[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 32293]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING NANCY CHANDLER AS AN OUTSTANDING ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 5, 2007

  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, It has been said that ``child abuse casts a 
shadow the length of a lifetime.'' Nancy Chandler has dedicated her 
life to changing this. For over 25 years, Nancy has advocated for 
children and improved their futures.
  After receiving her Masters in Social Work from the University of 
Georgia, Nancy was the founding Executive Director of the Memphis Child 
Advocacy Center. This Center helps ``victims become children again.''
  Since April 1994, Nancy Chandler has served as the Executive Director 
of the National Children's Alliance (NCA), a not-for-profit membership 
organization that represents more than 700 Children's Advocacy Centers. 
For 13 years, Nancy has led and managed NCA's finances, and developed 
resources, training, programs, communications, and membership services. 
Nancy also led and inspired a staff of dedicated advocates. As 
Executive Director of NCA, Nancy educated and motivated advocates at 
over 400 conferences and workshops across the United States.
  Throughout her remarkable career in children's advocacy, Nancy was a 
member of Leadership Memphis and a founding board member of the 
National Network of Children's Advocacy Centers. She also served on the 
National Advisory Committee for Darkness to Light, a primary prevention 
program aimed at reducing the incidence and consequence of child sexual 
abuse, and as Senior Warden of The Church of the Epiphany in 
Washington, DC. Nancy has proven herself as an experienced leader and a 
compassionate advocate for children.
  And that's just the way it is.

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