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Recognizing Vivian T. Miller for a Career of Service to the Citizens of Philadelphia in her Roles as Community Organizer, Ward Leader and Philadelphia Clerk of Quarter Sessions.
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Vivian T. Miller is a life-long Philadelphia resident with deep roots in her West Philadelphia neighborhood, where she has resided in her current home for the past forty-three years; and
WHEREAS, She has been a community organizer and committed volunteer for numerous charitable causes including, The 954 Garden Club, the Girl Scouts, her local church, neighborhood schools and currently serves as a Trustee at Wayland Memorial Baptist Church; and
WHEREAS, She has been a prominent leader in the Democratic Party for some thirty-five years and Ward Leader of the City's 51st Ward for the past twenty-five years; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Miller has served the citizens of Philadelphia in several roles during her long successful career including spending many years as a constituent services representative in the U.S. First Congressional District Office, the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes and the Philadelphia City Commissioner's Office; and
WHEREAS, Her committed service continued when she became the Democratic Party's endorsed candidate for the elected office of the Philadelphia Clerk of Quarter Sessions, the first African-American woman elected to that Office, which she held for more than twenty-years, before she retired in March 2010; and
WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia is a better place because of her dedicated service and the Philadelphia City Council is proud to acknowledge her exemplary career in public service; now therefore, be it,
RESOLVED, That the Philadelphia City Council hereby Recognizes Mrs. Vivian T. Miller for a Career of Public Service to the Citizens of Philadelphia in her Roles as Community Organizer, Ward Leader and Philadelphia Clerk of Quarter Sessions.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be Prese...
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