Support Our 2026 Fundraising Challenge
Last year, with help from dozens of donors, we successfully met our first challenge fundraising campaign launched with a $10,000 matching gift from Greg and Mira Zimmerman. The effort, as part of the 2025 Day of Giving, ultimately raised over $25,000 for the House Divided Project. This year in 2026 we are fortunate to have two Dickinson alums sponsor challenge gifts for the annual Day of Giving (April 7). Greg Zimmerman, ’83 and Eric Evans, ’78, are joining forces to offer $12,500 in donations that will be unlocked with a combination of dollars raised and donations received —so we will benefit from every gift of every size! Just click on the DONATE button and pull down HOUSE DIVIDED PROJECT from the gift options to make your contribution. Donations help support programming that serves low-income high school students, provides career-building opportunities for Dickinson undergraduates, and extends major online projects about popular K-12 classroom topics such as Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Underground Railroad.
Join our newly formed Finance Committee by contributing $500 or more. Or become a recognized project supporter by contributing $25 or more. Contribute any amount today by clicking the DONATE button above or by mailing a check payable to DICKINSON COLLEGE:
House Divided Project
c/o Director Matthew Pinsker
PO Box 1773
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013
House Divided Finance Committee (in formation)
Co-Chairs: Jordyn Ney (’23) and Greg Zimmerman (’83)
Some Recent Programming Highlights
Knowledge for Freedom Seminar
Each summer, the House Divided Project hosts a special free residential seminar designed to help high school students from low income or first generation college households get better prepared for college.
Dickinson & Slavery
Undergraduate students at Dickinson College have helped reshape our campus memory about formerly enslaved families who lived and worked on campus after the Civil War. Their work has led to reports, exhibits, and a new campus walking tour featuring our reshaped memorial landscape.
Gettysburg Address Lectern
Every spring, the House Divided Project hosts the annual J. Howard Wert Lecture on a Civil War era topic. This public event features the original lectern that was on the speaker’s platform when Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863. Past speakers have included Harold Holzer, Jonathan Holloway, Eric Wittenberg, and Christy Coleman. And the first 50 students who arrive always receive free copies of the speaker’s book.
Underground Railroad
The National Park Service has partnered with the House Divided Project on several online initiatives connected to promoting better history of the nation’s Underground Railroad, including the launch most recently of a new handbook and also a special digital mapping project on “slave stampedes” or group escapes.
