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4 <br /> k. Change in BOCC Regular Meeting Schedule for 2016 <br /> The Board amended its regular meeting calendar for 2016 to re-schedule the date of the Joint <br /> Meeting between the Board and the Chapel Hill Town Council to Thursday, June 2, 2016 at <br /> 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Rd. in Chapel Hill. <br /> 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> a. Sexual Assault Awareness Month <br /> The Board considered a proclamation recognizing April 2016 as Sexual Assault <br /> Awareness Month in Orange County and authorizing the Chair to sign. <br /> Sara Stephens, Orange County Rape Crisis Center, read the proclamation: <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Proclamation <br /> "Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2016 Proclamation <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Rape Crisis Center assisted over 500 survivors of sexual <br /> violence, their loved ones, and community professionals during 2015; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Rape Crisis Center works with the county's two school <br /> systems and other groups to provide students with age-appropriate information about violence <br /> prevention, reaching over 13,500 youth and adults each year; and <br /> WHEREAS, the coordination of the Orange County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) is <br /> bringing together members of law enforcement, the medical community, the legal system, and <br /> other community advocates to improve services for survivors of sexual assault who come <br /> forward; and <br /> WHEREAS, 1 in 5 American women have been sexually assaulted at some point in their lives <br /> (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010); 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 lost <br /> quality of life (U.S. Department of Justice, 1996); and <br /> WHEREAS, in the United States 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of <br /> sexual or physical violence committed by an intimate partner (Centers for Disease Control and <br /> Prevention, 2010); and <br /> WHEREAS, there are more than 16,500 sex offenders registered as living in North Carolina <br /> (Department of Justice, 2015); and <br /> WHEREAS, victim-blaming continues to be an enormous problem in instances of rape and <br /> sexual assault; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, a nonprofit agency that has served this <br /> community since 1974, is working to stop sexual violence and its impact through support, <br /> education, and advocacy; <br />