The 31st annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast recently drew nearly 700 people to the Connecticut Convention Center. Since 1985, the breakfast has helped the Hartford Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta award nearly $300,000 in scholarship funds to 135 high school seniors. Pictured (from left) are: Veronica T. DeLandro, president, Harford Alumnae […]
The 31st annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast recently drew nearly 700 people to the Connecticut Convention Center. Since 1985, the breakfast has helped the Hartford Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta award nearly $300,000 in scholarship funds to 135 high school seniors. Pictured (from left) are: Veronica T. DeLandro, president, Harford Alumnae Chapter; Cassandra Charles-Gerst, journalist, Hartford Alumnae Chapter; Frances-Julia Jaynes, scholarship recipient and University of Connecticut student; keynote speaker Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook; Tajanae Crawford, scholarship recipient and Quinnipiac University student; Gail Jackson, vice president of talent, inclusion and engagement, United Technologies; and Deloris Johnson Drakes, committee chair of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast.