{"id":17638,"date":"2023-03-03T09:56:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T14:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=17638"},"modified":"2023-03-03T09:56:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T14:56:56","slug":"sen-ossoff-commends-augusta-pastor-hispanic-radio-station-owner-for-service-to-the-community","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-commends-augusta-pastor-hispanic-radio-station-owner-for-service-to-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Sen. Ossoff Commends Augusta Pastor &amp; Hispanic Radio Station Owner for Service to the Community<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Augusta, Ga.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is recognizing Oasis Augusta Iglesia Pastor Angel Maestre for his service to the community with an Official U.S. Senate Commendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maestre has served as head Pastor for the last 18 years, working to uplift Augusta\u2019s Hispanic community through countless years of mentorship, selfless acts, and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Maestre also founded the first Hispanic radio station in Augusta \u2014 OASIS 97.3 \u2014 to better connect and inform residents of news impacting their&nbsp;community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/crec\/2023\/02\/28\/169\/38\/CREC-2023-02-28-pt1-PgS525-2.pdf\"><strong>Please find Sen. Ossoff\u2019s Official U.S. Senate Commendation to Pastor Maestre below<\/strong><\/a><strong><u>:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. OSSOFF. Mr. President, I rise today to commend Pastor Angel Maestre for his impact on Augusta\u2019s Hispanic community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPastor Angel Maestre is a beacon of Georgia, serving as the head pastor at Oasis Augusta Iglesia for the last 18 years. Over the course of his tenure, Pastor Maestre has worked to uplift the community through his countless years of mentorship, selfless acts, and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPastor Maestre has also founded the first Hispanic radio station in Augusta to better connect the community and inform residents of news impacting their neighborhood.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, Pastor Maestre helped inform the Hispanic community about vaccinations through his show, ensuring the community was well informed and staying healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. President, as Georgia\u2019s U.S. Senator, I commend and recognize the Pastor Angel Maestre for his dedication to Georgia and the Augusta community.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augusta, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is recognizing Oasis Augusta Iglesia Pastor Angel Maestre for his service to the community with an Official U.S. Senate Commendation. Maestre has served as head Pastor for the last 18 years, working to uplift Augusta\u2019s Hispanic community through countless years of mentorship, selfless acts, and service. Pastor Maestre also [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17638","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17640,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17638\/revisions\/17640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}