[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 46 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E307-E308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE LIFE OF TRISH MORRIS-YAMBA

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                       HON. DONALD M. PAYNE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 14, 2019

  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring 
a life well lived. Trish Morris-Yamba was an early childhood education 
visionary from South Orange, New Jersey. She passed away peacefully on 
March 8, 2019.
   Ms. Morris-Yamba was called to serve children and community at a 
young age. When she was in college, she established a campus child care 
center for adult students. After completing her master's degree, she 
opened the CHEN School and served as founding president of Newark, New 
Jersey's Early Childhood Coalition. Over the years, Ms. Morris-Yamba 
served as president of the board of trustees at the Newark Public 
Library, a trustee of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Women's 
Board Association, a board member for Newark Emergency Services for 
Families, and executive director of Newark Day Center and the Greater 
Newark Fresh Air Fund, among other

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roles. Ms. Morris-Yamba was the epitome of a community servant, and the 
thousands of lives she touched are grateful for her visionary 
leadership.
   Ms. Morris-Yamba will be forever remembered for her belief that 
society must serve the total child. She had a love of learning and a 
passion for passing knowledge along to future generations. Throughout 
Newark, Essex County, and all of New Jersey, countless children grew 
into civic-minded adults because of Ms. Morris-Yamba's work.
   Trish Morris-Yamba was an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a 
member of Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, a loving wife, mother, 
grandmother, and aunt. I ask that my colleagues join me to celebrate 
Ms. Morris-Yamba and to honor her legacy.

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