[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 148 (Thursday, October 8, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1453]
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                       GIRLS LIKE ME PROJECT INC

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 8, 2015

  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
acknowledge the Girls Like Me Project Inc for their 4th Annual Chicago 
Day of the Girl, this organization has connected more than 500 
Chicagoland girls with the global girl empowerment movement. Since 2011 
this non-for-profit group has been mentoring urban African-American 
girls in hopes to help them make positive life choices and connect 
globally with their peers. International Day of the Girl was adopted by 
the United Nations in 2011, since then millions of girls and women 
around the globe have participated in this movement to help educate and 
shed light on social and political injustices impacting girls and women 
across the globe. I support the Girls Like Me Project and commend them 
for their continued efforts to help the disenfranchised young women in 
the Chicagoland area and for their continued work with the global 
initiative known as International Day of the Girl.

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