[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 6743-6744]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      IN HONOR OF MAREYJOYCE GREEN

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 9, 2009

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Mareyjoyce 
Green, a profoundly respected and influential member of the Greater 
Cleveland Community, and in recognition of her dedication to civic 
engagement, education and the advancement of women.
   Dr. Mareyjoyce Green earned her undergraduate degree from Wiley 
College in Marshall, Texas, where she double majored in Education and 
Sociology. Prior to continuing her education in dance on a scholarship 
from the University of Wyoming at Laramie, she married her college 
sweetheart, Charles Green, and began her career as a teacher in local 
schools. The couple later moved to Cleveland where Dr. Green taught 
dance and earned her PhD from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), 
with a focus on the sociology of poverty. Dr. Green has taught at a 
number of local universities including the Ashtabula Branch of Kent 
State University and Tri-C. Her ability to create unique curricula 
earned her an appointment by the Chair of CRWUs Sociology Department to 
head Ohio State University's (OSU) Sociology Department in Lakewood in 
1962. Four years later, she became the first woman to head Cleveland 
State University's (CSU) Sociology Department.
   During her tenure at CSU, Mareyjoyce established a number of 
groundbreaking programs that had a profound effect on both the students 
of CSU and the residents of the Greater Cleveland Community. Her 
commitment to social issues manifested in the establishment of Push to 
Achievement, a program she developed with a fellow professor, Roberta 
Steinbacher. The program was formed as a partnership between the 
Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services and the Urban Affairs 
College of CSU and enabled residents who were receiving public 
assistance to earn college degrees. Additionally, she co-founded 
WomensSpace; and has served as Director of the CSU Women's 
Comprehensive Program for twenty years--the only such program in 
Northeast Ohio that offers Women's Studies as a major. Dr. Green has 
tirelessly dedicated her personal and professional time in order to 
ensure that women obtain the necessary resources to earn advanced 
degrees and emerge as leaders in their communities.
   Dr. Mareyjoyce Green's ability to mobilize the community and to 
advocate for the social welfare of others has been manifested in the 
various leadership roles she has played and has served as an undeniable 
source of inspiration to all those working for social justice. Upon the 
occasion of her retirement earlier this year as Associate Professor of 
Sociology and Director of the Women's Comprehensive Program, the 
Department of Sociology at CSU is establishing the annual Mareyjoyce 
Green Graduate Assistantship.
   Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring the 
leadership and outstanding achievements of Dr. Mareyjoyce Green for her

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work in both the Greater Cleveland Community and at Cleveland State 
University.

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