HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-01-2005-6aORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 1, 2005
Action Agenda
Item No.
SUBJECT: Women's H
Month
DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations
PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
Proclamation
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Milan T, Pham 960-3877
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough
Chapel Hill
Durham
Mebane
732-8181
968-4501
688-7331
336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To officially recognize March 2005, as Women's History Month.
BACKGROUND: The Orange County Commission for Women will celebrate Women's History
Month with a presentation of the winning monologues from the "Where My Feet Have Taken
Me" contest. The contest was inspired by the Vagina Monologues and is intended to increase
awareness of women's diverse experiences, challenges and successes in Orange County, The
event will be held on Saturday March 19, 2005 from 11:00-2:OOp.m. at the Carrboro Century
Center.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board approve the Proclamation
and authorizes the Chair to sign it.
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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 25 years;
Now, THEREFORE, do we, the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina
hereby proclaim March 2005 as "Women's History Month" and commend this observance to
Orange County citizens.
THIS THE 1"DAY OF MARCH, 2005.
Moses Carey, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners