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Proclaiming A Season for Nonviolence
Walk for Peace at Home RESOLUTION NO. 2002145
wHERFAS in October 1999 it was recognized that Contra Costa County needed to respond to "A Season for
Nonviolence," an annual event, January 30' through April 44"calnmemarating the memorial anniversaries of Mahatma
Gandhi and Martin Luther King,Jr.;and
IERFAS Contra Costa County in the State of California, and our entire nation continues to confront the
challenge of violence in the form of hate crimes, brutality,domestic abuse and other forms of inhumanity;and
UW EERY ,fan awareness of nonviolent principles and practices is a powerful way to heal and transform our lives
and communities, to recognize the dignity and worth of every human being, and to promote peace and harmony among
all people regardless of race, color, culture, class, language, faith, age, gender, sexual preference or other apparent
difference;and
%HEREAS the principles and practices of nonviolence were epitomized in the lives and work of two international
leaders,Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.;and
9WERFAS,the Season for Nonviolence will open in Contra Costa County at the Martin Luther King Jr., Birthday
Celebration in Walnut Creek, California on Monday, January 21, 2002 and the culmination event will be in
Pleasant Hill, California on Sunday,April 7, 2002;and
WIIEREAS,the national opening for the Season of Nonviolence will be held on both coasts on Wednesday,January
30' in Los Angeles at the Agape International Center of Truth and in New York at the United Nations, and the
culmination events will be within the first two weeks in April 2002 in New York at the United Nations, in Chicago
and at Morehouse College in Atlanta;and
UWE'REAS, during the period between January 30 and April 4, 2002, groups throughout the United States and
the world will sponsor projects and programs to create greater awareness and consciousness of the principles and
practices of nonviolence, including symposia on interfaith and interracial heating, days of dialogue, prayer and
meditation, artistic and cultural events,essay contests,peace walks and special activities for children;and
WHEREAS establishing peace is a complex task requiring a new level of commitment to resolve issues not
customarily associated with the pursuit of peace and we, here in Contra Costa County, have a great opportunity to
focus the hearts and minds of our citizens on nonviolence.in recognition and celebration of A Season for Nonviolence;
NOW, ?JIEREF01 ZF, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the Board of Supervisors for Contra Costa County, proclaim
January 30-April 4, 2002,as A SF.ASONFOR NOAWOLFVCBand
BE IT FURTHER RFSOLVED that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors declare April 7, 2002, a day
dedicated to making a direct impact for peace with a walk and event commemorating obse►vaatm for nonviolence and loved
onus lost to violence.
P"EDANDADOP7ED ON,A11+'l'JARY22, 2W2,by a unanimous vote of the Board members present.
.� A.A Mark DeSaulnier
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Uemer I Federal D. Glover
I 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 Seai of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this 22nd day of January 2002.
John.Sweeten, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
.Administrr�tcrr.
Tntwidur"d fro Cutw"w Ver Mark T')v.Cnulnier. T);Orirt IV