[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 27, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2265]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING MAMA LILA CABBIL

  (Mr. LEVIN of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Speaker, as we recognize Black History 
Month, I rise to celebrate the life and contributions of a remarkable 
Detroit community activist.
  While I was at the Macomb County Celebration of Black Excellence last 
Saturday, the Michigan activist community received news of the loss of 
Mama Lila Cabbil.
  A close friend of Rosa Parks for 30 years, Ms. Cabbil was a national 
leader in the fight against racism and a powerful Detroit activist, 
particularly in the struggle for clean and accessible water.
  At Rosa Parks' funeral service in 2005, Ms. Cabbil invoked Matthew 
7:16: ``You shall know them by their fruits.'' When I read those words 
today, I think of Mama Lila's commitment to Michigan's Black community 
and to all communities that have suffered the theft of their voting 
rights and the unjust loss of their homes and their water.
  During Black History Month, it is my honor to highlight Mama Lila's 
contribution to Detroit and our region and the example she sets for all 
of us as a passionate servant leader.

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