Agenda 04/12/2022 Item # 4E (Proclamation - Designating April, 2022 Sexual Assault Awareness Month )04/12/2022
P R O C L A M A T I O N
WHEREAS, Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) uplifts year-round efforts
that call attention to the prevalence of sexual violence and its widespread impacts,
while promoting responses that lead to positive cultural change; and
WHEREAS, the theme of this year’s SAAM campaign in Florida is “Centering
Survivors in Community, Care & Change.” This theme focuses on holistic support of
survivors, recognizing victim experiences and needs vary and so too should the
assistance for them; and
WHEREAS, this theme invites community members to center the margins and elevate
the voices and needs of those who face additional barriers to accessing care. We
must champion survivor-supportive responses and services that are culturally
responsive and look at the individual as a whole being; and
WHEREAS, Project HELP, Inc., provides confidential, trauma-focused services to
survivors of sexual violence regardless of when the victimization occurred and whether
the assault was reported to law enforcement; and
WHEREAS, addressing sexual violence involves citizen engagement and action. When
you amplify the efforts of our local sexual assault program, you are promoting our
community’s message to survivors that services are here; and
WHEREAS, Project HELP, Inc., joins the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, the State
Attorney’s Office 20th Judicial Circuit, and advocates and communities across the
State of Florida in raising awareness about sexual violence, centering the needs of
those who have been harmed, and advancing equitable support for every survivor;
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, that April 2022 be designated as
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 12TH Day of April, 2022.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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WILLIAM L. MCDANIEL, JR., CHAIRMAN
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 4.E
Doc ID: 21865
Item Summary: Proclamation designating April 2022 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in
Collier County. To be accepted by Eileen Wesley, CEO, Project HELP, Inc.
Meeting Date: 04/12/2022
Prepared by:
Title: Customer Service Specialist – Communications, Government, and Public Affairs
Name: Aimee Trochessett
04/05/2022 5:08 PM
Submitted by:
Title: Communications, Govt. & Public Affairs Director – County Manager's Office
Name: John Mullins
04/05/2022 5:08 PM
Approved By:
Review:
Communications, Government, and Public Affairs Deborah Curry Division Review Completed 04/06/2022 8:05 AM
Agenda Clerk Preview Michael Cox Agenda Clerk Preview Completed 04/06/2022 8:11 AM
County Manager's Office John Mullins Division Review Completed 04/06/2022 8:54 AM
County Manager's Office John Mullins County Manager Review Completed 04/06/2022 9:01 AM
Board of County Commissioners Geoffrey Willig Meeting Pending 04/12/2022 9:00 AM
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