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RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL 2011 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS
MONTH
WHEREAS, sexual assault is an intolerable violent crime with public health implications
for every person in the County of Butte as a victim/survivor or as a family member, significant
other, neighbor or co-worker of a victimisurvivor; 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, for the past 37 years Rape Crisis Intervention & Prevention has led the way
in the County of Butte in addressing sexual assault by providing 24-hour hotline services to
victim/survivors and their signif cant 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 far healing; and
WHEREAS, ending sexual assault in the County of Butte must include active public and
private efforts to end sexual violence in collaboration with 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, Rape Crisis Intervention & Prevention staff and volunteers offer sexual
assault programs in the County of Butte work year round to encourage individuals to end 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;
WHEREAS, Rape Crisis Intervention & Prevention encourages both women and men to
take action to end sexual violence, Rape Crisis Intervention & Prevention supports young men to
join the statewide campaign by declaring that they will work to end sexual violence.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors hereby proclaim the
month of Apri120I 1 as Sexual Assault Awazeness Month.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 12~' day of April
2011 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Wahl., Kirk, Yamaguchi and Chair Lambert
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Steve Lambe arr
Butte Count oard of Supervisors
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