CC 2021-04-13_06d Honorary Proclamation - Sexual Assault Awareness 2021HONORARY PROCLAMATION
DECLARING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2021 AS
"SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH”
WHEREAS, Sexual Assault Awareness Month calls attention to the fact that sexual
violence is widespread and impacts every person in San Luis Obispo County; and
WHEREAS, rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment harm our community, and
statistics show that one in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in
their lives; and
WHEREAS, child sexual abuse prevention must be a priority to confront the reality that
one in six boys and one in four girls will experience a sexual assault before age 18, and
youth ages 12 to 17 are 2.5 times as likely to be victims of sexual violence; and
WHEREAS, our local student population is also at high-risk; nationally, one in four women
and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted during their time in college; and
WHEREAS, last year, RISE received 1,691 crisis calls from members of the community,
and provided 4,832 days of emergency shelter; and
WHEREAS, the number of RISE clients seeking counseling for sexual assault related
issues continues to increase every year, with a total of 2,334 hours of counseling provided
at low or no-cost to community members across the County last year; and
WHEREAS, last year, RISE reached 2,699 people by Prevention Education Programming
and trained 28 volunteers to serve as advocates on the RISE crisis line; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arroyo Grande joins RISE and other advocates and communities
across the country in taking action to prevent sexual violence, and acknowledges that
each day of the year is an opportunity to create change for the future.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, Caren Ray Russom, Mayor of the City of
Arroyo Grande, do hereby proclaim April 2021 as "Sexual Assault Awareness Month”.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal
of the City of Arroyo Grande to be affixed this 13th day of April 2021.
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CAREN RAY RUSSOM, MAYOR
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