Proc. 2012-03 Domestic Violence Awareness Month 10-04-11
PROCLAMATION
NO. 2012-03
WHEREAS the crime of domestic violence violates an individual’s privacy and
dignity, security and humanity, due to systematic use of physical,
emotional, sexual, psychological, and economic control and/or
abuse, including abuse to children and the elderly; and
WHEREAS the problems of domestic violence are not confined to any group or
groups of people, but cut across all economic, racial, and societal
barriers, and are supported by societal indifference; and
WHEREAS the impact of domestic violence is wide ranging, directly effecting
individuals and society as a whole, here in this community,
throughout the United States, and the world; and
WHEREAS it is survivors themselves who have been in the forefront of efforts to
bring peace and equality to the home.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as
Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas that:
October 4, 2011
be declared: “Domestic Violence Awareness Month”
in the City of Huntsville, and call upon our citizens to actively participate in the scheduled
activities and programs to work toward improving victim safety and holding perpetrators of
domestic abuse accountable for their actions against individual victims and our society as a
whole.
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PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this the 4 day of October 2011.
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J. Turner, Mayor