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Event: Downtown Rotary Club Meeting
Where: Memphis Cook Convention Center
When: Tuesday, December 16th. 11:30 a.m. CST.
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Congressman Cohen served as a keynote speaker for the Vida Foundation’s international symposium on the abolition of slavery and the slave trade on Friday, December 5. The speech was well-received and the audience included prominent members of the Spanish Government and some of the top attorneys in Madrid.
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today received the D. Emilio Castelar Work Recognition Award in Madrid, Spain, from the Vida Foundation, a non-governmental organization that promotes environmental protection and human rights. Congressman Cohen was one of only two Americans to receive the award, and he was recognized for his work on passing H. Res 194, a resolution calling upon the House of Representatives to formally apologize for the enslavement and segregation of African-Americans.
“More than one third of our 1.5 million American troops have served at least two tours in the recent war efforts,” said Congressman Cohen. “Sadly, many of them leave behind young children wondering why their parent had to go away. These children face serious challenges and they need the love and support of their neighbors and communities. Thankfully, there are options to help young children cope with the strain of having a parent deployed abroad.”
From The Forward:
Today, we learned that more Americans are filing for unemployment benefits than at any time since the 1992 recession. Congress has reconvened because we anticipated how this unprecedented economic crisis would affect workers, and I am hopeful that we will be able to extend unemployment insurance for the growing number of jobless workers in the next few days. I applaud President Bush for supporting Congressional Democrats on this critical issue.