[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E515-E516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  TRIBUTE TO RUTH CISLOWSKI--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE 
                                  YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 17, 2022

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our Nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Ruth Cislowski 
of West Hollywood, California.
  Ms. Cislowski received her Bachelor of Science in Education from 
Miami University in Ohio, her Master of Social Work from the University 
of Southern California (USC), and her Master of Arts in Jewish Communal 
Service

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from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
  Ms. Cislowski's volunteerism began over three decades ago as a Peace 
Corps volunteer in Bulgaria, where she taught English and developed 
instructional materials and curricula for students in Kyustendil, 
Bulgaria after the fall of communism. She served on the staff of 
Community Partners, where she supported youth development, violence 
prevention, and access to technology initiatives. Ruth helped launch 
the largest interconnected educational access channel in the U.S., 
creating the Los Angeles Times' school literacy volunteer program, 
establishing a west Los Angeles consortium of social service agencies 
partnering to increase youth academic achievement and family incomes, 
and developing the California State University, Northridge Department 
of Social Work.
  Ms. Cislowski is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at the USC 
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, where she teaches the 
foundations of clinical theory and skills and application of management 
and leadership. She is also the Assistant Director of Field Education 
overseeing the development and implementation of the Working 
Professional Program and serves on the school's Faculty Council. She is 
a frequent presenter nationwide on innovative social work education 
practices.
  Ms. Cislowski has served on the City of West Hollywood Disabilities 
Advisory Board, was on the City of West Hollywood Human Services 
Commission for 18 years and participated with the Jewish Federation's 
Koreh L.A. Literacy Task Force Advisory Board, Access Community Action 
Projects Committee, the Jewish Community Relations Committee Urban 
Affairs Commission, and local political organizations. Ms. Cislowski 
has also received the West Hollywood Women in Leadership Award and an 
Honorary Doctorate from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of 
Religion.
  Ms. Cislowski and her husband, Joe Cislowski have been West Hollywood 
residents for more than twenty years and are proud parents of their 
son, Bailey, and daughter, Amanda.
  I ask all Members to join me in honoring this exceptional, well-
respected woman of California's 28th Congressional District, Ruth 
Cislowski.

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