Backup Documents 10/25/2022 Item # 4BM
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, domestic violence permeates the lives and compromises the safety of
thousands of Collier County citizens with tragic, destructive, and
sometimes fatal results; and
WHEREAS, the problems of domestic violence are not confined to any one group of
people, but affect people across all economic strata, race, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, culture, and society, and are supported by societal
indifference; and
WHEREAS, the crime of domestic violence violates an individual's privacy, dignity,
security, and humanity due to systemic use of physical, emotional,
sexual, psychological, and economic control and/or abuse; and
WHEREAS, the impact of domestic violence is wide-ranging, directly affecting
women, men, children, and society as a whole; and
WHEREAS, The Shelter for Abused Women & Children has provided support,
safety, and advocacy to domestic violence survivors and their children;
and
WHEREAS, Collier County is committed to taking a firm stand against domestic
violence and will remain focused on ensuring that all Collier County
residents are safe in their homes, and abusers are held accountable
for their crimes;
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Collier County Board of County
Commissioners that October 2022 be designated as
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
IN COLLIER COUNTY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 251h Day of October 2022.
BOARD OF CO
COLLIER eQd
L. MC15*4'IEL, JR. ,_CHMRMAN