[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 64 (Friday, April 12, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2019 FAIRFAX COUNTY STUDENT PEACE 
                                 AWARDS

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 12, 2019

  Mr. CONNOLLY. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the recipients of 
the 2019 Fairfax County Student Peace Awards.
  The Fairfax County Student Peace Awards began with one high school in 
2006 to encourage high school aged students to think about peace as 
both a means and an end, and to recognize young people who work as 
peacemakers. By 2013, the program was being offered in every public 
high school in Fairfax County, as well as in three private schools.
  Participating high schools choose one Junior or Senior, or one 
student group active in promoting peace and/or removing the causes of 
conflict. Examples of outreach include: committing to peace by engaging 
in activities that strive to end conflict, either locally or globally, 
seeking to discuss or otherwise resolve potentially controversial 
issues within the school or community, promoting the understanding of 
divisive issues and situations to bridge language, ethnic, racial, 
religious, gender, sexual orientation, or class differences, and 
working to resolve conflicts among students or members of the community 
who feel isolated or alienated.
  I am pleased to include in the Record the names of this year's 
Student Peace Award winners: Kora Coker, Annandale High School; Nick 
Price, Cedar Lane High School; Deepika Joshi, Centreville High School; 
Yahang ``Annie'' Wang, Chantilly High School; Lara Demir, Fairfax High 
School; Delina Kiflom, Hayfield Secondary School; Lydia Goff, Herndon 
High School; Kamila Elyazgi, King Abdullah Academy; Sumaiya Hague, 
Langley High School; Oscar Manuel Lopez Hernandez, Lee High School; 
Hannan Mumtaz, Madison High School; Luka Gabitsinashvili, George C. 
Marshall High School; Neha Rana, McLean High School; Burhan Ahmed, 
Mount Vernon High School; Romina Soleimani, Mountain View High School; 
Lauren Haymes, Quander Road School; Sophia Liao, South Lakes High 
School; Angie Sohn, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and 
Technology; Diana Argueta, West Potomac High School; Laura Kirk, West 
Springfield High School; Maxihikio (Makee) Neves, Westfield High 
School; Xuan Huynh, W.T. Woodson High School.
  Madam Speaker, the efforts of these young people are the building 
blocks of a more peaceful and tolerant world. I commend them on their 
efforts and dedication, and ask my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating each award recipient and thanking them as well as 
Fairfax County Public School System and sponsor organizations for all 
they have done for our community.

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