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“IN RECOGNITION OF ALICE CARDONA'S 70TH BIRTHDAY” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E329 on March 16, 2000.
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IN RECOGNITION OF ALICE CARDONA'S 70TH BIRTHDAY
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HON. NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ
of new york
in the house of representatives
Thursday, March 16, 2000
Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Alice Cardona on her 70th birthday and to take this opportunity to thank her for her life-long dedication and service in helping others in our community.
W.A. Nance once said ``No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.'' Through her work in education advocacy and with Hispanic women, Alice's joy is evident.
Born and raised in New York City, Alice has had a long and distinguished career in public service. She was former Governor Cuomo's Assistant Director of the New York State Division for Women where she represented the Division at the Minority and Women Business Enterprise Advisory Council and various conferences, conventions and public affairs events, including serving as Ombudsperson to the Department of State. There she networked and reached out to community-based organizations and State agencies and national Latino organizations.
Alice had an equally long career in education advocacy where she was the ASPIRA of New York Director of the Parent Student Guidance Program and she served as a member of Commissioner Ambach's New York State Education Department, Bilingual Education Advisory Council for six years.
Alice has also founded several prominent organizations for Hispanic women including the Puerto Rican/Latino Education Roundtable, National Conference of Puerto Rican Women, New York City Chapter, National Latina Caucus, HACER, Inc., Hispanic Women's Center, Hispanic AIDS Forum, Women AIDS Resource Center, Queens Women's Network, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, the New York State Spanish Domestic Violence Hotline, New York Women's Foundation, Sister Fund, New York Women's Agenda, and she is presently Chair of the Board of Puerto Rican Association for Community Affairs.
In recognition for her community service work, Alice not surprisingly, is the recipient of numerous honors and awards.
It is especially today, on her 70th birthday, that I thank Alice for all her hard work, time and energy she has spent over the years contributing to her community and wish her a very special birthday this year and in the years to come.
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