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5 <br /> <br />Rachel Raper said that Orange County is still a three-member board, and the state 1 <br />board meets tomorrow. She said it is unclear how this will affect Orange County, and currently 2 <br />the votes need to be unanimous. She said the board may become a 4-member board, and 3 <br />votes will no longer need to be unanimous. She said Orange County’s board has always been 4 <br />able to work together, and she does not foresee a problem. 5 <br />Commissioner Jacobs said the presentation was very helpful, and he finds the final 6 <br />piece of information a bit unsettling. 7 <br />Commissioner Dorosin asked if it is know who will pick the fourth member. 8 <br />Rachel Raper said that State Board picks the fourth member. 9 <br /> 10 <br />b. Women’s History Month Proclamation 11 <br />The Board officially proclaimed the month of March 2018 as “Women’s History Month” in 12 <br />Orange County, and authorized the Chair to sign the proclamation. 13 <br /> 14 <br />BACKGROUND: Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when 15 <br />Congress authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 16 <br />1982 as “Women’s History Week". Over the next five years, Congress continued to approve 17 <br />joint resolutions designating a week in March as "Women’s History Week”. 18 <br /> 19 <br />In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress designated 20 <br />the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month”. Between 1988 and 1994, Congress 21 <br />approved additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of 22 <br />each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, Presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama and 23 <br />Trump have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as 24 <br />“Women’s History Month”. 25 <br /> 26 <br />The Department on Aging is celebrating “National Women’s History Month” on Thursday, March 27 <br />29 with a special performance – Maya Angelou’s Celebration of Women. The 2018 National 28 <br />Women’s History theme – NEVERTHELESS SHE PERSISTED: Honoring Women Who Fight 29 <br />All Forms of Discrimination against Women – will be commemorated at the Seymour Center in 30 <br />Chapel Hill with a special dramatic performance by Diane Faison as Maya Angelou. Faison will 31 <br />breathe life and wonder into the words of one of America’s greatest poets, Maya Angelou with a 32 <br />free performance at the Seymour Center on Thursday, March 29 from 2 – 3 p.m. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Commissioner Rich read the proclamation: 35 <br /> 36 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 37 <br />WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION 38 <br /> 39 <br />WHEREAS, women of every race, class, and ethnic background have made historic 40 <br />contributions to the growth and strength of our County in countless recorded and unrecorded 41 <br />ways; and 42 <br /> 43 <br />WHEREAS, Orange County women have played and continue to play a critical 44 <br />economic, cultural, and social role in every sphere of the life of the County; and 45 <br /> 46 <br />WHEREAS, women of every race, class, and ethnic background served as early leaders 47 <br />in the forefront of every major progressive social change movement; and 48 <br /> 49 <br />WHEREAS, women have been leaders, not only in securing their own rights of suffrage 50 <br />and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the 51