[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 44 (Monday, March 22, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E446]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




A TRIBUTE TO JUANITA WEST TILLMAN, 29TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF 
                             THE YEAR--2010

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 22, 2010

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Juanita West Tillman 
of Altadena, California. Each year in March, in recognition of Women's 
History Month, we pay special tribute to the accomplishments made by 
our nation's most distinguished women.
  Juanita has been a resident of Pasadena and Altadena for 55 years. 
She taught for 26 years in the Los Angeles Archdiocese and Pasadena 
Unified School District, PUSD.
  During her career at PUSD, Juanita served on school leadership teams, 
school site councils, school library grant writing committees, Pasadena 
Historical Society Curriculum Committee, Language Arts Textbook 
Adoption Committee, LAAMP Family Leadership Team, and in a professional 
development academy and literacy academy. While teaching, Juanita 
acquired a real estate license and, upon retiring, she joined her 
daughter, Lynnette West-Cater, as co-owner of Westlyn Realtors.
  Juanita has volunteered as a mentor and advisor for children and 
youth, served on boards of service and community organizations, and has 
been effective in getting citizens registered to vote and out to the 
polls. She is a founding member and past president of Pasadena Delta 
Foundation, which is the first African American organization in the 
Pasadena area to establish a six-figure scholarship endowment fund; 
past president of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Gamma 
Lambda Chapter and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Pasadena Alumnae 
Chapter, respectively; chairperson of the Education Committee of the 
Pasadena NAACP Branch; current treasurer of the Pasadena Council of 
Women's Clubs; member of the Friends of the Pasadena Playhouse where 
she volunteers as an usher; and member of First AME Church where she 
serves as a Class Leader providing encouragement and service to her 
class members.
  Juanita served on the John Muir High School principal selection 
committee in 2003 and the teacher selection committee in 2007 and 
continues to be an advisor and active supporter of Mentoring & 
Partnership for Youth Development (MPYD), a male-mentoring program at 
John Muir High School. She also assisted in planning the Entering the 
College Zone, a National Black Child Development program.
  I ask all Members of Congress to join me today in honoring a 
remarkable woman of California's 29th Congressional District, Juanita 
West Tillman. The entire community joins me in thanking Juanita for the 
meaningful impact she has had on the 29th Congressional District.

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