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Bruce was born on November 27, 1940, in 

San Francisco, CA. His family relocated to 

Hong Kong shortly thereafter, and he experienced firsthand the occupation of Hong Kong 

by the Japanese during World War II, during 

the years of 1941–45, and the subsequent 

hostility and war that shook the continent. It 

was during his time in Hong Kong that Bruce 

sought out martial arts as a means to gain 

self-confidence and discipline, as well as to 

overcome repeated instances of taunting racism, and gang activity during his youth. 

In 1959, with only $100 to his name, Bruce 

boarded a steamship in the American Presidents Line and began his voyage back to San 

Francisco. Soon thereafter, with much dedication, Bruce threw himself into learning colloquial English in honor and love of America 

and its culture. He subsequently attended the 

University of Washington, where he studied 

philosophy, psychology, drama, and other subjects. 

While at college, Bruce began his legendary 

martial arts teaching career, initially as a 

means to pay for his education. Bruce’s willingness to teach martial arts to non-Chinese 

individuals as a way to bridge the cultures angered many in the field, and he was forced to 

defend his freedom as well as others’ rights to 

learn the arts. 

Bruce had a true desire and the fortitude 

needed to expand the reach of martial arts by 

breaking away from the exclusionary mentality 

that limited its reach. His ingenuity and creativity led him to Hollywood, where he became 

an authentic face for Chinese Americans and 

an inspiration to youth across the world. Simultaneously, he began to create his own 

martial expression, ultimately naming it Jeet 

Kune Do. 

To millions of people around the world, 

Bruce Lee remains more than a celebrity or a 

martial arts legend—he was a true catalyst for 

social change and civil rights. His memory, 

which is brought to life everyday by the work 

of his daughter Shannon Lee, who leads the 

Bruce Lee Foundation, remains a beacon of 

hope and opportunity for future generations in 

America. 

It is my distinct honor to have introduced H. 

Res. 654 in this Congress, in order to honor 

the life of Bruce Lee and the continuing contributions of the Bruce Lee Foundation to our 

nation. 

Mr. Speaker, we ask our colleagues to join 

us in paying tribute to the life of Bruce Jun 

Fan Lee, a cultural and American icon, as well 

as master teacher, whose legacy resonates 

throughout the world for posterity. 

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REMEMBERING WEN WANG LEE 

HON. TOM McCLINTOCK OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 

Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today 

in memory of Mrs. Wen Wang Lee. 

Born in Taiwan in 1916 as the third daughter of a poor family in a society that favored 

male children, Mrs. Lee’s prospects were dim. 

Given their meager resources, Mrs. Lee’s family sought to find her an adoptive home and, 

when this proved to be impossible, neglected 

her and fed her only scraps of food. For a typical child in her situation, this could have been 

the end of a very short life, but Mrs. Lee 

showed early on that she was anything but 

typical. After three days of starving, her resilience and tenacity to cling to life could no 

longer be ignored and she was accepted back 

into the family. 

Mrs. Lee went to work by age six, forgoing 

any opportunity for schooling in order to help 

provide for her family. From this early age her 

rapidly developing character was clearly evident: she was a model of extraordinary perseverance, determination, and a strong will that 

would eventually lead her family to a better 

life. 

After her marriage, Mrs. Lee became the 

predominant provider for her family, including 

her eight children. Each day she would rise by 

three in the morning and walk two hours to an 

orchard, where she would pick fruit and carry 

it back on her shoulders to sell. On a typical 

day, having left home long before first light, 

she would return from work after dusk, and 

continue housework until nearly midnight. Mrs. 

Lee endured this hard life for almost two decades and received three awards from her village for being a model mother while providing 

for her family and raising her children. 

