Influential People

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Pamela J. Rich-Wheeler, Founder and Executive Director of the Business Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise

Mar 26, 2019 08:00AM

Pamela J. Rich-Wheeler has served over 1,000 clients and currently serves on numerous business boards throughout Philadelphia. She is also a former president of the National Black MBA Association. Aside from her non-profit work, Rich-Wheeler previously owned and operated PJ Travel and Tours, a for-profit travel agency she sold after five years. Her latest venture is a youth entrepreneurship program that helps introduce young people to the world of business. She also founded an enterprise competition that provides women with coaching and seed capital to start-up their business.

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Sharon Booker, Member of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania State Party. Pennsylvania State Committee, Member Sharon Hill Borough Council Member

Mar 26, 2019 08:00AM

Sharon Booker uses her political platform to make democracy a reality in the lives of the underserved. Booker is concurrently serving a second term as a member of Sharon Hill Borough Council and the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee and she is in her a first term on the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Party.

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Sherri Darden, Publisher & Editor of Scoop USA Newspaper

Mar 26, 2019 08:00AM

Sherri Darden has worked incredibly hard to get to her current position. After graduating from high school in 1987, she went to work for the Philadelphia Council for Neighborhood Organizations as a secretary/bookkeeper. During her time there, she became a young mother and went to work at the Defender’s Association where she worked for 29 years working her way up from clerk/typist to human resources manager. While there, she worked to advance the mission of providing criminal defense services to people who cannot afford legal representation. She worked behind the scenes to enable those on the frontlines to complete their daily work.

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Dr. Mrs. Adina Ekwerike, Acting Director of Maternal, Child and Family Health & Health Program Administrator

Mar 26, 2019 08:00AM

Adina Ekwerike has worked in maternal and child health for over 34 years. Within her medical studies, she has focused on nutrition science and the effect the length of stay in foster care has on a child’s health.

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Tom Micozzie: “The People's Mayor”

Feb 17, 2019 08:00AM ● By Andrea Lawful Sanders

Our initial contact with Mayor Micozzie was his wanting to train his entire staff on cultural sensitivities in a town that is shaped by so many different cultures; one would be hard pressed to stay abreast of it all. He recognized that diversity is something to be celebrated amidst the challenges he and his staff may face from having to be sensitized to the needs of each culture.

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Upper Darby International Festival Promotes Diversity

Feb 17, 2019 08:00AM ● By Joseph Warkreh T-Toe

Celebrating cultural diversity has now become a tradition in the township of Upper Darby, a suburb of Philadelphia. In its second year this September, the Upper Darby International Festival show cased how diverse and welcoming the township has become under the leadership of Mayor Thomas Micozzie, who is equally focused on rebranding the township’s image and improving its business climate.

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Upper Darby Council President Bonnet Supports Mayor Micozzie's Agenda

Feb 17, 2019 08:00AM

Donald Bonnett is Council President of the Township of Upper Darby. He has worked with Mayor Micozzie to advance the administration’s welcoming policy and its goal of forging a more diverse community with the immigrant population.

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Upper Darby Voices Supporting Mayor Micozzie's Agenda

Feb 17, 2019 08:00AM

From the School District, Police Department, the Sikh Community, and the Multicultural Commission, FunTimes Magazine has interviewed four members of the community on Mayor Micozzie's Agenda for Upper Darby.

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Terry Tracey Plans To Give Upper Darby an Economic Boost

Feb 17, 2019 08:00AM ● By Lois Cheaye

Terry Tracey’s mission as part of the Economic Development Advisory Committee for the Township is to attract economic development to Upper Darby, PA and create a model for inclusive innovation and economic growth. His focus is fostering development and growth in the township’s diverse communities and working with new entrepreneurs who want to open businesses through the township’s incubator program. The comprehensive plan reconnects the township to vibrant commercial corridors.

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Thomas J. Judge, Jr. Helps To Build Bridge Between Immigrants and Upper Darby Government

Feb 17, 2019 08:00AM

Upper Darby was a community built in the 1600s through the influx of immigrants settling in the area. Tom Judge and former Mayor Raymond Shay took note of their community’s history of immigrants and brainstormed ways to engage their new community members into feeling welcome.

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