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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, one out of four women is the victim of a completed sexual assault during
their lifetime; and
WHEREAS, thirty-three percent of rape victims consider committing suicide compared
to eight percent of non-crime victims; and
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WHEREAS, in 1996 there were 359 reported sexual assault incidents in Jackson
County; and
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WHEREAS, almost two-thirds of victims of completed rapes do not report the crime
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to the police; and
WHEREAS, illegal drugs that enhance the chance of sexual assaults are now more
jilffil available in Oregon; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to emphasize the need for active citizen involvement in
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efforts to reduce sexual assault through education and changes in public attitudes AND
to publicize services that are available to survivors of sexual assault AND to increase -g jl
community support for agencies providing sexual assault crisis services:
NOW THEREFORE, 1, Catherine Golden, Mayor of the City of Ashland, Oregon, do
hereby proclaim the month of April, 1997 as
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
in Ashland and urge all citizens to become more aware of the community problem of
sexual assault and help provide for a community solution.
Dated this 15th day of April, 1997.
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Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
Catheri ne M. Gol(fen, Mayor
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