[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING WILLIS EDWARDS

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                          HON. DIANE E. WATSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 1, 2010

  Ms. WATSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Civil Rights 
icon Willis Edwards for being honored during tonight's ``Heroes in the 
Struggle'' gala in recognition of his commitment to HIV/AIDS activism.
  For decades, Mr. Edwards has been dedicated to maintaining a national 
dialogue on HIV/AIDS. As a member of the National Board of the NAACP he 
helped to establish the HIV/AIDS Committee of the NAACP, and has served 
as a member of that committee since 1997. He has spoken across the 
country and around the world on HIV/AIDS issues, and served as 
Associate Producer for the film ``The Faces of AIDS.''
  Too often people do not want to confront the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but 
it is advocates like Mr. Edwards who remind us that millions of people 
around the world continue to contract and to suffer from this deadly 
virus.
  HIV/AIDS is but one of the many areas for which Mr. Edwards has 
served as a leader and advocate over the course of his lifetime, and I 
am pleased to offer my congratulations for this award he so clearly 
deserves.

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