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New Exhibit President’s House pays tribute to George Washington’s slaves
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Mayor Michael Nutter is shown cutting ribbon with attorney/activist Michael Coard to celebrate the opening of the Presidents House.
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The Voice of Angela Murphy
Angela Murphy believes that there is a difference between surviving and enduring. Surviving has victory as an aftermath and when you endure there is no end. Ms. Murphy is an author and motivational
speaker. The title of her book is Crossover to Healing, in it she shares her story involving abuse, neglect, and rejection. What makes her story/book unique is how she takes you on a journey through poetry and captivates the reader with her openess and simplicity as she bears her heart. Angela has been enriching the lives of children as a preschool teacher and for the last 7 years as a foster/ adoptive parent. Over the past 15 years Ms. Murphy has taught preschool at Blair Christian Academy, Children of Promise, All About Kids and has also operated a home day care. She has shared her story
via radio with such personalities as Bill Anderson (WURD-AM) and Patty Jackson (WDAS-FM) and with various blogtalk personalities such as Dedan Tolbert and Bro. Marcus - Elements of Inspiration. As a motivational speaker Ms. Murphy has shared her story with Gaudenzia house for women, New Direction for Women and a host of other womens groups. She has also hosted booksignings in and around the Philadelphia area at various venues and in Maryland, Delaware and New York. Angela believes that though the pain is evident, and the journey is inevitable, the healing is totally attainable!!
SURVIVE OR ENDURE Survive pain. Endure pain WHY? What good is a painful experience? Why can’t we just skip it? What doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger. WHAT?? I have survived awful pain! I don’t feel stronger! Stronger than who? Or what? I feel weak and afraid. I feel weak from the battles and afraid that they’re not over. Why should anyone survive? And why not give up? Maybe I am not yet a survivor. I have stayed alive. I’ve continued on, and I have lasted through. Does that mean I have survived? What about the scars, the bruises and the brokeness? Have I survived? Or have I merely endured??