Spotlight: Denise Dennis

Historian and author Denise Dennis will be honored at the 20th Annual Diversity Institute Dinner at Misericordia University in Pennsylvania on February 9th. Dennis is the author of Black History For Beginners, the president of the Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust, and contributor to the UN publication UNESCO Courier.

Dennis is also a descendant of the Perkins Dennis family, a group of African Americans who migrated to Northeastern Pennsylvania from Connecticut. The family boasts a legacy of service, including that of Prince Perkins, who died in the Battle of Wyoming during the Revolutionary War.

A limited number of tickets are available to the public, and may be reserved through the Diversity Institute at (570) 674-6217.

Our congratulations to Denise!