[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 28 (Monday, February 28, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E334]
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                    TRIBUTE TO MR. DEMETRIUS McCORD

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 28, 2011

  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, in honor of Black History Month 2011, I 
rise today to recognize a man who cares deeply about equality in our 
society, Mr. Demetrius McCord.
  Demetrius is a lifelong resident of the Bronx, New York, who for 
several years has worked to further the interests of lesbian, gay, 
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans. Demetrius is currently the 
Deputy Executive Director of the Bronx Community Pride Center (BCPC), 
the borough's only exclusive LGBT service-oriented agency. He holds a 
Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Scranton and Juris 
Doctor from Albany Law School of Union University. Prior to his current 
role, Demetrius served as the BCPC's Director of Development, tasked 
with enlarging the institution's capacity and donor base. He organizes 
public forums and community programming across the city; and among his 
more recent public victories, Demetrius has been instrumental to the 
success of the annual Bronx Pride Festival.
  In addition to his work with the BCPC, Demetrius is the Funding Chair 
for the annual People of Color Summit, which is sponsored, in part, by 
the New York State LGBT Health and Human Services Network, a coalition 
of over fifty LGBT-supportive nonprofit organizations that provide 
health and social services to LGBT New Yorkers and their families. 
Demetrius also serves on the Board of the Gay and Lesbian Dominican 
Empowerment Organization (GALDE), a grassroots organization that serves 
the city's Dominican and Latino LGBT communities.
  Mr. Speaker, not only does Demetrius' work support members of the 
LGBT community across the city, he helps to articulate why the rights 
and liberties of LGBT Americans must be equal to anyone else. His work 
brings us nearer to those principals upon which our nation was founded; 
of fairness and decency and equality under the law. I am therefore very 
proud to ask that my colleagues join me in recognizing a young man who 
aspires to make his community stronger and his country more perfect, 
Mr. Demetrius McCord.

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