Community College Of Philadelphia Honors Local Northeast Philadelphia Neighborhood Leaders

PHILADELPHIA, PA, APRIL 15, 2005 - Community College of Philadelphia will pay tribute to six individuals from Northeast Philadelphia for their outstanding contributions at its Fourth Annual Distinguished Leadership Awards Breakfast to be held at the College's Northeast Regional Center, 12901 Townsend Road from 8:00 am to 9:30 am on May 3, 2005.

Each year, the awards ceremony recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions as leaders in education, community service, business, faith-based activities, as an elected official and as a high school student. Biographies on winners are available on request. This year's Northeast leaders to be honored include:

• Councilwoman Joan Krajewski
  6th Councilmanic District
  Philadelphia City Council


• Rosemarie McMenamin
  Vice President/Market Area Manager
  Sovereign Bank


• Ruth Horwitz
  Attorney at Law


• Brother James Williams, OSFS
  Guidance Department
  Father Judge High School


• Charles H. Kueny
  Community Activist


• Arkadiy Rafailov
  Student
  MaST Community Charter School