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HomeMy WebLinkAbout13-053Resolution Recognizing April 2413 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 victim/survivor; 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 39 years Rape Crisis Intervention & Prevention has led the way in the County of Butte in addressing sexual assault by providing 24-hour hotline services tovictim/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 the County of Butte must include active public and private efforts to End Sexua! 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 every person in the County of Butte 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; and 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; and WHEREAS, Rape Crisis Intervention & Prevention has set an important example of haw forging collaborative relationships between service agencies and organizations serves to improve the quality of sen-ice for those mast 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 the County of Butte from the tragedy of sexual violence to create a future where all women, men and children can live free from violence and exploitation; and NOW, THEREFORE, the Butte County Board of Supervisors do hereby proclaim the month of April 2013 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. PASSED AND A©OPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 9th day of Aprii 2013, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Wahl, Kirk, Lambert, Teeter and Chair Connelly NOES: None ABSENT: None NOT VOTING: None BILL CONNELLY, Chair Butte County Board of Supervisors ATTEST: r By: ~ ~~ ; Paul a ~ , hief Administrative Officer and Clerk of he Board of Supervisors