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Office of the Mayor
City of Tukwila, Washington
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila stands with other tribal, regional, state and national
governments and organizations in support of National Day of Awareness for Missing
Indigenous Women and Girls; and
WHEREAS, Indigenous women and girls go missing at a higher rate than any other ethnic
group in the United States; and
WHEREAS, the disappearances of Indigenous women and girls directly correlates to
domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila has close proximity to an international border and a
large port both that have been proven to increase the recruitment, transportation and sale
of people for labor; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs' National
Institute of Justice reports that more than four in five Indigenous women and girls
experience violence during their lifetime; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that homicide
is the third leading cause of death for Indigenous women and girls between the ages of
ten and twenty-four, and the fifth leading cause of death for Indigenous women between
the ages of twenty-five and thirty-four;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Allan Ekberg, Mayor of the City of Tukwila, do hereby
proclaim May 5, 2019 as:
National Day of Awareness for
Missing Indigenous Women and Girls
in the City of Tukwila and encourage the Tukwila community to join me in raising
awareness of this significant social issue.
Presented this third day of May, 2019.
an Ek. erg, Mayor
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