[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13929-13930]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            KEVIN JEFFERSON

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 20, 2011

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the memory of Kevin 
Jefferson, a lifelong community leader and public servant. Through his 
work on issues from voter registration to gun control community 
empowerment, and through his service as an Itinerant Elder in the 
African Methodist Episcopal Church, Kevin made a lasting difference for 
the better in the time that he was given.
  Kevin began his career in public service early as a student at Bowie 
State, where he played an active role in student life. After serving on 
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's Presidential campaign staff in 1984 and 1988, 
Kevin joined

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the national staff of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, through which he 
promoted voter registration and education. He went on to become the 
first National Minority Affairs Coordinator at Handgun Control, Inc., 
and in this role, traveled the country to help secure support for the 
Brady Gun Control Bill. His leadership on these important initiatives 
led to his involvement with President Clinton's Presidential campaign. 
And in 2000, he was appointed to the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, and later held numerous positions at the State Department. 
Kevin also served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor, 
Honorable Alexis Herman, and was appointed to the Office of the 
President, Community Empowerment Board. Throughout his lifetime, Kevin 
served on a number of Presidential campaigns, worked closely with the 
DNC and served as the Executive Director of the Democratic National 
Committee Voting Rights Institute. He is honored and respected by the 
Democratic Party for his hard work and support.
  I join Kevin's family, church and all those who knew and loved Kevin 
in appreciation for his well-lived life and in fond reflection on his 
memory. I was proud to count him as a friend, and he will be dearly 
missed.

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