[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7842]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO DR. CHARLIE POWELL ALBURY

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                         HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 9, 2006

  Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to 
pay tribute to Dr. Charlie Powell Albury of Miami, Florida on her 
installation as the 40th Imperial Commandress of the Imperial Court, 
Daughters of Isis, Prince Hall Affiliated.
  On Saturday, May 13, 2006 this great leader will be honored at the 
Signature Grand Ballroom in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida by friends and 
members of the organization to mark the assumption of her new 
responsibilities. She came up through the ranks of this 25,000-member 
charitable organization since she joined it in 1970. It has now grown 
to 226 Shrine Temples and 200 Courts of the Daughters of Isis, who 
serve as its women's auxiliary. Various temples and courts abound 
throughout the continental United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, 
England, Spain, Japan, Korea, Guam, Thailand, Panama and the Bahamas.
  The group that Dr. Albury will spearhead is both a charitable and 
social organization whose members have long been dedicated to fostering 
civic, economic and educational development. Formally organized on 
August 24, 1910, the Court's Daughters of Isis stresses the development 
of leaders while encouraging health awareness among youth and adults 
and the establishment of a network of services for the disabled and 
senior citizens. The group also recognizes and celebrates the historic 
achievements of African-American women who have exerted great influence 
and served as exemplary models for generations of leaders in 
communities throughout the world. One of its better-known projects 
targets teenage mothers, high school and college students, who 
participate in ongoing activities for educational opportunities and 
career planning.
  While its programs are focused on education and academic 
scholarships, the Imperial Court also ensures health education and 
mentoring for the leaders of tomorrow through the donation of book bags 
and school supplies for adopted schools and future members of the 
Daughters of Isis. Its many members have become permanent fixtures in 
volunteering their time and effort during the annual College Fund/
United Negro College Fund Scholarship Campaigns, Health and Medical 
Research, American Cancer Society, Mental Retardation, the NAACP and 
other nationwide efforts benefiting various communities. Consistent 
with its philosophy of stewardship, this organization has supported 
many underprivileged people throughout the world.
  Dr. Albury served for almost 28 years both as an appointed and 
elected national officer. She is truly a social-service pioneer and 
leader, for she has buttressed a rejuvenation of the Imperial Court's 
Daughters of Isis. For her indefatigable work, she has been cited in 
the Book of Life of the Black Archives Foundation and in the ``Who's 
Who in the South and Southwest, as well as in the World.'' Accolades 
from professional, civic, religious and governmental agencies are both 
numerous, and well-deserved.
  With Dr. Charlie Powell Albury's formal inauguration this Saturday, I 
join her countless admirers, and colleagues and members of her Imperial 
Court's Daughters of Isis, in celebrating this historic event. I 
commend her courageous vision and pragmatic approach to helping others, 
for she and the organization she leads evokes in simple but noble terms 
our spirit of hope and optimism in the great American spirit.

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