[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 185 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   A TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL NONNAN HAYNES

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS-

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 10, 2008

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute and to honor 
Michael Nonnan Haynes. Mr. Haynes, a Brooklyn native, earned his 
Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Northwestern University. He later 
began a career at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, becoming the first 
African-American Senior Director of Clearing House Operations there.
  Mr. Haynes, in 1990, shifted his career focus from supporting 
people's financial pursuits to supporting people coping with the 
emergent HIV/AIDS pandemic. One of Mr. Haynes' proudest moments as 
Director of African American Services for Stop AIDS Chicago was when he 
provided HIV/AIDS prevention education for a Youth Summit at Operation 
PUSH.
  Mr. Haynes continued his quest to serve by moving to Santa Fe to work 
for a workshop that changed his life, The Experience. This personal 
growth and empowerment workshop gave him new tools and refined what his 
tight-knit circle of support (family, extended family and friends) had 
taught him about ``being'' with people. Santa Fe is also where Mr. 
Haynes became infected with HIV.
  While this might have sidetracked another, it only empowered Mr. 
Haynes' desire to give back even more. Currently, he works for the New 
York City Health and Hospitals Corporation as an Assistant Director in 
the Office of Behavioral Health. In this capacity, he has spearheaded 
innovations in chemical dependency treatment as they concern the eleven 
public hospitals, including Woodhull, Kings County, and Coney Island 
hospitals. Honored as a Join Together National Leadership Fellow by 
Boston University's School of Public Health, Mr. Haynes has championed 
the implementation of cutting edge, researched based practices that 
effectively lead Brooklyn and city-wide residents through chemical 
dependency treatment and onto the road to recovery.
  These contributions to the Brooklyn healthcare community over the 
past 13 years, are evident, but none more personal or visible than 
Haynes' face and prevention message on billboards, bus shelters, and 
subway stations throughout New York City and worldwide through the 
internet as part of the HIV Stops With Me campaign.
  Madam Speaker, I would like to recognize Michael Nonnan Haynes for 
his extraordinary accomplishments in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment 
efforts.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to 
Michael Nonnan Haynes.

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