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2 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BARD ~~ COMMISSIONERS <br />Proclamation <br />"Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2011" <br />WHEREAS, the grange County Rape Crisis Center assisted 379 survivors of sexual violence <br />and their family members, friends and loved ones during 201 ~, and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Rape Crisis Center works with the County's two school <br />systems and other groups to provide al! students with age-appropriate information about <br />sexual assault prevention, reaching 9,750 youth and adults during the 2009 - 2010 school <br />year; and <br />WHEREAS, the coordination of the grange County Sexual Assault Response Team ~SART} is <br />bringing together members of law enforcement, the medical community, the legal <br />system and other community advocates to improve services for survivors of sexual assault <br />who come forward; and <br />WHEREAS, 1 in 5 North Carolina women have been sexually assaulted at some point in <br />their fives (NC Department of Health and Human Services, l 999;and <br />WHEREAS, in the United States rape is the most costly crime to its survivors, totaling $127 <br />billion a year considering factors such as medical cost, lost earnings, pain, suffering and <br />lost quality of life (U.S. Department of Justice,1996); and <br />WHEREAS, in the United States 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced a <br />completed or attempted rape at some time in their life [US Department of Justice, 1995); <br />and <br />WHEREAS, there are 16,285 sex offenders registered as living in North Carolina (State <br />Bureau of Investigation, 2011 ~; and <br />WHEREAS, the blaming of the victim continues to be an enormous problem in instances of <br />rape and sexual assault; and <br />WHEREAS, the grange County Rape Crisis Center, anon-profit, volunteer agency which <br />has been serving this community since 1974, is working with others in the community to <br />stop sexual violence and its impact through support, education and advocacy; <br />NOW, THEREFQRE BE IT RESOLVED that we, the orange County Board of Commissioners, <br />do hereby proclaim the month of April 2011 as "SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH" <br />and encourage all residents to speak out against sexual violence and to support their <br />local communities' efforts to prevent and respond to these appalling crimes. <br />This the 5th day of April 2011. <br />Bernadette Pelissier, Chair <br />Qrange County Board of Commissioners <br />