[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 21, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E61]
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    CONGRATULATING NEW PRESIDENT AND CABINET OF THE BLACK CLERGY OF 
                       PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY

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                         HON. BRENDAN F. BOYLE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 21, 2020

  Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
offer my sincere congratulations to the incoming President and cabinet 
officers of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity. Chosen from 
among their peers, this group of accomplished individuals will be 
tasked with overseeing the mission of their organization to ``unify 
African-American clergy grounded in Christian principles around issues 
of social, political and economic justice.''
  Each and every one of these men and women have selflessly devoted 
themselves, over the course of many years, to building and sustaining 
communities of faith that lift up those who need a helping hand, that 
stand up for those whose voices are often unheard or overlooked, and 
that fight for equal justice for all especially in communities of 
color.
  Madam Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to include in 
the Record the names of the incoming officers as follows:
  President: Rev. Robert Collier, Sr., First Vice President: Bishop J 
Louis Felton, Second Vice President: Rev. Dr. Wayne Weathers, Third 
Vice President: Elder Janet Sturdivant, General Secretary: Rev. Maxcine 
Selby Collier, Treasurer: Rev. Dr. Cassandra Graves, Financial 
Secretary: Rev. Toni Johnson, Assistant Secretary: Rev. Maria Tillman, 
Assistant Treasurer: Rev. Joe Brown, Chaplain: Rev. Juanita Walters, 
Chief Marshall: Rev. Dr. Jerome Fordham, Parliamentarian: Rev. Dr. 
Donna Jones, Public Relations: Rev. Dr. Charles McNeil, Advisor: Rev. 
Terrence Griffith.
  As they are all consummate leaders in their own right, I am confident 
that, together, they will prove to be more than a match for the 
challenges that await them and that they will continue to make the 
Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity a potent source for good in 
the years to come.

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