[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 8266-8267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING CONSTANCE WALKER-FOWLER

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 23, 2009

  Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, Constance Walker-Fowler is a native of 
Detroit who moved to Yonkers in 1997 and has been deeply involved in 
the community and civic organizations since her arrival.
  She is Chair of the Yonkers Commission on Human Rights, where she 
helped to develop the language for the resolution Against Domestic 
Violence. She is a Life Member of the National Council of Negro Women 
and for the past four years president of its Hudson Valley Section.
  She is also a member of the Hudson River Community Association; 
Sister-to-Sister Inc.; the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus; 
a Trustee of the Schomburg Corporation; and serves on the Advisory 
Board of Groundworks Hudson Valley. She is also Democratic District 
Leader and Secretary of the Third Ward election district.
  Further, she is Secretary of the International Governing Board of 
Voices of African Mothers,

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an organization dedicated to alleviating hunger in Africa.
  Even further, she is dedicated to her family, often visiting her son 
Andre in England and helping her Aunt Mamie and her sister Norice and 
her family.
  In short, Constance Walker-Fowler is dedicated to helping her 
communities from every aspect while still maintaining close and devoted 
ties to her family.
  I congratulate her on her receiving the Humanitarian Award of the 
Yonkers YWCA and wish her every success.

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