[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 143 (Thursday, November 20, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1648-E1649]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING DJOUNEDOU TITIKPINA

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 20, 2014

  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure and admiration 
that I stand before you today to honor Mr. Djounedou Titikpina for his 
many years of selfless and compassionate public service.
   Djounedou Titikpina originally hails from the nation of Togo, but 
brought his passion for public service and community building with him 
to the United States. This passion is clearest in Mr. Titikpina's 
founding of the African People Alliance, Incorporated. This 
organization, which serves as an umbrella organization for other groups 
working to develop the African community here in The Bronx, has the 
unique dual role of providing social services while also working to 
fortify the work of existing groups throughout the community. The 
African People Alliance routinely hosts cultural exhibitions, youth and 
adult soccer programs, and legal assistance to individuals, while 
providing groups with infrastructural support and development they need 
to grow. Additionally, the African People Alliance plays a lead role in 
the annual coordination of the Bronx African United Day Parade and 
Festival.
  Today, he serves as Founder and CEO of Djounedou T.'s African Fashion 
& Embroidery Design, Corporation, is a member of the Northwest Bronx 
Community and Clergy Coalition's Immigrant Rights Campaign Board of 
Directors, and provides services as a family court interpreter at 
Geneva Worldwide, Incorporated. With the ability to speak more than 
nine languages, Mr. Titikpina's talent to communicate and understand 
the needs of the community, and respond to them in meaningful ways 
comes as no surprise.
   Mr. Titikpina is an individual who is clearly committed to ensuring 
that our community's work in tandem to grow in healthy, respectable 
ways. He has fostered partnerships among groups and individuals that 
are all working towards a common goal, and this type of leadership is 
what keeps our community moving in

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the right direction each day. I am grateful to know that someone like 
Djounedou Titikpina is working in with and for our residents each day, 
and am proud to call him a fellow public servant.
  Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask that you and my other distinguished 
colleagues join me in honoring Djounedou Titikpina for his consistently 
remarkable dedication to public service.

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