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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& ��� Iv1 DeSauln` .r n Gioia G B. +i kgma 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. B, Deputy Clerk Intro Mark Dei a, zct IV Resolution No. 2000/131