[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 171 (Tuesday, October 24, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN RECOGNITION OF MRS. IRMA MITCHELL WORKS

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 24, 2017

  Mr. BISHOP. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I extend my 
sincere congratulations to Golden Soror Irma Mitchell Works of the 
Gamma Tau Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. for fifty 
years of service to this great sisterhood. A reception will be held in 
her honor on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at the Green Island Country Club 
in Columbus, Georgia.
  A native of Pittsview, Alabma, Irma Jean Mitchell was born to the 
late Jessie and Bertha Williams, as the thirteenth of fourteen 
children. She was a product of the Russell County School System and 
graduated from Glenville High School. After graduation, she attended 
Alabama A&M College (University), where she obtained her bachelor's 
degree in Vocational Home Economics. It was here that she discovered 
her calling to become a member of one of the finest reflections of 
womanhood, and on April 22, 1967, she was initiated into the Gamma Mu 
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. She also received 
masters degrees from the University of Georgia and Georgia State 
University, and an Educational Specialist Certificate in Administration 
and Supervision from Troy State University.
  Mrs. Works has been a member of Benevolent Grove Missionary Baptist 
Church for fifty-nine years and currently serves as a Sunday School 
teacher, an adult choir member, a mentor for women of all ages, and a 
sponsor for the church's mini clothing bank.
  Former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm once said, ``Service is the 
rent that we pay for the space that we occupy here on this earth.'' 
Irma has continued her service within the sorority and throughout the 
community by joining Gamma Tau Omega Chapter and serving on committees 
such as: AKA Connections, Fundraising, Budget, the Pink and Green 
Breakfast, and serving two-terms as the founding Vice President of 
SISTERS, Incorporated's Board of Directors, which is the foundation of 
Gamma Tau Omega Chapter. She also transitioned to the Advisory Board 
and is presently serving a second term on the Board of Directors. She 
has received numerous awards and commendations from Alpha Kappa Alpha, 
Incorporated including 2000 Woman of Achievement; Women Helping Women; 
Outstanding Services to Youth; Finer Womanhood; Outstanding Community 
Service and Distinguished Woman; she also received recognition from the 
Muscogee Rotary Club; Phi Delta Kappa Professional Education 
Fraternity; Network for Professionals and Executives; National 
Education Association; Muscogee Education Association and Georgia 
Association of Educational Leaders among others.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me today in paying tribute 
to an outstanding citizen and woman of faith, Mrs. Irma Mitchell Works, 
as she is honored for her fifty years of dedicated service to Alpha 
Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and her community.

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