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CA <br />PROCLAMATION <br />WHEREAS, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 25,922 women and 8,037 children <br />sought domestic violence services from July, 1992 to June 1993; and <br />WHEREAS, the Charlottesville community is committed to restoring the right to <br />freedom from fear in our own homes; and <br />WHEREAS, in our quest to impose sanctions on those who break the law by <br />perpetrating violence, we must also meet the needs of baftered women and their children who <br />often suffer grave financial, physical, and psychological losses; and <br />WHEREAS, the crime of domestic violence violates an individuals privacy, dignity, <br />security, and humanity; and <br />WHEREAS, the impact of domestic violence is wide-ranging, directly, affecting <br />women and children and society as a whole, crossing all economic, racial, and societal <br />woundaries; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, I, David J. Toscano, Mayor of the City, of Charlottesville, <br />Virginia, in recognition of the important work being done by domestic violence program, do <br />hereby proclaim the month of October 1994 as DOMESTIC VIOLENCE <br />AWARENESS MONTH and urge all citizens to actively participate in the scheduled <br />activities and programs sponsored by the Shelter for Help in Emergency to work toward the <br />elimination of personal and institutional violence against women. <br />Signed and sealed ibis 6th day, of September, 1994. <br />• David J. Toscano <br />Mayor <br />