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Recognizing and celebrating Queen Judith Robinson for her tireless advocacy, insistence on being heard, and for her work to amplify voices of communities in North Philadelphia for the benefit of the entire City of Philadelphia, on the occasion of Black History Month.
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WHEREAS, Queen Judith Robinson was born September 1956 in Strawberry Mansion. She now lives in North Central Philadelphia. Coming from the Hebrew Israelite tradition, Queen Judith grew up not voting as a rule. But when her Simon Gratz peers voted for her to be Senior Class President, Queen Judith realized the obligation she felt to help her peers and to engage with her communities. Although she never had money, she knew she could work hard to make things happen. And when Charles Bowser ran for Philadelphia Mayor in 1975, Queen Judith registered herself to vote; and
WHEREAS, She increasingly understood that active citizenship is a critical pillar of democracy. Queen Judith became a Block Captain, and more recently seven years ago joined her Ward as a Committee Person. Although she is often asked about running for office, she has always been content being a citizen and recognized it as the most important position one can have; and
WHEREAS, Queen Judith initially attended college at Pratt Institute for Design in New York City. But she realized that she did not love New York City and its fashion industry - so Queen Judith decided to come back to Philadelphia and got her associate's degree from Tracey Warner School of Fashion Design and had just enough money to take two real estate courses at Community College in 1984. Those courses changed her life: she started selling real estate, has been in the business for 40 years, and became a broker 35 years ago, including starting her own company in 1992; and
WHEREAS, Marrying her real estate expertise to her sense of civic duty, Queen Judith has attended Philadelphia Housing Authority meetings, redevelopment and planning meetings, and City Counc...
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