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Honoring and celebrating Sandra Murdock, whose love for the people around her nourishes and uplifts the people and spaces that she graces, for providing to her community and for her commitment to mentoring young girls and boys across the City of Philadelphia, on the occasion of Black History Month.
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WHEREAS, Sandra "Sandy" Murdock was born and raised in North Philadelphia. She has lived in Nicetown for 45 and one half years. She loves her neighborhood and retired from the Internal Revenue Service after 31 years. She is a single parent and an awesome mother to Taj Murdock, who taught her how to be a mother. She went to public schools in Philly, graduating from Kensington High in 1967, when it was still all-girls; and
WHEREAS, One of seven children, Sandy had two older siblings and four younger. On the little block she grew up on in North Philly, everyone was family and looked out for one another. When she looks back, she recognizes the impact it has on her feelings about community today, she continues to believe we must love, encourage and help each other to become a better community; and
WHEREAS, Sandy thinks of herself as a people-lover at her core. She has always been that person, who encourages others to strive and not stagnate. She loves children, and volunteered at Stenton Park after school programs for years, it was one of the joys of her life to assist with children; and
WHEREAS, As a block captain for nearly two decades, she encourages her neighbors to be there for one another. The majority of her block is elderly and Sandy makes sure folks support each other. She attributes that to her upbringing in North Philly, when a neighbor had a need, she learned to help meet that need - she learned that's how North Philly is; and
WHEREAS, When one of Sandy's neighbors lost her job, Sandy's mother sent Sandy to the chicken store. Sandy noticed that her mom had not used all the chicken from the store - that instead her mom had given some to the neig...
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