[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 61 (Tuesday, April 9, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING DR. TANIA ISRAEL

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                         HON. SALUD O. CARBAJAL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 9, 2019

  Mr. CARBAJAL. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Dr. Tania Israel for 
her Congressional Women of the Year Award and for all the incredible 
work she does to improve the quality of life on the Central Coast.
  Dr. Tania Israel is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at UCSB who 
has provided leadership in the Santa Barbara community and beyond for 
decades. In 2010, Dr. Israel collaborated with several Santa Barbara 
nonprofits to lead a community-based participatory research project 
which surveyed the LGBTQ community about their perceptions and 
concerns, which led to a mandatory 5-hour workshop on LGBTQ issues for 
all sworn police officers in the City of Santa Barbara. The workshop 
almost immediately proved to significantly improve relations between 
police and the LGBTQ community.
  Most recently, Dr. Israel has designed and presented a two-hour 
interactive workshop, titled Beyond the Bubble, to help participants 
engage in productive dialogues across political lines by building their 
skills in active listening, managing emotions, and perspective taking. 
Hundreds of people in Santa Barbara County have taken advantage of 
Beyond the Bubble in workshops delivered to the Santa Maria-Lompoc 
NAACP, the Santa Barbara Progressive Coalition, Congregation B'nai 
B'rith, and a League of Women Voters community forum, among others. Dr. 
Israel has not charged any of these organizations or their participants 
for her time and expertise, instead describing the workshop as her 
offering to our community.

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