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r 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 8, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION OF WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY <br /> DEPARTMENT: Commission for Women PUBLIC HEARING: Yes xx No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Lucy Lewis <br /> 1 ) list of activities sponsored <br /> during the month of August TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> 2) proclamation to be signed Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> - To proclaim August 26, 1994, as Women' s Equality Day <br /> - To recognize the importance of this day by inviting community <br /> participation <br /> - To show the Orange County Commissioners' support of women in <br /> Orange County <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> This day celebrates the passage of the Nineteenth (19th) <br /> Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving women the <br /> right to vote. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> That the Orange County Commissioners proclaim August 26, 1994 <br /> as Women' s Equality Day in Orange County <br />