[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 203 (Wednesday, December 2, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H6040]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       RECOGNIZING ALAN JENNINGS

  (Ms. WILD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WILD. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Alan Jennings, a 
constituent of mine and a very good friend, who has spent decades 
working to weed out hunger and poverty in my community.
  Alan joined the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, 
CACLV, as a young man in 1980. For the past 30 years, he has served as 
the executive director of the agency, touching countless lives, 
challenging barriers of race and bias, and working to expand diversity 
in the nonprofit sector.
  Now Alan is stepping down to get some much-needed rest after a 
lifetime of hard work.
  Under Alan's leadership, CACLV's funding has increased 30-fold. His 
entire life's work has been about building a just and equitable society 
for all.
  From providing food to hungry families to raising funds for low-
income and working-class kids to be the first in their families to go 
to college, Alan has lived the mission of community action every single 
day.
  Alan, on behalf of the people of the Seventh District, thank you for 
your extraordinary leadership. We are so grateful to you. As you begin 
a new chapter, I join people in every corner of our community in 
wishing you the very best.

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