Mimi Bradley

                                     

What a pleasant surprise! Thank you! It is not often that recognition comes unannounced like this, but I understand the value of subtlety in this volunteer environment. Those years has been a wonderful experience for me. I have learned so much working in this field . I hope that my work continues to reflect my commitment To excel.
Be awarded the  Ambassador of Peace  Award is really a tremendous honor.
A review of the list of past winners, with their excellent track records of community service and honest dealings, reveals the significance of this award. Today I am more committed than ever to the community that has brought me so much joy and success.
Thank you for this award. I am truly honored to receive it.
It is an even greater honor to be placed in such distinguished ranks as those of the past honorees, most of whom have been colleagues at one time or another, all of whom have made important contributions to life in our community and all of whom I consider to be friends.
Special thanks go to
- the Advisory Committee for having the generosity to nominate me,
- to Dr  Aziz Mountassir Aziz Mountassir and the Civic Federation,
- to Dr   Nouzha Benamghar :Ambassador Of Peace & humanity.
Founder and President of Nass al Mamelaka.
-to Dr Nada Rafii Ambassador of Good Will
To Abdul Insaf President and Fondateur of Casa36 & Window From Boston.
- and to the sponsors for making this event possible.
To the extent that I am being honored this day January, 5 Th, of 2020 because of a supposed ability to reach across party lines and to craft workable solutions to difficult public policy issues by combining the best ideas from each side and compromising any differences, an ability shared by many past honorees, there is a certain poignancy in the air considering the current political atmosphere in this country.
It was not too long ago that it was commonplace, when the State or the Country faced critical problems, for the best of those in the two parties to come together after the election to compromise their differences and to take seriously the need to GOVERN; not just to campaign.
For all of the criticism that comes his way, the Speaker of the House, has often been a master of this process. The reform Act, utility rate reform, nursing home regulatory reform and the 2008 RTA Reform Act featuring a complete overhaul of the CTA pension system are but a few examples of his willingness to actually solve real problems, often in ways that adversely affected key constituencies of his own party while working with the leaders of the other party.
Senate Nelson comes from that same tradition and I have every reason to believe that  Representative Soto would do the same should they someday achieve a majority in their chambers
However, at the national level, I look in vain for a legislative leader of either party willing to give anything more than lip service to bi-partisan cooperation. Largely that is because they cannot, given the make-up of their caucuses.
If one believes that compromise is “treason,” then you really do not believe in democracy because, in a pluralistic society, compromise is the very life blood of democracy. A political system that operates on the “compromise is treason” premise in a multi-faceted country such as ours simply cannot function. It cannot solve serious problems and increasingly that seems to be true of our governing structure.
And we do have extremely serious problems that need solving such as energy policy and immigration reform. But the looming crisis that should really focus our attention are the interlocking problems of the deficit, social security and Medicare.
By 2020, we will be paying over $1 trillion dollars a year just to service the debt. And as we all know the bond markets – all that is keeping us afloat now – are with you until a nano second before they are not.
We are not Greece and the plug will not be pulled tomorrow or even next year but, if we do nothing, it will be pulled sometime between now and 2020 and when the time comes it will happen literally overnight and it will devastate the US beyond recognition.
I am the one standing here accepting this honor but the award belongs at least equally to the great teams that I have had the good fortune to work with at the various stages of my career

- Sam Kof FLORIDA Delegate
- Rachida Boukarrou: Vice President            Global Peace
- Dr Mona Ouaad Rafi
- Khadija Sansar
- Khadija Boukarrou
- but none of them have been better than the tremendous team in USA/CANADA.
And without the support of my long suffering husband Mustapha himself a great solver of complicated issues in his staff days – none of this would be possible.
And again, thanks to the Civic society, Friends and Family  for the honor that you do me everyday.