[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WILLIE B. BROWN, SR., HONORED

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                          HON. CARRIE P. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 21, 1996

  Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, May 25, 1996, friends 
and relatives of Willie B. Brown will gather to honor his on-going 
commitment to the South Dade community. I am sure that my colleagues 
will agree with me that Mr. Brown is truly a man of distinction.
  Willie B. Brown graduated as the salutatorian of Mays Senior High 
School, offering a glimpse of the excellence he would continue to 
achieve. As an adult, Mr. Brown wasted no time getting involved in his 
community. He organized the Homestead Southwest Home Owners Association 
and formulated a youth advisory committee in the area. He has served on 
the Florida City Foundation community advisory board and worked to 
improve the Dade County criminal justice system. He has founded the 
Homestead Martin Luther King parade as well as the area's African 
heritage parade.
  Professionally, he has worked on behalf of migrant workers as the 
community service director of the Management Health Clinic of South 
Florida and has provided job training and housing information in his 
role as area director administrator of the Economic Opportunity Program 
Incorporated.
  Ever since I have known Mr. Brown, he has always been resilient and 
visionary in all the activities he has forged for our community's well-
being. He is imbued with a sense of commitment to any cause he takes up 
or any crusade he embarks on. His belief in reaching out to his fellow 
human beings is legendary.
  The numerous awards with which he has been honored represent an 
unequivocal testimony of the utmost respect he enjoys from our 
community. His countless efforts on behalf of others bespeak of his 
enduring legacy to those who would choose to dedicate their God-given 
talents to ensure a better future.
  I am proud to have active in my congressional district a man of the 
talent of Willie B. Brown. He serves as a living example of taking 
pride in one's community.

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