Memorandum
Date: April 12, 2022
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Johanna DeLong, Clerk of the Board
Subject: 9:07 A.M. Present Proclamation Designating the Month of April 2022 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Lake County.
Executive Summary:
Here before your Board is a Proclamation to Adopt April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Lake County
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF LAKE,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Proclamation
DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2022, AS
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH IN LAKE COUNTY
WHEREAS, in 2021, Lake County agencies responded to the needs of at least 201 sexual assault victims and their significant others and/or family members; and
WHEREAS, no one person, organization, agency or community can eliminate sexual assault on their own and the partnership between public and private Lake County agencies is invaluable; and
WHEREAS, child sexual abuse prevention must be a priority to confront the reality that children are being abused. One in six boys and one in four girls will experience a sexual assault before the age of 18; and
WHEREAS, Lake Family Resource Center has been instrumental in leading the way in the County of Lake in addressing sexual assault by providing 24-hour hotline services, continuing support, advocacy and accompaniment to victims/survivors and their significant others; and
WHEREAS, ending sexual assault in Lake County must include active public and private efforts to Speak Out Against Sexual Violence; and it is time for all of us to start conversations, take appropriate action and support one another to create a safer environment for all residents; and
WHEREAS, staff and volunteers of the Lake Family Resource Center Rape Crisis Center work year-round to encourage every person to Speak Out Against Sexual Violence and to support survivors by providing prevention education and survivor empowerment information; and
WHEREAS, Lake Family Resource Center and the District At...
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