PHILADELPHIA, PA – July 7, 2026 – Senator Sharif Street (PA-3) issued the following statement regarding the passing of former State Senator Shirley Kitchen: The greatest legacy any public servant can leave isn’t found in the office they held. It’s found in the lives they shaped. Shirley Kitchen shaped mine. Today, like countless Philadelphians, I mourn the passing of former State Senator Shirley Kitchen. Senator Kitchen was more than a mentor to me. She was family. She was an essential part of the village that raised me. As a child, I spent countless hours in my father John Street’s City Council office, surrounded by the women and men of City Hall who looked after me as if I were...