A Celebration of Healing and Hope

Monroe Community College alumna Dellenna Harper '09 will share her honest and inspirational story of her experiences living with racism and sexism at “A Celebration of Healing and Hope” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Nazareth College during Women’s History Month and Social Work Month.

Harper, also a Nazareth alumna, will talk about her descent into drug addiction and prostitution, and her challenging climb out to become a dedicated social worker. Her story is of the incredible resilience of the human spirit and is captured in her book, God’s Teardrop: My journey of healing from addiction and prostitution, with Jane Sutter Brandt of Sutter Communications.

When: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. March 24, 2022

Where: Beston Hall in Nazareth College's Glazer Music Performance Center. The event will also be live-streamed. A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants who want to attend virtually. 

Admission: Free and open to the public.

A question-and-answer session and a book-signing event will follow her keynote.

Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield is Title Sponsor of the event, with MCC and Nazareth College as co-sponsors in partnership with the YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County’s annual STAND Against Racism 2022.

Dellenna Harper's bio is available on MCC's news website.