EVENTS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Upcoming and past presentations — Gwendolyn Ruth Dickinson is available to speak upon request.

UPCOMING EVENTS!

  • Dock Woods/Living Branches Senior Community — Presentation — Thursday, February 19, 2:00pm, 275 Dock Drive, Lansdale, PA 19446

  • Greater Deliverance Church — Information table — Friday & Saturday, February 27 & 28, 800 S 1st Avenue, Coatesville, PA 19320 

  • Lebanon County NAACP Freedom Fund Gala - Saturday, February 28th - Project Information table
    Lebanon NAACP Updates

  • Millersville Historical Society - Presentation - Saturday, March 14

  • Mt.Gretna Chautauqua - Speaker Series - Friday, June 12, 7:00PM

Past Events

  • 2025 Crossroads to Innovation Tour - Saturday, September 27th, 2025

  • Lancaster History - Presentation - From Blacksmith to Inventor: The William Chester Ruth Legacy - Thursday, September 18th, 2025

  • Advantage Lancaster - Summer Session at Franklin and Marshall College - June 2025

  • Presentation at Paradise Lions Club - Speaker Series, Christiana, PA —
    Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 7:00PM

  • Driven to Design Event — Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 3:30PM — with unveiling of Mr. Ruth's Collection - Photographs, Patent Applications, Blueprints, Business Correspondence, Marketing Materials

  • The Christiana Historical Society - Speaker Series, Christiana, PA —
    Thursday, February 27, 2025, 7:30PM

  • Westminster Presbyterian Church, West Pleasant Grove Road, West Chester, PA 19383 — Tuesday, February 25, 2025

  • Historic Preservation Trust, North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA —
    Wednesday, February 12, 2025

  • Sadsbury Friends Meeting, Simmontown Road, Atglen, PA 19310 — Saturday, January 4, 2025

  • Tel Hai Retirement Community, Honey Brook, PA — October 21, 2024
    at 2:15PM

  • Historical Society of Salisbury Township, Gap, PA — October 17, 2024
    at 7PM

  • 2nd Annual Inspiration & Innovation Gala, Ware Center at Millersville University - September 17, 2024

Past Events

  • Kendal Crosslands, Kennett Square, PA — April 5, 2024

  • Landis Homes Retirement Community, Lititz, PA - March 12, 2024

  • A Father Forever - February 2024

  • Innovation & Inspiration Fundraising Gala, White Chimneys, Gap, PA — September 19, 2023

  • Salisbury Township Alumni Association, White Horse, PA - April 2023

  • Hutchinson UAME Church, Coatesville, PA - February 2023

  • Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum, “Meet Inventor Wm. Chester Ruth”, Lancaster, PA - May 2022

  • Landis Homes Retirement Community, Lititz, PA - April 2022

  • Garden Spot Village Retirement Community, New Holland, PA - April 2022

  • First Baptist Church of Passtown, Coatesville, PA - February 2022

  • Tuesday Alive - Ridgeview Mennonite Church, Gordonville, PA - September 2021

  • Quest for Learning, Lancaster, PA - September 2019

  • Bridge of Hope, Coatesville, PA - August 2019

  • Landis Valley Farm Museum, Lancaster, PA - June 2019

  • Association for the Study of Afro American Life and History, Philadelphia, PA - August 2018