[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 125 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IN HONOR OF MAGALI ROHADY AND MINI MUNDO: FOR 25 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED 
            AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 12, 1996

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Magali Rohady, a 
committed individual and a professional. As the cofounder, editor, and 
director of Mini Mundo, she has contributed enormously to the Hispanic 
communities of Hudson, Paterson, Newark-Elizabeth, and Perth Amboy, NJ 
for 25 years. She, along with her husband and cofounder Jose Rohady, 
will be honored on Sept. 15, 1996, during a luncheon celebrating the 
25th anniversary of Mini Mundo.
  Mini Mundo was founded in 1970. The magazine, which focuses on 
various issues throughout the Hispanic community, has been in 
circulation for a quarter of a century. For more than 20 of those 
years, Magali Rohady has been responsible for the successful handling 
of Mini Mundo's publication. Her hard work and commitment to New 
Jersey's Hispanic community has earned her over 200 awards and 
certificates of recognition and appreciation from community leaders and 
organizations. She has been honored in past years as honorary female 
marshal for the Puerto Rican, Peruvian, Dominican, and Colombian Day 
parades and the only woman of Hispanic descent to be selected as grand 
marshal of the Hispanic/Italian Day parade.
  Magali Rohady's accomplishments as editor and director of Mini Mundo 
have won her acclaim throughout the Hispanic community. Her efforts and 
dedication to the magazine and to different Hispanic communities 
throughout New Jersey reflect the kind of individual she truly is. She 
is an individual who has sacrificed years of her life so that she can 
bring a heightened awareness to the achievements, issues, and problems 
confronting Hispanics today. For her years of distinguished service to 
the community of Paterson, NJ, Ms. Rohady, along with cofounder of Mini 
Mundo and husband Jose Rohady, were given the key to the city of 
Paterson by Mayor Bill Pascrell.
  Today Mini Mundo continues to serve as a reliable and valuable medium 
to Hispanics throughout New Jersey. By keeping the people in touch with 
news that affects them, Mini Mundo will continue to contribute to the 
unity of the Hispanic community for many more years to come. I commend 
Magali Rohady and encourage her to continue her vital service to the 
community as editor and director of Mini Mundo.
  I ask my colleagues today to join me in honoring this hard working 
and committed individual. Her accomplishments have won her the fond 
admiration of Hispanic communities throughout the State of New Jersey.

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