Ray Browne This is Me

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1. 1. DCDSC Bio

   www.dcdemocrats.org/rbrowne.ht - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/16/2003   Last Visited: 8/9/2004

   Ray Browne
   
   Ray Browne is a native of the District of Columbia who is committed to obtaining self-determination for the citizens of the District of Columbia. He grew tip in the Trinidad section of the City, attended Wheatley Elementary School and has a long and impressive record Of Success in both the private and public sectors. Ray and his wife Barbara and their two children live in Northwest DC.
   
   In public life, Browne has been an ANC Commissioner, a member of the Neighborhood Planning Council, a Mediator for the Washington Superior Court and a leader in the Democratic Party. Browne fought actively for the right of Georgetown students to vote, including the right to elect a student to the ANC. He has been a consistent and vigorous voice for the right to vote in the District of Columbia and for the right to voting representation in the U.S. Congress.
   
   As the ANC Commissioner for Georgetown, Ray Browne was successful in restoring, the summer detail of police assigned to Georgetown on weekend evenings. He also was successful in getting the city to consider a full time police substation in the community, which was subsequently established.
   
   Browne -worked hard, against the wishes of most of the residents of Georgetown, to turn the Hurt Home on R Street into a residential treatment center for severely emotionally distributed youths. Today, the Hurt Home is an accepted member' of the Georgetown community. He also has worked directly with children as an athletic coach at Holy Trinity School and The National Cathedral School and he continues to coach youth in track.
   
   As a member of the DC Major's Commission on Alcoholism and of The Drug Strategy Team, Browne has fought for programs to assist substance abusers. And, in the late 1980s, when AIDS was considered a disease for drug addicts and homosexuals, Browne fought with his own insurance industry to obtain coverage for the dreaded disease. Despite major opposition from his peers, Browne was successful in initiating the concept of a health insurance pool for those who are uninsurable. Browne also was a strong leader in the establishment of mandated alcohol, drug and mental health benefits for residents of the District.