From 1940 to 1960 Wen Wang Lee, with no 

formal education of her own, raised eight children. In resource-scarce post-war Taiwan, 

even satisfying basic necessities was a formidable challenge, let alone being able to set 

aside money for children’s tuition. However, 

while most of the children in her village were 

forced to begin apprenticeships immediately 

after finishing elementary school, Mrs. Lee insisted that her children continue their education. Even though it meant personal sacrifices and financial hardship, she never gave 

up her strong belief that education would enable her children to pursue a better future. Her 

efforts were not in vain, as her children have 

gone on to excel in academics in Taiwan and 

consequently be accepted to pursue graduate 

studies in the United States. Here, her children have exemplified the amazing story of 

American immigrants: through hard work and 

dedication—undoubtedly traits inherited from 

their mother—they have made numerous positive contributions in both academia and the 

high-tech industry. 

When Wen Wang Lee arrived in the U.S. in 

her late fifties to live with her children, her 

quality of life improved drastically. Even 

though she carried the burden of a hard life, 

she cast aside her worries and poured all her 

love into her children’s families. She dedicated 

herself to ensure a better future for her grandchildren, who inherited her strength and perseverance and have attended some of our nation’s most renowned universities and hold 

professional careers in science, medicine and 

engineering. 

Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Lee spent her entire life 

leading her family to prosperity and left behind 

a precious spiritual legacy: carry yourself upward, advocate education, and overcome challenges with determination, fortitude, and sincere dedication. This maxim may sound familiar to Americans: when President Theodore 

Roosevelt was asked to define the essence of 

our nation he said that ‘‘Americanism means 

the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, 

sincerity and hardihood—the virtues that made 

America.’’ I have no doubt that it was individuals like Wen Wang Lee that President Roosevelt was describing, and I am honored to 

rise in recognition of her life and accomplishments today. 

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COMMENDATION OF THE SOCIAL 

INNOVATION FUND 

HON. HANSEN CLARKE 

OF MICHIGAN

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 

Mr. CLARKE of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, the 

Social Innovation Fund, operated out of the 

Corporation for National and Community Service, provides competitive grants to highly-successful non-profit organizations. In my district, 

the United Way for Southeastern Michigan 

was selected as a Social Innovation Fund 

grantee and is using its funding to develop 

promising, evidence-based solutions focused 

on replicating early childhood learning communities. The Social Innovation Fund uses a 

unique federal funding model that requires all 

grantees and sub-grantees to match federal 

resources 1:1, thereby increasing the return 

on taxpayer dollars and strengthening local 

support. In addition, it relies on outstanding 

existing grant-making intermediaries to select 

high-impact community organizations rather 

than building new government infrastructures. 

It also emphasizes rigorous evaluations of program results. 

The Social Innovation Fund is proof that by 

focusing our limited resources on those organizations and programs that are proven to be 

successful can reap tremendous results for 

our country. In my own state, the Social Innovation Fund has provided the United Way for 

Southeastern Michigan with $4 million over 

two years, or over $12 million with the required match, to build on the expertise of its 

partnering organizations and facilitate the development of a portfolio of replicable early 

childhood learning communities in 10 underserved communities in metro Detroit and surrounding areas. They have a track record of 

using evidence to select grantees, validate 

programs, and support the replication and expansion of programs. The United Way for 

Southeastern Michigan is replicating and expanding its program from five sites, impacting 

280 children, to twenty-nine sites, impacting 

12,000 children. In addition, they are using the 

funding for a four-year longitudinal evaluation 

of its current early childhood grantees to 

measure the extent to which the program 

intervention improves school readiness. 

I want to highlight this emphasis on evaluation and the use of evidence in picking the 

grantees for the Social Innovation Fund. Last 

month, the Office of Management of Budget 

released a memorandum that encourages the 

use of both evaluation and evidence in the 

government’s decisions around the FY 14 

budget process, which I am introducing into 

the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. This similar 

commitment to evidence-based models and 

evaluation not only benefits the United Way 

for Southeastern Michigan by making them eligible for unique funding streams, but also puts 

them on the leading edge of change in the 

Federal Government’s commitment to ‘fund 

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E1270 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 18, 2012 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE

PRESIDENT, 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, 

Washington, DC, May 18, 2012. 

MEMORANDUM TO THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE

DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

From: Jeffrey D. Zients, Acting Director. 

Subject: Use of Evidence and Evaluation in 

the 2014 Budget. 

