40 The Queens Courier • december 12, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com REMEMBERING MANDIBA BY CRISTABELLE TUMOLA ctumola@queenscourier.com The death of former South African President and Nobel Prize Peace winner Nelson Mandela at age 95 last week resonated around the world as people reflected on his legacy. His impact was felt by local leaders in Queens, some of whom met the influential leader. Congressmember Gregory Meeks traveled to South Africa to attend Mandela’s memorial, which has held on Tuesday, December 10 at Johannesburg’s FNB stadium. “I will always cherish having met Nelson Mandela on several occasions — especially the laughter, stories, and insight he shared with me and other members of a congressional delegation during a wonderful lunch at his home,” said Meeks. Meeks said Mandela’s “legacy as a visionary, intellectual, liberation leader and statesman will illuminate the path of progress as much as his smile lit up our hearts, as much as his will to continue the struggle inspired his nation and the world.” Reverend Floyd Flake, a former U.S. congressmember and senior pastor at the Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York in Jamaica, who also had the opportunity to meet Mandela, said “even in his jail time he stayed a force.” “I think his legacy will be an empowering legacy and the legacy of a person who could have given up but did not” he said. “ Photo courtesy of Congressmember Gregory Meeks Congressmember Gregory Meeks with Nelson Mandela, who passed away at age 95 on December 5. TYPHOON TRAGEDY One month later, help still needed BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO aaltamirano@queenscourier.com Local elected officials gathered with members of the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) at St. James Episcopal Church in Elmhurst this past weekend to mark the one month anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan. “My heart goes out to those individuals impacted,” said Councilmember Daniel Dromm. “In the face of disaster it is encouraging to see communities pull together to lend support. Groups such as Taskforce Haiyan, which gives 100 percent of donations to the cause, are an integral step towards recovery.” Haiyan affected many areas of Southeast Asia and made landfall on November 8 in the Samara province of the Philippines, then traveled through the central part of the country, according to reports. It then reportedly made its way into the South China Sea, striking Vietnam, but as a much weaker storm. 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