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4 VOTE: UNANIMOUS d. Sexual Assault Awareness Month Proclamation The Board considered a proclamation recognizing April 2017 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Orange County and authorizing the Chair to sign. Orange County Rape Crisis Center Board member Adina Safta accepted the proclamation on behalf of the Crisis Center. Commissioner Marcoplos read the proclamation: ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Proclamation "Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2017" WHEREAS, the Orange County Rape Crisis Center assisted over 500 survivors of sexual violence, their loved ones, and community professionals during 2016; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Rape Crisis Center works with the county's two school systems and other groups to provide students with age-appropriate information about violence prevention, reaching over 15,000 youth and adults each year; and Donna, I can't get rid of this line!! WHEREAS, the coordination of the Orange County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) is bringing together members of law enforcement, the medical community, the legal system, and other community advocates to improve services for survivors of sexual assault who come forward; and WHEREAS, 1 in 5 American women have been sexually assaulted at some point in their lives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010); and WHEREAS, in the United States rape is the most costly crime to its survivors, totaling $127 billion a year considering factors such as medical cost, lost earnings, pain, suffering, and lost quality of life (U.S. Department of Justice, 1996); and WHEREAS, in the United States 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of sexual or physical violence committed by an intimate partner (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010); and WHEREAS, there are more than 16,500 sex offenders registered as living in North Carolina (Department of Justice, 2015) WHEREAS, victim-blaming continues to be an enormous problem in instances of rape and sexual assault; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, a nonprofit agency that has served this community since 1974, is working to stop sexual violence and its impact through support, education, and advocacy;