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n <br />U <br />WHEREAS, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 29,854 women and 9,977 children <br />sought domestic violence services from July 1994 to June 1995; 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 battered 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 />omen and children and society as a whole, crossing all economic, racial, and societal <br />boundaries; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, I, Katherine E. Slaughter, Mayor of the City of <br />Charlottesville, Virginia, do hereby proclaim the month of October, 1996 as DOMESTIC <br />VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH and urge all citizens to actively participate in the <br />scheduled activities and programs sponsored by the Shelter for Help in Emergency, to work <br />toward the elimination of personal and institutional violence against women. <br />Signed and sealed this 7th day of October, 1996. <br />Katherine E. Slaughter <br />Mayor <br />• <br />