HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01012000 - 2000-131 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Proclaiming A Season for Nonviolence )
Silent Walk for Peace ) RESOLUTION NO. 2000/131
UWEREAS in October 1999 it was recognized that Contra Costa County needed to respond to "A Season
for Nonviolence,"January 30" through April 4h an annual event commemorating the memorial anniversaries of
Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King,Jr.; and
WHEREAS Contra Costa County needs to help bring public awareness to concerns of victims of violence
and make a direct impact on peace in Contra Costa County the Mt. Diablo Peace Center established a
committee for A Season for Nonviolence; and
WHEREAS nine times more children in the United States are killed accidentally by firearms than all
European countries put together and in the state of California four homicides are committed each day and in
Contra Costa County there were fifty-eight homicides committed in 1999; and
WHEREAS violence takes many forms on the street, at school and in family life; and there are many kinds
of violence: physical violence, psychological violence, socioeconomic violence, environmental violence and political
violence; and
WHEREAS, the community recognizes that this violence touches our families and everyone's life; and
Community groups in Contra Costa County, Mt. Diablo Peace Center, Survivors of Murdered Victims and the
Contra Costa Health Services Community Wellness &Prevention Program, believe that violence is evitable and
believes that nonviolence can be taught at all levels;and
WHEREAS beginning January 30" to April 4d`, a period of 64 days has been declared A Season for
Nonviolence, internationally by the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Foundation, honoring their vision for an empowered, nonviolent world-,and
WHEREAS A Season for Nonviolence will kick-off and culminate with observations at the United Nations
in New York City and observances in hundreds of cities and other locales around the globe;
NOLT, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we the County Board of Supervisors for Contra
Costa County proclaim January 30 - April 4, 2000, as A SEASON FOR NONVIOLENCE and
encourage all citizens to participate in local, national and globally educational and community action
campaigns, to honor those who are using nonviolence to build communities that respect the dignity and worth of
every human being, and
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
declare April 2, 2000, a day dedicated to making a direct impact for peace with a walk commemorating
observation for nonviolence and loved ones lost to violence.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON MARCH 28, 2",, by a unanimous vote of the Board
members present. U4& ���
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Donna G , Chair Joe Canciamilla
1 hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the Minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the aforesaid date.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this 28th day of March 2000.
/j
' PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
an�d- County Administrator.
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Deputy Clerk
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