[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 30 (Thursday, February 25, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E224-E225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING ZELMA BROOKS WASHINGTON'S 50 YEAR MEMBERSHIP IN THE DELTA 
                             SIGMA SORORITY

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                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 25, 2016

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today I would like 
to recognize an important milestone for a dedicated member of the 
African American and Dallas Communities. On January 31st, 2016, Sister 
Zelma Brooks Washington was honored for her fifty years of membership 
in the Delta Sigma Sorority, an organization comprised of college-
educated black women that provides community support throughout the 
world. The sorority has over 200,000 members, and was originally 
founded here in Washington DC at Howard University.
  Mrs. Washington is a graduate of Jarvis Christian College and the 
University of North Texas. She had a career dedicated to the greater 
public--she was a teacher and counselor here in the Dallas area for 
decades. In addition to her career as an educator, she has been active 
in her relationship with the Greater Golden Gate Church, working with 
the Deaconess, New Member Orientation, Mission,

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Women's Chorus, Church Program Committee and the Faith Walkers. In the 
greater Dallas community, she is involved with the Dallas Retired 
Teachers Association, AARP Volunteer Tax Preparer, Dallas Lincoln-James 
Madison Alumni Association, and the Jarvis Christian College National 
and Local Alumni Association.
  Mrs. Washington was honored at the Hyatt Regency in Dallas alongside 
the company of her husband and daughter. She and her sisters looked 
graceful and youthful as they received recognition to their commitment 
to this long-standing institution. Mrs. Washington joined the alumni 
chapter of the Delta Sigma Sorority in 1966, a time when education and 
opportunities were still denied to African Americans in Dallas.
  Mr. Speaker, for her dedication to an organization that promotes 
equality internationally, for her deep and rich commitment to the 
community, and for her selfless career as an educator, past National 
President of the Delta Sigma Sorority, Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, and 
I would like to join together in formally recognizing this wonderful 
woman and her impressive milestone here in Congress.

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