[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 176 (Thursday, November 17, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     A TRIBUTE TO CHARLENE PHILLIPS

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS-

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 17, 2011

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Ms. Charlene Phillips, 
a native New Yorker with a passion for helping others through non-
profit means.
  Ms. Phillips was educated in the New York City Public School system. 
She attended Long Island University where she received an Associate's 
Degree in Liberal Arts and a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She graduated 
with Honors, Suma Cum Laude.
  Ms. Phillips is the District Manager for Community Board 3, a 
position she has held since January 2006. She began working for the 
Community Board in December of 2004. Ms. Phillips has always enjoyed 
assisting people and felt that she would be able to live her passion 
through her position of helping at the Community Board. She has managed 
for the past 15 years to work in the field of service provider to the 
community through diverse non-profit organizations.
  Prior to coming to Community Board 3, she worked in the office of 
Attorney Kimberly L. Detherage, again providing service to those of our 
community. Ms. Phillips possesses a humble spirit and is rarely seen in 
the forefront. In the 1990s she worked for a church where she provided 
services to the congregants, often utilizing the services of the 
Community Board and its former District Manager. Later, she worked for 
an organization, The Faith Center for Community Development, which 
specialized in capacity building for organizations within the faith-
based community to enhance the communities around them through areas of 
housing, day care, and multi-service facilities.
  In addition to her work at the Community Board, Ms. Phillips is very 
active in her church. Her activities include singing in the choir, 
teaching children in Sunday School, and she also worked with the Female 
Rites of Passage Program for young ladies between the ages of 12-18 for 
twelve years. She has recently become a Deacon in Brooklyn Community 
Church.
  Ms. Phillips believes that God places you in diverse circumstances to 
allow you to fully understand exactly where you should be and what you 
should be doing.
  Ms. Phillips' motto is: ``If she can help someone as she passes along 
this way; then her living will truly not be in vain.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Ms. Charlene Phillips for her 
extraordinary ability to serve her fellow constituents with unwavering 
dedication.

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