[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E547-E548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           TRIBUTE TO NORA W. BRANDT: SPEAKING OUT FOR PEACE

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                          HON. CARRIE P. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 16, 1996

  Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
accomplishments of Nora W. Brandt, the principal of W.J. Bryan 
Elementary School in north Miami. Mrs. Brandt will be honored here in 
Washington tonight at a ceremony recognizing her efforts to teach young 
people peaceful means of resolving conflict.
  Too often in our society, conflicts are resolved through violent 
rather than through

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peaceful means. Mrs. Brandt's efforts to teach a new generation about 
ways to settle disagreements without fighting are very much needed 
today.
  To advance the cause of peace, Mrs. Brandt, in 1992 initiated a 
schoolwide peace campaign at W.J. Bryan Elementary. In subsequent years 
the school sponsored the Annual W.J. Bryan Peace Summit which has 
become a model for other area schools. Earlier this year, more than 
2,000 students and parents participated in a multicultural peace march 
organized by Mrs. Brandt and the students of W.J. Bryan.
  Mrs. Brandt has also coordinated the schoolwide training of all 
teachers in ``Creative Conflict Solving for Kids'' and established a 
Peer Mediation Program.
  In 1994 Mrs. Brandt was recognized as Peace Administrator of the Year 
by the Peace Education Foundation. Under her leadership, W.J. Bryan was 
named the 1995 Exemplary Peace School by Dade County Public Schools 
Multicultural Task Force.
  Mr. Speaker, I join with all of our community in honoring Nora W. 
Brandt, educator and peacemaker.

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