HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 04191994 - 94-199 IN THE MATTER OF ] RESOLUTION NO. 94/199
ACKNOWLEDGING THE ]
"INCREASE THE PEACE--]
YOUTH SUMMIT 194" ]
WHEREAS, community activities discouraging violence and the use of
alcohol and other drugs, lower the risk of substance abuse among
young people, and;
WHEREAS, fewer problems with violence and alcohol and other drug
abuse occur in communities where people have great attachment to
the community, and;
WHEREAS, community activities discouraging violence and the use of
alcohol and other drugs among youth are most effective when youth
are actively involved in the planning and implementation of such
activities, and;
WHEREAS, youth , organizations, groups, and individuals from all
five regions of the County have come together to plan "Increase the
Peace--Youth Summit ' 94" a celebration of each community's progress
in confronting violence and substance abuse problems and an
opportunity to build momentum among youth for the work still to be
done;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE Board of Supervisors of
Contra Costa County declares April 22, 1994 to be Increase the
Peace Day and encourages the youth of Contra Costa County to attend
the Increase the Peace celebration at the Contra Costa County
Fairgrounds in Antioch.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board members present on this the
nineteenth day of April, 1994 .
TOM POWERS, chairman
F - ITH
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MARK DESAULNIER TOM TORLAKSO
Witness my hand and the Seal
of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this nineteenth day of
April, 1994 .
PHIL BATCHELOR, County
Administrator and Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors
By SJ
Deputy Clerk