[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 14, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H2164-H2165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    MAKE A RIPPLE, CHANGE THE WORLD

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of three 
people who were victims of a horrific shooting that took place in 
Overland Park, Kansas, 1 year ago.
  On April 13, 2014, the lives of Reat Underwood, William Corporon, and 
Terri Lamanno were tragically cut short as a self-described anti-Semite 
opened fire at the Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom 
retirement community in Overland Park, killing all three victims. But 
rather than divide our community, this hate-filled act of unspeakable 
violence has turned into love, faith, and kindness to one another and 
has caused a groundswell of unity to show that Kansas is a State where 
people of all religions can call home.
  One hero from that day was Mindy Corporon. Mindy lost both her father 
and her son on the same day. Mindy has been a symbol for courage, as 
she has turned her loss and pain into kindness and understanding in our 
community.

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  Mr. Speaker, now 1 year later Mindy, this week, is helping lead a 
program entitled SevenDays: Make a Ripple, Change the World. It is a 
week full of events to encourage every citizen to be a force for 
goodness and kindness and unity in our community and in the world; and 
in doing so, it is a reminder that each of us can make a ripple and 
help change the world.

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