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Morris Grove Elementary School - Amy Alvut North Carolina Symphony - Rachel Ash Phillips Middle School PTSA - NOT AVAILABLE Emily Weinstein - NOT AVAILABLE Women's Voices Chorus - Susan Gidwitz c. Proclamation Acknowledging February as "Human Relations Month" The Board considered an official proclamation recognizing the month of February as "Human Relations Month" in Orange County and authorizing the Chair to sign. Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey said that each year the Governor proclaims February as Human Relations Month and the annual Pauli Murray Awards Ceremony will be on Feb. 28th Commissioner Jacobs read the proclamation: ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PROCLAMATION HUMAN RELATIONS MONTH WHEREAS, the Orange County Human Relations Commission and Office of Human Rights and Relations have diligently served the County of Orange since 1995, and are committed to promoting equal treatment, opportunity and understanding throughout the community; and WHEREAS, the County's Civil Rights Ordinance specifically prohibits discrimination based on an individual's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status and familial status; and WHEREAS, the County recognizes the dignity and worth of each individual and desires to promote and maintain a climate of good will among individuals, races, ethnic groups and persons of varying social, religious and economic status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status or status with regard to public assistance; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Human Relations Commission encourages Orange County residents, as individuals, to take a stand against social injustice and continue to work together to make freedom, justice, and equal opportunity available for all; and WHEREAS, Orange County is committed to preserving the progress made thus far towards equality and leading the challenge for equal opportunity using all the means at our disposal; NOW, THEREFORE, We, The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina, do hereby proclaim February 2010 as "HUMAN RELATIONS MONTH" in Orange County and challenge County residents to promote the ideology of social justice for all and to celebrate multiculturalism in our county by encouraging residents to embrace our diversity.