Since taking office, the President has emphasized the need to use evidence and rigorous evaluation in budget, management, 

and policy decisions to make government 

work effectively. This need has only grown 

in the current fiscal environment. Where evidence is strong, we should act on it. Where 

evidence is suggestive, we should consider it. 

Where evidence is weak, we should build the 

knowledge to support better decisions in the 

future. 

Agencies should demonstrate the use of 

evidence throughout their Fiscal Year (FY) 

2014 budget submissions. Budget submissions 

also should include a separate section on 

agencies’ most innovative uses of evidence 

and evaluation, addressing some or all of the 

issues below. Many potential strategies have 

little immediate cost, and the Budget is 

more likely to fund requests that demonstrate a commitment to developing and 

using evidence. The Budget also will allocate 

limited resources for initiatives to expand 

the use of evidence, including but not limited to approaches outlined below. Agencies 

may include these initiatives in their submission at the guidance level or with proposed addbacks. 

1. Proposing new evaluations. As in 2011 

and 2012, OMB invites agencies to propose 

new evaluations. Areas of potential focus 

may include the following: 

Low-cost evaluations using administrative 

data or new technology: As explained in the 

Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy’s recent 

brief, agencies can often use administrative 

data (such as data on wages, employment, 

emergency room visits or school attendance) 

to conduct rigorous evaluations, including 

evaluations that rely on random assignment, 

at low cost. Similarly, the private sector has 

used new software and online tools to dramatically reduce the time and cost of experimentation. Agencies should consider whether they can use such data or technology to 

support rigorous evaluations of their existing programs or new initiatives. 

Evaluations linked to waivers and performance partnerships: One of the best ways to 

learn about a program is to test variations 

and subject them to evaluation, using some 

element of random assignment or a scientifically controlled design. OMB invites agencies to explain how they will use existing 

waiver authorities to evaluate different approaches to improving outcomes. Agencies 

should also consider seeking authority from 

Congress, through the FY 2014 budget process, to allow new waivers linked to evaluation or to establish cross-agency ‘‘performance partnerships’’ that enable blending of 

multiple funding streams to test better ways 

to align services and improve outcomes. Several agencies are seeking such authority in 

2013 for initiatives supporting distressed 

communities and disconnected youth. 

Expansion of evaluation efforts within existing programs: In addition to specifying 

evaluations to be performed with dedicated 

funding, agencies can also add a general policy and requirements favoring evaluation 

into existing grants, contracts, or waivers. 

These measures may require new legislation. 

For example, Congress recently approved the 

Department of Labor’s request for a small 

cross-agency set-aside for evaluation activities. 

Systemic measurement of costs and cost 

per outcome: Agencies are encouraged to include measurement of costs and costs per 

outcome as part of the routine reporting of 

funded programs to allow for useful comparison of cost-effectiveness across programs. 

Agencies should release evaluations 

promptly through either their agency 

websites or alternative means. OMB particularly welcomes agency proposals to improve 

public access to, and understanding of, evidence about what works and what does not. 

2. Using comparative cost-effectiveness 

data to allocate resources. Through the Pew 

Charitable Trust’s Results First initiative, a 

dozen States are currently adopting a model 

developed by the Washington State Institute 

for Public Policy (WSIPP) that ranks programs based on the evidence of their return 

on investment. Once evidence-based programs have been identified, such an analysis 

can improve agency resource allocation and 

inform public understanding. For example, 

the Environmental Protection Agency and 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture are 

working together to incorporate evidence 

about the cost-effectiveness of different pollution control strategies in the Chesapeake 

Bay restoration effort. 

OMB invites agencies to identify areas 

where research provides strong evidence regarding the comparative cost-effectiveness 

of agency investments. The research may 

pertain to the allocation of funding across 

agency programs (e.g., research showing that 

some funding streams have higher returns on 

investments) or within programs (e.g., research showing that some types of grantees 

or programmatic approaches have higher returns). Agencies should describe the body of 

research and then apply its results to support a proposed resource reallocation. OMB 

is more likely to support an existing resource allocation or a request for new resources supported in this way, and may feature the agency’s reasoning in the 2014 Budget. 

