[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15787]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 DR. WILLIE MANLEY: AMBASSADOR OF PEACE

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 23, 2003

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, I am glad to have the 
opportunity to recognize and congratulate Dr. Willie E. Manley as a 
recipient of the Ambassador of Peace Award.
  I am honored to be presenting this award to Dr. Manley on Tuesday, 
June 24, 2003. Dr. Manley is one of 100 recipients from around the 
world. As the award states, it is granted to individuals who have 
dedicated their lives to promoting ``strong family life, interreligious 
cooperation, international harmony, renewal of the United Nations, a 
responsible public media, and the establishment of a culture of peace. 
Transcending racial, national and religious barriers, the Ambassadors 
for Peace contribute to the fulfillment of the hope of all ages; a 
unified world of peace wherein the spiritual and material dimensions of 
life are harmonized.'' Dr. Manley is certainly deserving of such an 
award.
  Dr. Manley's life has exemplified those very values. At home, he is 
the loving husband of Vertis, and the dedicated father of seven 
children. In addition to his work at the Greater Life Baptist Church, 
he is a community activist: he has traveled as a missionary to South 
Africa and West Africa; been a Goodwill Ambassador to Korea; and served 
as a past President of the NAACP San Diego Chapter. Simply by reading 
his resume, one realizes that Dr. Manley is a man who is dedicated in 
every way to his family, to his community, to his religion and to this 
world. He has worked at the local level, the national level and the 
international level; with the government, with non-governmental 
organizations, and at the grassroots.
  His work has focused on peace and understanding among the people of 
the world. He has worked to improve race relations in the San Diego 
area. He has also worked to promote inter-denominational and inter-
religious relations in San Diego and around the world. Indeed, I can 
think of no better candidate for the Ambassador of Peace Award than Dr. 
Willie E. Manley.

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