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HONORING SISTER TO SISTER ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

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On 2025-03-11, Representative Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3) delivered a floor speech titled "HONORING SISTER TO SISTER ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY" in the House. The speech addressed gun policy and also covered taxes, trade policy.

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HONORING SISTER TO SISTER ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages E203-E204] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] HONORING SISTER TO SISTER ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY ______ HON. ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT of virginia in the house of representatives Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor Sister To Sister on their 30th anniversary. Sister To Sister is a community-based organization that empowers youth and their families in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Ms. Hakima Abdul Samad Muhammad and Dr. Pamela D. Hall founded the organization in 1992 as an organization to support Black women, but over time, the organization grew to support all children in our community. Through the years they have launched many successful initiatives to engage young people in positive activities and support families. This can be seen in their S.U.P.E.R. (Supreme, Unity, Perpetuating, Eternal, Revolution) Saturday program and after-school enrichment programs that help young people focus on leadership, community service, civic engagement and other important social values. Sister To Sister opened their first resource center, ``Each One Teach One,'' in 2018. This center provides female empowerment workshops, computer literacy training for both young people and adults, job training programs for both men and women, parenting classes, supports for anger and substance abuse management, gun violence prevention programs and other assistance programs for homeless people. [[Page E204]] Mr. Speaker, as Sister To Sister celebrates their 30th anniversary, I want to thank them for all they have done for the Hampton Roads community. I wish them many more years of success. ____________________

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HONORING SISTER TO SISTER ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages E203-E204] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] HONORING SISTER TO SISTER ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY ______ HON. ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT of virginia in the house of representatives Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor Sister To Sister on their 30th anniversary. Sister To Sister is a community-based organization that empowers youth and their families in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Ms. Hakima Abdul Samad Muhammad and Dr. Pamela D. Hall founded the organization in 1992 as an organization to support Black women, but over time, the organization grew to support all children in our community. Through the years they have launched many successful initiatives to engage young people in positive activities and support families. This can be seen in their S.U.P.E.R. (Supreme, Unity, Perpetuating, Eternal, Revolution) Saturday program and after-school enrichment programs that help young people focus on leadership, community service, civic engagement and other important social values. Sister To Sister opened their first resource center, ``Each One Teach One,'' in 2018. This center provides female empowerment workshops, computer literacy training for both young people and adults, job training programs for both men and women, parenting classes, supports for anger and substance abuse management, gun violence prevention programs and other assistance programs for homeless people. [[Page E204]] Mr. Speaker, as Sister To Sister celebrates their 30th anniversary, I want to thank them for all they have done for the Hampton Roads community. I wish them many more years of success. ____________________