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RESOLUTION TO DECLARE APRIL
AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS
MONTH 2004 IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RESOLUTION NO. 2004/152
WHEREAS, in California there were 10,176 forcible rapes reported in 2002; and
WHEREAS, there were 207 forcible rapes reported in Contra Costa County in the same year with
an increasing number affecting adolescence; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated by the Bureau of Justice Statistics that over 74%of rapes are never
reported to police; and
WHEREAS, women, children and men of all ethnic and economic backgrounds are victims of
sexual assault, and it is estimated that one in three women, one in four girls, one in six boys, and one in
eleven men will be victims at least once in their lifetimes; and
WHEREAS, women, children, and men suffer multiple types of sexual violence including
acquaintance rape, stranger rape, sexual assault by an intimate partner, gang rape, incest, stalking, serial
rape, ritual abuse, sexual harassment, child sexual molestation,prostitution,pornography, and stalking; and
WHEREAS, women, children, and men in Contra Costa have the right to be safe from sexual
violence in their homes, at school, at work and the streets; and
WHEREAS, Community Violence Solutions is committed to ending sexual violence in Contra
Costa and provides essential victim, Sexual Assault Response Team and prevention services to members of
our community; and
WHEREAS, it is our responsibility to support rape survivors by treating them with dignity,
compassion, and respect; and hold perpetrators responsible far these violent acts; and
WHEREAS, the State of California recognizes April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
NOW, THEREFORE, .BE IT R.ESOL VED the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County,
hereby designates that the month of April be Sexual Assault Awareness wrath in Contra Costa County and
reaffirms its commitment to address the issues of rape and sexual assault in our County by acknowledging
the work of Community Violence Solutions and its Rape Crisis program in its efforts to stop these horrific
crimes against our citizens.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on this 6th day of April 2004.
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FED RAL D. GLOVER
Chair i.
District V Supetvi
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JOIYN GIC7IA GAAE 1tkKE t2A.
District I Supervisor District II Supervisor
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MXLLIE GREENBERG MARC DeSAULNIER
District III Supervisor District IV Supervisor
Introduced by Supervisor Federal D.Glover,Chair
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution 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 6*day of April 2004.
JOHN SWEETEN, County Administrator and Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors.
BY
Deputy Clerk
RESOLUTION NO.2004/153