[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 21 (Friday, February 17, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E181-E182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING ROBIN BOHANNAN AND HER LEADERSHIP AT BOULDER COUNTY AIDS 
                                PROJECT

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                            HON. MARK UDALL

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 16, 2006

  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
honor Ms. Robin Bohannan, the outgoing executive director of the 
Boulder County AIDS Project. Ms. Bohannan's career at BCAP is a 
remarkable example of compassion, public service, and personal 
dedication.
  Ms. Bohannan began her career at the Boulder County AIDS Project in 
an important and appreciated voluntary role. Still a small organization 
at this time, BCAP built its foundation on the strength of volunteers 
just like her. As she spent more time volunteering, Ms. Bohannan became 
an indispensable part of BCAP and was able to take a full-time paid 
position as a case manager in 1991.
  In the early 1980s and even into the 1990s HIV/AIDS was not only a 
burgeoning health crisis, it was a defining issue of social conscience. 
Workplace and housing discrimination, severe social stigma, and public 
ignorance merged with a terrible and often baffling array of medical 
challenges to create terrible

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obstacles for those living with the illness. Robin Bohannan was an 
early warrior in the battle against HIV/AIDS and all these years later, 
her efforts serve as a model for how one person can make a lasting 
contribution to the greater community.
  For her years of service, her devotion to others, her role in 
building a community of support, and her ability to harbor equal parts 
courage and compassion, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Ms. 
Robin Bohannan upon her resignation as executive director of the 
Boulder County AIDS Project. I am sure that her future endeavors will 
continue her legacy of service to Colorado.

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