Former Philadelphia City Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller has made Transition

Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller was just out at the Germantown Juneteenth Festival a couple of weeks ago, enjoying the day with her grandchildren and daughter, and now, she has made her transition.

- Thera Martin

It's hard to believe she's gone when so many of her friends and supporters just saw her, like the other day.

In my book, Donna Reed Miller was some kind of special. One of the things I most appreciated about her was that what you see is what you get with her--there wasn't any fakeness about her. She was real, and she cared about the people of the city of Philadelphia and was a fighter for them.

Donna Reed Miller came up the old-school way, through the ranks of politics. She became a part of a powerful Northwest Philadelphia political machine led by the likes of the late PA State Representative David P.Richardson, then PA State Representative Dwight Evans (now Congressman Evans), former City Councilman John White Jr., former City Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco, John Myers, who worked for PA State Rep. David P. Richardson before he later on became a State Representative himself, PA State Senator LeAnna Washington and a host of others. There was Denis Montague. There was Mjenzi Traylor and his wife Fasaha. There was the late Bill Miller and his wife, Linda Miller. These were some of the key names who were part of the mighty Northwest political movement back in the day. Donna Reed Miller was part of all of that and, for many years, was the 59th District Ward Leader in Philadelphia.