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Backup Documents 10/10/2023 Item # 4A 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 and 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 2023 be designated as DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY DONE AND ORDERED THIS loth Day of October 2023. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA RICK LOCASTRO, CHAIRMAN