Penny Dickerson
Tallahassee Woman’s Magazine Feature!
http://issuu.com/tallahasseewoman/docs/aug_sept2015_online/1 Click link above to view Tallahassee Woman Magazine’s August/September issue. My small debut is on page 57, but I am nonetheless grateful to be included! The feature highlight’s community organization PACE Center for Girls/Leon which originated in Jacksonville. Ironically, one of my first freelance articles in 2001 was on PACE Jacksonville and appeared in […]
Bishop Rudolph W. McKissick, Sr. “A 45 year Legacy”
It was a tremendous blessing to contribute my creative energy in the form of a poem to Bishop Rudolph McKissick, Sr.’s 45th Anniversary Celebration. Comforting was my friend Vincent Brown’s comment that he has never known me to write a poem that rhymes. That would be correct, but I knew I had to appeal to […]
Tom Joyner Family Reunion 2015
Joyner reunion showcases famous TV families September 10, 2015 Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, METRO Posted by editor Casts of iconic ‘Good Times’ and current ‘Black-ish’ among celebs at annual Labor Day weekend event in Orlando BY PENNY DICKERSON FLORIDA COURIER Black families from across the country upped the ante on the traditional Labor […]
Daytona Celebrates Juneteenth!
Daytona to stop asking about criminal convictions June 4, 2015 Filed under DAYTONA BEACH, LEAD STORIES, NEWS City announces plan to ban checkbox from job applications BY PENNY DICKERSON DAYTONA TIMES Daytona Beach joined a growing number of cities around the country this week when it officially announced it was banning the box […]
April Raquel: urban, rock, soul, funk
Ready for Jazz in the Gardens stage March 17, 2016 Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, METRO April Raquel’s self-proclaimed musical style is urban, rock, soul and funk. She’ll be one of the local artists showcasing her talent at the Miami Gardens music extravaganza. BY PENNY DICKERSON FLORIDA COURIER Jazz in the Gardens will kick off […]
Helping teens jumpstart their dreams (DDA 2016)
Helping teens jumpstart their dreams March 31, 2016 Filed under EDUCATION, FLORIDA, METRO Nine Florida students part of this year’s Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and Essence BY PENNY DICKERSON FLORIDA COURIER Nine Florida teens were among 100 high school students selected to participate in the ninth annual Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey […]
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