[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 71 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             SALUTE TO URSULA SHERMAN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 7, 2000

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, today I salute, congratulate, and honor Ursula 
Sherman.
  Ms. Sherman has been a founding and active Board member of Building 
Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) for more than 29 years.
  Ms. Sherman came to California in 1938 after her family spent five 
years in Paris as refugees from Nazi Germany. She learned the 
importance of volunteerism as an undergraduate at the University of 
Wisconsin and during her year as a researcher at the Nuremberg trials, 
where she fully grasped the concept that there but for the grace of God 
go I.
  Ms. Sherman became an advocate for youth as a children's librarian 
and University of California at Berkeley visiting lecturer. In her 
``other'' vocation as a community activist organizer, she worked hard 
at integrating Berkeley schools in the late sixties. She and members of 
the Jewish Community organized the Hillel Streetwork project, which 
later became Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency or BOSS. This 
organization continues to serve the homeless and mentally-disabled 
populations in the East Bay, thanks to her leadership 29 years ago.
  In addition to her work in BOSS, Ms. Sherman is also a past or 
current board member of such organizations as The Jewish Music 
Festival, The Traveling Jewish Theater, the American Jewish Congress of 
Northern California and the Berkeley Public Library Foundation.
  In honor of Ms. Sherman's many contributions to our community, BOSS 
is hosting a Tea Ceremony in her honor at the Rose Garden Inn in 
Berkeley, California. Proceeds from this event will benefit BOSS's 21st 
Century Charitable Fund which is dedicated to ending poverty and 
homelessness in our community.
  I proudly join the friends and colleagues of Ursula Sherman in 
recognizing her community leadership and activism, as well as 
celebrating her many years of extraordinary service to the people and 
organizations of the East Bay.

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