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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 2, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 3 ° Q <br />SUBJECT: Women's History Month Proclamation <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Women's History Month Proclamation <br />Commission for Women Report of <br />Accomplishments <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jennifer Galassi, 245-2302 <br />Shannon Jackson, Commission for <br />Women Chair, 225-3966 <br />PURPOSE: To recognize March 2010 as Women's History Month in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Commission for Women was established on March 25, <br />1976. The agency was created as part of a statewide effort by the North Carolina Council on the <br />Status of Women to organize a network of Women's Councils for North Carolina counties. <br />The Commission for Women is currently engaged in projects including a mentoring program for <br />teen girls ("Girl Talk"), the bi-annual Women's Agenda Assembly, annual Women's Advocacy <br />Day, and an annual celebration of March as Women's History Month. The Commission for <br />Women will commemorate Women's History Month by focusing the County's attention on the <br />issue of human trafficking at this year's event -- "The Community's Role in Recognizing and <br />Preventing Human and Sex Trafficking". This event will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 in <br />the theater at the Seymour Senior Center located at 2551 Homestead Road in Chapel Hill from <br />10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with complimentary breakfast available at 9:30 a.m. The attached <br />proclamation of Women's History Month is a further effort to recognize the accomplishments of <br />women in Orange County and beyond. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve the proclamation and <br />authorize the Chair to sign it. <br />