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BOARD
C"AUNTY OF
OF SUPERVISORS
BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 2005 AS
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH IN BUTTE COUNTY
WHEREAS, sexual assault is an intolerable violent crime with public health implications
for every person in Butte County as a victim/survivor or as a family member, significant other,
neighbor or coworker of a victim/survivor; and
WHEREAS, harmful attitudes about rape and sexual assault allow these crimes to persist
and allow survivors to be revictimized through victim-blaming attitudes; and
WHEREAS, the importance of this issue is underlined by statistics indicating that
approximately one-in-four women and one-in-ten men are raped in adulthood and the sexual
assault victimization rate for youths under 18 years of age has been documented as one-in-four
for girls and one-in-six for boys; and
WHEREAS, no one person, organization, agency or community can eliminate sexual
assault on their own. We must work together to educate our entire population about what can be
done to prevent sexual assault, support victim/survivors and their significant others, and increase
support for agencies providing services to victim/survivors; and
WHEREAS, Rape Crisis Intervention & Prevention has led the way in Butte County in
addressing sexual assault by providing by providing 24-hour hotline services to victim/survivors
and their significant others, responding to emergency calls, offering support and comfort to those
impacted by sexual assault during medical exams, criminal proceedings, and empowering those
impacted by sexual assault to chart their own course for healing; and
WHEREAS, ending sexual assault in Butte County must include active public and
private effort to Speak Out Against Sexual Violence in collaboration with Rape Crisis
Intervention, including conversation about what sexual violence is, how to prevent it, how to
help survivors connect with crucial counseling and other support services, and how every
segment of our society can work together to better address sexual violence; and
WHEREAS, staff and volunteers of sexual assault programs in Butte County work year
around to encourage every person in Butte County to Speak Out Against Sexual Violence and to
support survivors by providing prevention education and survivor empowerment information to
schools, churches, civic organizations, as well as medical, mental health, law enforcement,
education, and criminal justice personnel regarding sexual assault issues; and
WHEREAS, Rape Crisis Intervention & Prevention has set an important example of how
forging collaborative relationships between service agencies and organizations serves to improve
the quality of service for those most profoundly and directly impacted by sexual violence, thus
setting an important example for how the rest of the community might work together to speak
out and find solutions to sexual violence; and
WHEREAS, Rape Crisis Intervention & Prevention requests public support and
assistance as it continues its effort to bring real hope for freeing Butte County from the tragedy
of sexual violence to create a future where all women, men, and children can live free from
violence and exploitation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors
hereby proclaims the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Butte County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 12`h day of
April 200.5 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Connelly, Dolan, Houx, Josiassen and Chair Yamaguchi
s
KIM K. YAMAGUCHI, Chair
ATTEST:
PAUL MCINTOSH, Chief Administrative Officer
And Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By
Deputy