[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 109 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         COMMEMORATING PRIDE MONTH AND HONORING MARQUIS JENKINS

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                         HON. DANIEL S. GOLDMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 28, 2024

  Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr Speaker, I rise today to commemorate 
Pride Month and honor an LGBQTIA+ community leader in New York's Tenth 
District, Marquis Jenkins.
  Marquis is a community activist with deep roots on the Lower East 
Side, a lifelong organizer dedicated to building solidarity around 
issues affecting underprivileged Americans. He has worked at the NAACP 
to combat issues around criminal justice, he has directed organizing at 
WE ACT to advance issues of environmental justice, and he is currently 
director of organizing at Common Justice, a nonprofit dedicated to 
advancing solutions to violence and addressing issues in our criminal 
justice system. Marquis has never forgotten the NYCHA public housing 
complexes where he grew up, and first entered activism at the age of 17 
when he ran for resident association president at Bricetti Plaza.
  Marquis's dedication to the Lower East Side is evident to everyone 
who knows him, and our district is lucky to get to call him ours. I 
thank Marquis.

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