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Dennis Maurice Dumpson

Dennis Maurice Dumpson is an author, thought leader, strategic consultant, and racial equity practitioner. He is Founder and Principal Consultant of #InvestBLK, a boutique racial equity and strategic planning consulting firm that specializes in strategy development, training, and coaching for nonprofits and leaders. Prior to launching #InvestBLK, Dennis served as a Diversity Teaching Fellow and Lecturer at the Community College of Philadelphia.

As a thought leader, Dennis has published widely on the topics of racial equity, justice, and anti-Blackness. His work has appeared in The Washington Post and Socialist Worker and on the personal finance website CBS MoneyWatch. He is the author of What My Colored Eyes See (2009) and Black Washed: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Dreams, and Letters Addressed to Black Folk (2021). Dennis’s next book, Other Side of Soil: Our Journey through Mud and Magic will be published later this year. (Very Black Books, 2022).