[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 5, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1]
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                   A TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL NORMAN HAYNES

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS-

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, January 5, 2010

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Michael 
Norman Haynes, a Brooklyn native.
  Mr. Haynes 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 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 called The Experience that changed his life. 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 at 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, research-based practices that 
effectively led 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 urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing Michael 
Norman Haynes.

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