[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9834]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      A TRIBUTE TO MARTIN STROMAN

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 22, 2011

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Martin Stroman.
  Elder Martin Stroman has been a member of the St. Paul Community 
Baptist Church since November 1997. He joined after being convicted by 
the revolutionary and biblical based theology of the Rev. Dr. Johnny 
Ray Youngblood.
  He has been active in a host of ministries. He has been working in 
the field of addiction treatment for the past nineteen years. He has 
been exposed to various treatment modalities. Some of them had a 
religious perspective, others have been spiritually based and many are 
clinically driven.
  Elder Stroman's professional profile is as follow: educator, trainer, 
motivator, administrator, program developer, advisor, adjunct 
professor, entrepreneur and twenty year background in chemical 
dependency and substance abuse treatment.
  Elder Stroman has a Bachelors of Science Degree in Human Services 
along with many Certificates and Citations relating to his field of 
work. He is affiliated with the Bedford-Stuyvesant Alcoholism Treatment 
Center Community Advisory Board as well as Kingsborough.
  With the joint 350 CASAC Certificate Program the mission statement 
reads: ``Educated communities, save communities. Our commitment is to 
provide education and training to improve the quality of life in our 
community and the world. Educated providers, empower educated clients. 
We are dedicated to changing client thinking and believing.''
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Mr. Stroman for his 
extraordinary accomplishments and spirit which reflect the best our 
nation has to offer.

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