Mark B. Cohen - Awards and Recognition Received

Awards and Recognition Received

Cohen was one of only two incumbent PA House members that the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action on October 30, 2012 said "we strongly urge" voters to support.

Cohen was one of 35 current and two former Pennsylvania state legislators who was awarded the 2012 Freedom Keeper Award by Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania on April 25, 2012. The award was given "to the Pennsylvania senators and representatives who stood with us to defeat legislation designed to impede access to a full range of reproductive health care--including affordable, safe abortion services."

Cohen was the sole candidate of any race for any public office in the April 24, 2012 Democratic primary endorsed by the Philadelphia Sunday Sun, published by Pennsylvania NAACP President J. Whyatt Mondesire, on April 22, 2012. "Representative Mark Cohen has emphatically won the endorsement of the Philadelphia Sunday Sun based on his record of hard work assisting his constituents, his rock-solid support of organized labor and his close working relationship with the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus for more than 30 years," the Sun editorial began.

Cohen was the sole white candidate for the PA House of Representatives endorsed for election or re-election by the black-oriented Philadelphia Tribune in its editorial endorsements of April 22, 2012 and April 24, 2012.

Cohen was one of four state House members endorsed for re-nomination in the April 24 Democratic Primary by Education Voters Pennsylvania, "an independent public interest organization that advocates for public education and pushes for action to improve all schools in Pennsylvania....We are fighting special interests and bad policies in Harrisburg and working in communities in support of an equitable education for all."

Cohen was endorsed for re-election by veteran progressive coalition organizer Marc Stier, who on April 5, 2012 called him "one of the few who follows up" in working with progressive organizations and said he had "one of the (two) best voting records in Harrisburg."

Cohen was one of three state legislative incumbents endorsed for re-election by the Pentecostal Clergy (Pentacostalism) of Philadelphia and Vicinity, which was actively opposing a recently passed law requiring voter identification for all voters.

Cohen was one of 20 Pennsylvania House members named in January, 2012 by Keystone Progress as the "legislative heroes of 2011" for their voting records.

Cohen was a "Spirit Award Winner" of the Keystone Alliance in 2011 "for bringing Gay Rights to the public's attention."

Cohen was a Medallion Award Honoree of the Ducky Birts Foundation on April 17, 2010.

He received the "Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Leadership Award" on September 12, 2007, after securing some funds for the organization to help prevent suicides.

He was named an "environmental hero" by Penn Environment for his 100% environmental quality voting record.

He received an "Outstanding Service Award" from his legal alma mater, Widener University School of Law, in 2004.

He received an award from the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus in 2002.

He received an award from the Pennsylvania National Guard Associations in 1991, for drafting legislation providing benefits to reservists called to active duty in the Gulf and elsewhere.