AAPHI Alumna Denise Burgher works to commemorate black poet, author, and lecturer Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Denise Burgher of Penn helps organize a read a thon

Denise Burgher, AAPHI program alumna who is currently the senior team leader for curriculum and community engagement at the Colored Conventions Project at the Center for Black Digital Research at Penn State, has helped organize the #Harper200 Nationwide Read-a-thon, which calls readers and communities across the nation to read Frances E. W. Harper to celebrate her 200th birthday. For more information, and to register to participate: #Harper200