[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E558]
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                        SARAH L. WATSON-BLANDING

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 17, 1996

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize the contributions of one 
of Brooklyn's most committed community activists, Sarah L. Watson-
Blanding.
  Sarah is a native of Cameron, SC, and the daughter of Mrs. Hester 
Bookhardt and Mr. Richard Watson. After an early education from 
Orangeburg, SC, schools, she graduated from Claflin College with a 
major in Social Science and a minor in Education. Sarah also did 
graduate work at New York University.
  For the past 25\1/2\ years, Sarah Blanding has been an outstanding 
employee with the Department of Labor. For her work, Sarah received 
both the Merit Award and the Julius Shapiro Youth Award for the highest 
placement of youth in New York City.
  Sarah has continued her collegiate activism with the Zeta Phi Beta 
Sorority and the NAACP. She is also an energetic member of the New 
Canaan Baptist Church and is presently the president of the Brooklyn 
Alumni Association of Claflin College. Sarah and her husband Jesse have 
one daughter, Renee, a graduate of Brown University who resides in 
Atlanta.
  I comment Sarah Watson-Blanding on her exceptional commitment and 
dedication to youth and the Brooklyn community at large.

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