of the blog, BitterSweet: Linked Through Slavery. She is one of the coordinators of a CTTT affiliate in the Triangle area of NC. Prinny is retired from a career in international leadership education, executive coaching, and organizational consulting, and the author of six books in those fields.
