We wanted to call attention to all the people who are taking action to right the wrongs of the past by changing the names of well-known things in recognition of what we must do to be a more just society.  Here are just a few:

• NASA – for renaming its main office the “Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters” building after its first African-American female engineer
• Jeff Bezos – for renaming Amazon Arena as “Climate Pledge Arena” to remind us all of the urgent need for climate action.  We hope he will reflect that urgency across all his businesses.
• Disney Theme Parks – re-theming Splash Mountain as “The Princess and the Frog,” ride from the musical that introduced Disney’s first black princess, Tiana.
• Ken Burns – the noted historian and documentary film-maker for saying that monuments honoring the Confederacy “have to go.”
• The Chicks and Lady A – for changing their own names in order to “meet this moment.”