PHILADELPHIA MAYOR: How Cherelle Parker's 'village' made a path to victory
Surrounded by a crowd of orange-clad friends and supporters outside Finley Recreation Center in Mt. Airy during Tuesday’s primary election, Cherelle Parker said she wouldn’t be in her position without her “village.”
“I’m just feeling extremely humble and grateful for all of the people in the neighborhoods and communities that I grew up in who were a part of my village – who taught me how to serve people and who told me that dignity is more important than anything,” Parker told City & State Tuesday. “When people have dignity and pride in their communities and in themselves, a whole lot of other things change. But they can’t do that without economic opportunity, quality education, safe streets and clean neighborhoods.”
Parker, a West Oak Lane native who often relied on family and friends for support growing up, now does the same in her political career. After bringing her 10-year-old son into the voting booth with her, Parker recognized she wouldn’t be who she is today without the community support she received as a child and the same support her son Langston receives today.
Langston “knows what the sacrifice means and that’s what I’ve been trying to talk to him about. I’m here, but I’m not here without his grandmother, his godmother and his godfather. They’re with him when I’m moving about and I’m traveling,” Parker said. “Our village is tight and I’m super proud of that.”
https://www.cityandstatepa.com/politics/2023/05/how-cherelle-parkers-village-made-path-victory/386464/
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If all goes well between now and November, she'll be elected the Philly Mayor in November. We can't actually call her the Mayor until then.
