It’s Women’s History Month, and since March 2020, ScoopUSA Media has made it our mission to salute African American Women History Makers, who deserve our applause. This week we salute and shine the spotlight on Rochelle Bilal; she’s a woman leader from our community who has made history in Philadelphia and has a story to tell.
Rochelle Bilal is a woman of substance who has made it through challenges and struggles and risen to the position of Sheriff of the City of Philadelphia; she was elected the second woman President of the Guardian Civic League. She made history again four years ago, winning the position of Sheriff of the City of Philadelphia, defeating the incumbent Sheriff at that time, Jewell Williams.
How did she end up in law enforcement, though? As Rochelle Bilal shared her story with me and said becoming a Cop was the last thing on her mind back in the day.
Sheriff Rochelle Bilal stated, “I attended John Welsh Elementary School at 4th and York in North Philadelphia. I was born in a house off of what used to be known as Columbia Avenue, then my mother moved us to 6th and York and then to Lawrence and Cumberland. That’s how I ended up attending John Wells Elementary School. As a teenager, I was first enrolled at Kensington High School; back in those days, Kensington High School was an all-girls school. Every chance I got, I kept asking my Mom to please enroll me in a co-ed high school. She ended up getting me enrolled at West Philadelphia High School.”
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