HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-05-2003 - 5bORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 5, 2003
Action Ages
Item No. _~
SUBJECT• Women's History Month
DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Annette M. Moore, ext. 2250
Proclamation
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To officially recognize March 2003 as Women's History Month.
BACKGROUND: To recognize that the talent, energy, intellect, and determination of countless
women who have shaped our destiny and enriched our society since our earliest days, the
Orange County Commission for Women will celebrate Women's History Month with a group of
speakers presentation based on the theme "Living for the Future, Learning from our Past" at
New Hope Elementary School Auditorium on Saturday March 15, 2003. Guests include
Shirlette Ammons, Carol Lautier, LaTonya Locklear, Dr. Georgette A. Dent, and Savi Horne.
The event will be co-sponsored by NC Women United, The Chapel Hill Women's Service
League, Triangle Native American Society, The Women's Center, The Family Violence
Prevention Center, EI Centro Latino, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board approve the Proclamation
and authorizes the Chair to sign it.
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WOMEN'S H (STORY MONTH
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, American women of every culture, class, and ethnic background have made
historic contributions to the growth and strength of our Nation in countless recorded and
unrecorded ways;
WHEREAS, American women have played and continue to play a critical economic,
cultural, and social role in every sphere of the life of the Nation by constituting a significant portion
of the labor force working inside and outside of the home;
WHEREAS, American women have played a unique role throughout the history of the
Nation by providing the majority of the volunteer labor force of the Nation;
WHEREAS, American women were particularly important in the establishment of early
charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions in our Nation;
WHEREAS, American women of every culture, class, and ethnic background served as
early leaders in the forefront of every major progressive social change movement;
WHEREAS, American women have been leaders, not only in securing their own rights of
suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement,
the industrial labor movement, the civil rights movement, and other movements, especially the
peace movement, which create a more fair and just society for all; and
WHEREAS, despite these contributions, the role of American women in history has been
consistently overlooked and undervalued, in the literature, teaching and study of American history;
and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners on March 25, 1976,
established the Orange County Commission for Women to promote the growth and development
of all Orange County women and the Commission has been doing that for more than 2 5 years;
NOW THEREFORE, do we, the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North
Carolina hereby proclaim March 2003 as "Women's History Month" and commend this
observance to Orange County citizens.
THIS THE 5th DAY OF MARCH, 2003.
Margaret W. Brown, Chair
Orange County Board of County Commissioners