[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22003]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO AWILDA CORDERO

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                          HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 14, 2006

  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor one of 
my constituents, Ms. Awilda Cordero of Bronx, NY, for her goodwill and 
assistance to the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts.
  Ms. Cordero is president of the Bronx-based community service 
organization Emergency Rights, Inc. She took it upon herself to 
organize a group of eight volunteers amidst the dangerous and tragic 
conditions created by Katrina and inspired her urban Bronx neighborhood 
to open its heart and give to those more needy. Leaving for Louisiana 
in a tractor-trailer stocked with donations, Ms. Cordero and her fellow 
heroes were left to secure their own room and board upon arrival and 
protect themselves against the impending disaster. They hosted a 
distribution of all essential goods from a small church with the help 
of locally enlisted prison inmates prior to their hurried and final 
evacuation.
  Ms. Cordero is an exemplary spirit whose story touches those far 
outside her native New York City. She merits our acknowledgment and 
gratitude and inspires faith that all of our citizens will one day be 
able to lend help and hope to each other in their most dire times of 
need.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride and respect that I join to praise 
and thank Ms. Cordero for her benevolent efforts.

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