Amanosi Agbugui founded an annual 5k Victory Walk to raise money to fight Sickle Cell Anemia Disease. Her goal was to give back the community that gave to her support. Agbugui suffered severely from sickle cell, a disease that causes the red blood cells to form the shape of a sickle or crescent moon, causing reduced blood and oxygen flow.
Celebrating Philadelphia’s influential young people under 30.
In a time where contemporary gospel music is taking over the conventional Christian hymns and rewriting how the belief in God is expressed t…
Karen Warrington
Embraces Her African Heritage
By Njeri Dean
Culture is unique to every one of It makes us and tells distinct stories of whe…
As the Executive Director of the Office of Engagement for Women, Jovida Hill focuses on addressing issues facing women in Philadelphia. She leads the Philadelphia Commission for Women, which promotes civic, educational and economic policies that enhance the lives of girls and women. Hill previously served as an administrator in Mayor Jim Kenney’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion.
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.
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.
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.