3. Infusing evidence into grant-making. 

Grant-making agencies should demonstrate 

that, between FY 2013 and FY 2014, they are 

increasing the use of evidence in formula and 

competitive programs. Agencies should consider the following approaches, among others: 

Encouraging use of evidence in formula 

grants: OMB invites agencies to propose 

ways to increase the use of evidence-based 

practices within formula grant programs. 

For example, formula funds can be conditioned on the adoption of evidence-based 

practices, and high-quality technical assistance can be used to share and support implementation of evidence-based practices. Competitive programs can assign points to applicants based on their integration of such 

practices into formula streams. 

Evidence-based grants: Several agencies— 

ranging from the Department of Education 

to the U.S. Agency for International Development—have implemented evidence-based 

grant programs that apply a tiered framework to assess the evidence supporting a proposed project and to determine appropriate 

funding levels. Under this approach, programs supported by stronger evidence, as established in a rigorous agency process, are 

eligible for more funding. All programs are 

expected to evaluate their results. Examples 

of tiered-evidence programs include the Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation program and the Department of Health 

and Human Services’ Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Home Visiting programs. 

Even without creating tiers, agencies can 

provide points or significant competitive 

preference to programs that the agency determines are backed by strong evidence, and 

can build the evidence base by embedding 

evaluation into programs. Because running 

evidence-based programs requires more resources, agencies may wish to combine multiple smaller programs into larger, evidencebased efforts. 

Pay for Success: Taking the principle of 

acting on evidence one step further, the Departments of Justice and Labor will be inviting grant applicants to use a ‘‘pay for success’’ approach, under which philanthropic 

or private entities (the ‘‘investors’’) pay providers upfront and are only repaid by the 

government if certain outcomes are met. 

Payment amounts are based, in part, on the 

amount that the Federal, State, or local government saves. A pay-for-success approach is 

appropriate where: (i) improved prevention 

or other up-front services can produce better 

outcomes that lead to cost savings at the 

Federal, State, or local level; and (ii) foundations or others are willing to invest. 

To date, the Administration has focused 

its Pay for Success planning on programs financed with discretionary appropriations. 

OMB invites agencies to apply a pay-for-success model for programs funded by either discretionary or mandatory appropriations. 

Agencies should also consider using the new 

authority under the America COMPETES 

legislation to support incentive prizes of up 

to $50 million. Like Pay for Success, well-designed prizes and challenges can yield a very 

high return on the taxpayer dollar. 

4. Using evidence to inform enforcement. 

Rigorous evaluation of strategies for enforcing criminal, environmental, and workplace 

safety laws often reveals that some approaches are significantly better than others 

at securing legal compliance. OMB encourages agencies to indicate how their allocation or reallocation of resources among enforcement strategies is informed by such evidence. 

5. Strengthening agency evaluation capacity. Agencies should have a high-level official who is responsible for program evaluation and can: 

Develop and manage the agency’s research 

agenda; 

Conduct or oversee rigorous and objective 

studies; 

Provide independent input to agency policymakers on resource allocation and to program leaders on program management; 

Attract and retain talented staff and researchers, including through flexible hiring 

authorities such as the Intergovernmental 

Personnel Act; and 

Refine program performance measures, in 

collaboration with program managers and 

the Performance Improvement Officer. 

These goals can be accomplished by different kinds of leaders, ranging from a chief 

evaluation officer who reports to the Secretary or Deputy Secretary to the head of an 

independent institute in the agency. An existing official could play the role, or a forceful new position could replace several less 

empowered ones. OMB invites agencies to 

propose in their budget submissions ways to 

strengthen the agency’s evaluation capacity, 

within tight resource constraints. 

SUPPORT FOR EVIDENCE-BASED INITIATIVES

OMB invites your agency to participate in 

a number of forums to improve use of evidence: 

OMB and the Council of Economic Advisers 

will organize a series of topical discussions 

with senior policy officials and research experts in the agencies. The meeting agendas 

will focus on administrative and policy levers for driving an increasing share of Federal investments into evidence-based practices. We will plan summer meetings in order 

to help inform agencies’ evaluation plans 

and budget submissions, and will also have 

follow-up meetings in the fall. 


