[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO LUCY LEVINSOHN BERMAN--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF 
                                THE YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 18, 2022

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise 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, Lucy Levinsohn Berman of Sunland, 
a unique neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
  Lucy grew up in Palm Desert, California with her mother and sisters 
but spent many vacations and weekends with her father in Sunland. After 
her graduation from Palm Desert High School, she moved to the Los 
Angeles area, where she attended Glendale Community College, and 
California State University, Northridge, where she obtained her 
Bachelor of Arts in Music.
  Activism and community service were important values instilled into 
Lucy at an early age. As a young girl, she volunteered at Ahead with 
Horses, a non-profit dedicated to providing equine therapy to disabled, 
special needs, and disadvantaged children. As a teenager, she 
volunteered for the Temple Sinai of Palm Desert's Thanksgiving feasts 
and yearly food drive and created her first daytime music festival in 
support of the Desert AIDS Project called NOMAD (New Original Music 
Across the Desert).
  Ms. Levinsohn Berman is a Jewish American songwriter, singer and 
recording artist, who is most recognized as the frontwoman of the 
alternative rock band EVOLOVE, based in Los Angeles. Lucy's music has 
been featured in film and television, and her most recent project, The 
DreiDells is a Jewish comedy duo she and her sister, Anya Boyer 
developed to share a positive worldwide message about Judaism. A 
community builder and activist, she is a committee member of 
Songwriters of North America, which works towards fair royalty rates in 
the digital arena.
  For nearly a decade, Ms. Levinsohn Berman has been a well-known 
leader in the Sunland-Tujunga Jewish community. As an enthusiastic 
member of the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council's Arts, Recreation, 
and Culture Committee, she founded Hanukkah in the Foothills, an annual 
inclusive celebration open to everyone that features traditional 
Hanukkah music, food, and the Hanukkah story. She also volunteered for 
Love The Neighborhood, a Sunland-Tujunga community beautification 
group.
  Lucy and her husband, Billy, reside in Sunland with their two 
children, Zoey and Benny, dogs, tortoise, and chickens.
  I ask all Members to join me in honoring this exceptional, well-
respected woman of California's 28th Congressional District, Lucy 
Levinsohn Berman.

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