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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 17, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. (o -~ a <br />SUBJECT: Domestic Violence Awareness Month <br />DEPARTMENT: BOCC PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />- Resolution Donna B_ aker, Clerk to the <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />(919) 245-2130 <br />Natalie Andrews, Family Violence <br />Prevention Center of Orange County <br />(919) 929-3872 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation recognizing October 2006 as Domestic Violence <br />Awareness Month in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: Domestic Violence Awareness Month, recognized annually in October, is a <br />time to show support for victims and survivors of domestic violence. Domestic violence is a <br />pattern of coercion and control in an intimate partner relationship-where one person uses <br />violence to gain power and control over their partner. <br />In North Carolina, according to the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, at least <br />330 women, men, and children have been murdered as a result of domestic violence since <br />January 1, 2002. <br />A number of events, including the Family Violence Prevention Center's March for Family Peace, <br />are scheduled in Orange County during the month of October to bring public awareness to this <br />act of physical, mental, emotional, financial, and sexual abuse and to send the message that <br />we are a community working together to end this violence. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: none <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached <br />proclamation recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Orange County. <br />