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OMB will reinvigorate the interagency 

evaluation working group established in 2010 

with a series of meetings focused on issues 

commonly affecting evaluators, such as procurement rules, the Paperwork Reduction 

Act, and the integration of evidence in agencies’ decision-making process. 

The Performance Improvement Council 

will convene research, performance management, and program officials to develop ways 

to improve performance measures, validate 

their correlation with outcome data from 

program impact evaluations, and use data 

analytics to support more cost-effective decision-making. 

The Office of Science and Technology Policy has created a ‘‘community of practice’’ 

for agency personnel involved in designing 

and managing incentive prizes and has organized a Science of Science Policy working 

group that is developing tools aimed at establishing a more scientific, empirical evidence basis for science and technology policymaking. 

To discuss which ideas in this memo make 

most sense at your agency, please contact 

your agency’s OMB contact. For more general support on evidence-based policy and 

evaluation, you also may contact Dan 

Rosenbaum (Dan T. Rosenbaum@omb.eop.gov). 

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HONORING WAIRTERRICA 

GALMORE 

HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON OF MISSISSIPPI

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 

Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a remarkable young woman, 

Ms. Wairterrica Galmore, the Valedictorian of 

Coahoma Agricultural High School Class of 

2012. Wairterrica is the proud daughter of 

Latoya Reddick and Eric Galmore. She has 

six siblings and they reside in Friars Point, 

Mississippi. 

Wairterrica has always viewed learning as a 

priority. She was an honor student throughout 

school, remaining on either the Superintendent 

or Principal lists. Her performance in the 

classroom landed Ms. Galmore placement in 

‘‘Accelerated’’ and ‘‘Gifted’’ classes. 

As a student in high school Wairterrica 

maintained her placement in high accelerated 

courses, while also participating in extracurricular activities. She was a member of the 

Olive Branch All Girls High School Senior 

Choir and the Olive Branch High School CoEd Choir. Wairterrica also received many 

awards while at Olive Branch High School 

such as the Positive Award, Highest Average 

in Math, and the Highest Average in Art. Her 

test scores on the Mississippi Curriculum and 

Subject Test ranked in the ‘‘Advanced and 

Proficient’’ categories. Wairterrica was also 

one of two students chosen to represent 

Coahoma Agricultural High School in a women’s conference at Tougaloo College in the 

summer of 2011. Relocation caused 

Wairterrica to complete tenth through twelfth 

grade at Coahoma Agricultural High School, 

where despite the challenge she reigned victorious, gaining the honor of class Valedictorian. 

Mr. Speaker, I ask our colleagues to join me 

in recognizing Ms.Wairterrica Galmore, the 

Valedictorian for Coahoma Agricultural High 

School’s Class of 2012. 

PERSONAL EXPLANATION 

HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE OF TEXAS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 

Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, 

I rise regarding my excused absence from rollcall votes 452–454 on Monday, July 9, 2012. 

I was unavoidably delayed on my return to 

Washington from Houston, TX due to weather. 

I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ for rollcall vote 

452, on motion to suspend the rules and pass 

the bill H.R. 4155, ‘‘Veterans Skills to Jobs 

Act’’, which would require the head of each 

federal department or agency to ensure that 

an applicant for any federal license who has 

received relevant training while serving as a 

member of the Armed Forces is deemed to 

satisfy any training or certification requirements for the license, unless the training received is found to be substantially different 

from the training or certification requirements 

for such license. 

I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ for rollcall vote 

453 on motion to suspend the rules and pass 

the bill H.R. 4367, ‘‘To Amend the Electronic 

Fund Transfer Act to limit the free disclosure 

requirement for an automatic teller machine to 

the screen of that machine’’, which cancels 

the requirement that such a fee disclosure appear in a prominent and conspicuous location 

on or at the ATM. 

I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ for rollcall vote 

454 on motion to suspend the rules and pass 

the bill H.R. 5892, ‘‘Hydropower Regulatory 

Efficiency Act of 2012’’, which Amends the 

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 

(PURPA) to increase from 5,000 to 10,000 

kilowatts the size of small hydroelectric power 

projects which the Federal Energy. 

