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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 1, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. .5-a <br /> SUBJECT: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Proclamation <br /> DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proclamation Annette Moore, ext 2250 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To proclaim the month of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Governor has proclaimed October as Domestic Violence Awareness <br /> Month in North Carolina. The Orange County Commission for Women, the Women's Center, <br /> the Rape Crisis Center and the Orange County Family Violence Prevention Center are <br /> sponsoring the "March for Justice" candlelight vigil on October 291 at 5:30 p.m. The march will <br /> begin and end at the Post Office on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. Other activities include self- <br /> defense workshops, an information booth at the State Fair, a billboard campaign by the North <br /> Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and women's empowerment workshops and <br /> seminars across the Triangle. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the Proclamation <br /> and authorize the Chair to sign it. <br />