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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROCLAMATION
F[UMAN RELATIONS MONTH
WHEREAS, the Orange County Human Relations Commission and Office of Human
Rights and Relations have diligently served the County of Orange since 1995, and are committed
to promoting equal treatment, opportunity and understanding throughout the community; and
WHEREAS, the County's Civil Rights Ordinance specifically prohibits discrLminatlon
based on an individual's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status
and familial status; and
WHEREAS, the County recognizes the dignity and worth of each individual and desires
to promote and maintain a climate of good will among individuals, races, ethnic groups and
persons of varying social, religious and economic status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital
status or status with regard to public assistance; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Human Relations Commission encourages Orange
County residents, as individuals, to take a stand against social injustice and continue to work
together to make freedom, justice, and equal opporhznity available for all; and
WHEREAS, Orange County is committed to preserving the progress made thus far
towards equality and leading the challenge for equal opportunity using all the means at our
disposal;
NOW, THEREFORE, We, The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, North
Carolina, do hereby proclaim February 2010 as "HUMAN RELATIONS MONTH" in Orange
County and challenge County residents to promote the ideology of social justice for all and to
celebrate multiculturalism in our county by encouraging residents to embrace our diversity.
THIS THE 2nd DAY OF February, 2010.
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Valerie Foushee, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners