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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Aimee Kissel, Deputy City Clerk
Stacy Ulmen CMC, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Mayoral Proclamation for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
MEETING DATE: April 9, 2012
MEETING TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the attached Mayoral Proclamation declaring the month of
April-Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
BACKGROUND: April has been declared by the President as Sexual Assault Awareness
Month. Deputy Chief Rich McLane contacted Mayor Sean Becker regarding this proclamation.
Mayor Becker would like the Commission’s support for this Mayoral Proclamation.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Attachment: Proclamation
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MAYORAL
PROCLAMATION
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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WHEREAS, nationally, more than 1 in 3 women and 1 in 10 men have been
sexually assaulted; and,
WHEREAS, sexual violence affects Americans of all ages, backgrounds, and
circumstances. Alarming rates of sexual violence occur among young women and
frequently alcohol or drugs are used to incapacitate the victim; and,
WHEREAS, we can do our part by confronting and changing insensitive attitudes
wherever they persist. Survivors too often suffer in silence because they fear
further injury, are unwilling to experience further humiliation, or lack faith in the
criminal justice system; and,
WHEREAS, promoting healthy behaviors encourages sexual interactions and
relationships that are consensual, respectful and informed; and,
WHEREAS, April has been designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month to
help build dialogue that can build safe, healthy relationships and communities.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Sean Becker, Mayor of the City of
Bozeman, do hereby proclaim the month of April, 2012 as
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
and call upon all citizens to recognize that victims of sexual assault need our
support. Together, we can increase awareness about sexual violence, decrease its
frequency, hold offenders accountable and help victims heal.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereto set my
hand and cause the Great Seal of the City to
be affixed this 9th
day of April 2012.
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Mayor Sean Becker
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