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23 <br /> Caitlin Fenhagen said Mecklenburg County has no money bond guidelines at all, and is <br /> the only place in North Carolina to do so. She said five or six states have eliminated cash bail <br /> altogether, but that presents its own problems as it allows people to be held under a <br /> preventative detention statute, which can also lead to disparities. She said there are lots of <br /> ideas nationally, but she would want to proceed cautiously when making changes. <br /> Judge Baddour said Orange County is a model, and the work being done is forward <br /> thinking and systemic. He said there is more work to do, and they will keep doing it. He asked <br /> if people would forward ideas, as all are open to any suggestions. He said Orange County is at <br /> the forefront of these issues, and he hopes all are proud of what is being done. <br /> d. Women's History Month Proclamation (moved from Consent Agenda item 8-h to <br /> Special Presentations) <br /> The Board considered voting to approve a proclamation recognizing March 2021 as <br /> Women's History Month in Orange County authorizing the Chair to sign. <br /> Chair Price asked if Commissioner Greene would read the resolution: <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Celebration of Women's History Month had its roots in the socialist and labor movements in <br /> New York City. The first "Women's Day" took place on February 28, 1909. The day honored <br /> the one-year anniversary of the garment worker's strikes that had taken place in New York, <br /> where thousands of women marched for economic rights. That strike followed another strike <br /> that occurred in 1857 when garment workers marched for equal rights and 10-hour work days. <br /> Within two years the event grew into an international event. In 1975, the United Nations <br /> officially began International Women's Day; which will be celebrated on March 8th this year. <br /> At the inception of Women's History Month, feminists in the United States saw the designation <br /> of the month as a way to celebrate a history that had largely overlooked the contributions of <br /> women in America. Women's History Month has its origins as a national celebration in 1981 <br /> when Congress authorized and requested President Jimmy Carter proclaim the week beginning <br /> March 7, 1982 as "Women's History Week." In 1987, the Women's History Month Project <br /> petitioned the US Congress to designate the month of March as "Women's History Month." <br /> Ronald Reagan was the first president to proclaim March as Women's History Month. <br /> Currently, local, state and federal governments annually proclaim March as "Women's History <br /> Month." Each year the National Women's History Alliance declares a theme. The 2021 theme <br /> is "Valiant Women of the Vote — Refusing to be Silenced." <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> WHEREAS, American women of every race, class, and ethnic background have made <br /> historic contributions to the growth and strength of our Nation in countless recorded and <br /> unrecorded ways; and <br /> WHEREAS, American women have played and continue to play critical economic, <br /> cultural, and social role in every sphere of the life of the Nation by constituting a significant <br /> portion of the labor force working inside and outside of the home; and <br />