HARTFORD, Conn — Communities across Connecticut are celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday. In Hartford, the city’s alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. hosted its 39th annual scholarship breakfast.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity to bring the community together but more so to see the young women who have graduated and gone on to tremendous professional careers come back and speak and share with us,” said Joelle Murchison of the Hartford Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
The event raises scholarship funds for deserving African American, female high school seniors in the Greater Hartford area.
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“It allows typically four students a year for an initial award and then we provide renewal scholarships to students who are still in college. We also sort of in an informal way, mentor some of the young women as they move through their college experience,” said Murchison.
Organizers said in the 39 years of the breakfast, more than $400,000 in scholarship funds have been distributed to about 150 recipients.
“When I think of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I think of excellence and achievement. The purpose of this scholarship breakfast is to raise funds for young women in the Hartford area and that funding of their college education will allow them to achieve excellence,” said Demitra Jones, chairperson of the scholarship breakfast.
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