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IN HONOR OF THE ANNIVERSARY 

OF THE SIX ASSURANCES AND 

THE LIFTING OF MARTIAL LAW 

IN TAIWAN 

HON. KENNY MARCHANT OF TEXAS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 

Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today 

to commemorate two important anniversaries 

this month in relation to our close friend and 

ally: the country of Taiwan. 

Mr. Speaker: Since the end of World War II, 

the United States and Taiwan have fostered a 

close relationship that has been of enormous 

strategic and economic benefit to both countries. When the United States shifted diplomatic relations from Taiwan to the People’s 

Republic of China in January 1979, Congress 

moved quickly to pass the Taiwan Relations 

Act, TRA, to ensure that the United States 

would continue its robust engagement with 

Taiwan in the areas of commerce, culture, and 

security cooperation. On April 10, 1979, this 

important and lasting piece of legislation became the ‘‘Law of the Land’’ and has since 

served as the statutory basis for U.S.-Taiwan 

relations going forward. 

After 33 years, the TRA still stands as a 

model of Congressional leadership in the history of our foreign relations, and, together with 

the 1982 ‘‘Six Assurances,’’ it remains the cornerstone of a very mutually beneficial relationship between the United States and Taiwan. 

These ‘‘Six Assurances’’ were designed by 

President Reagan to further clarify U.S. policy 

toward Taiwan (in particular to the sale of 

arms to Taiwan to reiterate our commitment to 

Taiwan’s security under the TRA and to reaffirm our position on Taiwan’s sovereignty. It 

also stipulated that we would not pressure Taiwan to enter into negotiations with the PRC. 

July 14th marks the 30th anniversary of 

President Reagan issuing said Six Assurances 

in 1982. It also marks the 25th anniversary of 

the lifting of martial law in Taiwan in 1987. 

Martial law was promulgated in Taiwan on 

May 19, 1949 by the Chinese Nationalist government, and was ended 38 years later. July 

14, 1987 set the stage for a momentous process of democratization in Taiwan that continues to this day. We very are glad to see 

that Taiwan has transformed into a full fledged 

Democracy since then. 

Over the past three decades, Taiwan has 

remained a trusted ally of the United States 

that shares with us the ideals of freedom and 

democracy. However, the people of Taiwan 

continue to live day after day under the ominous shadow cast by over 1400 short and medium-range ballistic missiles that the People’s 

Republic of China, PRC, has aimed at them. 

The PRC persists in claiming Taiwan as a 

‘‘renegade province,’’ refusing to renounce the 

use of force to prevent Taiwan’s formal de jure 

independence. 

Mr. Speaker, I invite my colleagues to join 

me in commemorating the 30th anniversary of 

the Six Assurances and the 25th anniversary 

of the lifting of martial law in Taiwan, to further 

underline our unwavering commitment to the 

people of Taiwan and to affirm our support for 

the strong and deepening relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan. 

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HONORING MARY ALICE O’CONNOR 

HON. GEORGE MILLER OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. 

Speaker, I rise today with my colleagues, Congressman JERRY MCNERNEY and Congressman JOHN GARAMENDI, to recognize Mary 

Alice O’Connor as she retires after 7 years as 

Executive Director of the Mt. Diablo Peace 

and Justice Center. 

Mary Alice, born in Chicago, Illinois, was ordained a minister by the Unity of the Spirit 

Ministry School in 1991 and earned her bachelor’s in business administration from Golden 

Gate University in 2002. After many years 

working for industry leaders in the communications sector, Mary Alice joined the Peace and 

Justice Center as executive director in 2005. 

Over the past 7 years, her work has embodied 

the Peace and Justice Center’s mission ‘‘to 

work for a culture of peace through education, 

advocacy and community building,’’ while at 

the same time increasing business operations 

and doubling the Center’s operational budget 

in just 3 years. 

Under Mary Alice’s leadership, the Peace 

and Justice Center planned, expanded, and 

promoted a number of invaluable community 

programs that have raised awareness for both 

local and global issues of social justice. The 


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