The  Obichowski Award is given to Democrats from Southern Vermont for their service to their community and the state.

Judy Murphy holds up a sign at the Four Corners of Route 7 and 9 in downtown Bennington for the first ever National Pink Out Day for support of Planned Parenthood in 2015.

From  the Bennington Banner, June 21, 2023

Murphy, who was born and raised in Canada, was formerly a journalist who reported for Canadian daily newspapers and was the education editor for the Ottawa Citizen. After moving to the United States, she worked as the editor of the Brooklyn Heights Press in New York City, a senior reporter at Sports Illustrated, and served on the board of CETA in New Jersey.

A life-long advocate, Murphy used her professional experiences to organize a successful class action sex discrimination suit against Time, Inc., helped fund and later became the executive director of a center to help disadvantaged women re-enter the workforce, worked as state coordinator for Vermont National Organization for Women, and served as president of the Bennington Branch board of the American Association of University Women, where she continues to remain involved.

Murphy is a member of the Bennington County Democratic Committee, formerly serving as chair. Her involvement in the community and as a member of the Bennington County Democrats helped pave the way for countless southern Vermonters to win their elections.

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