Honoring Kirtana Choragudi For Being the SADD Student of the Year

Honoring Kirtana Choragudi For Being the SADD Student of the Year

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Honoring Kirtana Choragudi For Being the SADD Student of the Year

Congressman Dan Benishek
Congressional Record, 114th Congress
14 July 2016

HON. DAN BENISHEK of Michigan of Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Mr. BENISHEK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Kirtana Choragudi from Iron Mountain, Michigan, on being named the Students Against Destructive Decisions, or SADD, student of the year.

Founded in 1981, SADD is a peer-to-peer youth education and prevention organization focusing primarily on traffic safety.

Today, July 14th, SADD is holding an advocacy-training program here in Washington to develop students' skills in advocacy and leadership, as well as to educate them on how public policy can be used to encourage young people to make good decisions.

Kirtana and 13 other high school juniors and seniors from all over the country were selected to attend SADD SPEAKs after going through a very competitive selection process. These students were selected based on their experience and leadership qualities.

Northern Michigan is proud to have a student from one of our communities so dedicated to making the roads safer for all drivers. I commend all these young individuals for their efforts to make our roads safer.