Curtis’ life

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cate. His clients included the
humble and the powerful, for he
gave freely of his talents and his
time to all who asked. He was a
longtime member of the Vermont
Bar Association and was admitted
to practice in the states of
Tennessee and South Dakota and
before the Blackfoot Tribal Court.

He was a tireless advocate for
civil rights and human rights in
Vermont. In 1969, he was lead
counsel in the case that struck
down Vermont’s law against
abortion. He served on the Board
of Trustees of Planned

Parenthood of Northern New

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He served as a longtime member
of the Vermont Judicial
Nominating Board.

For many years, David was
active in Vermont politics. He
served in the Vermont House of
Representatives as the member
from the town of Charlotte, 1975
to 1976. He was a candidate for
attorney general in 1976. He
served as chair for the Burlington
City Democratic Committee and
was a member of the Vermont
Democratic State Committee. In
1996, he was a candidate for the
State ‘Senate from’ Chittenden
County. In 1997, he became
Verrnont’s Democratic National
Committeeman and then became
the Chair of the Vermont State
Democratic Party. He served in
this position through the date of
his death.

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Legal Defense Education Fund in
Washington, D.C., Vermont
CARES, and the Vennont PWA
Coalition. David served as a
member of the Burlington Human
Rights Council and was a mem-
ber of the Vermont Advisory
Committee to the United States

Civil Rights Commission.

He received the Vermont
ACLU Lifetime Achievement
Award and Civil Liberties Award,
and the NAACP Outstanding
Service Award in 1990. The
Vermont Coalition for Lesbian &
Gay Rights recognized David with
their Leadership Award. In 1996,
he was the first recipient of the
David W. Curtis Award, an award
given by Vennont CARES for ser-
vice to the AIDS community.

Among his many accomplish-
ments were the co-founding of
the Samara Foundation of
Vennont, a charitable foundation
created to support and strengthen
the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgendered communities of
Vermont. He remained vice-pres-
ident at the time of his death. He
was a founding member of the
Vennont Women’s Health Center.
David also served on the Board of
Trustees of the American Civil
Liberties of Vermont, Vermont
National Abortion Rights Action
League, and the AIDS Action
Council in Washington D.C.

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Wednesday, August 11 at 11:00
a.m. at the First Unitarian
Universalist Church of
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