HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-04-08 Proclamation - Sexual Assault Awareness Month
WHEREAS, Sexual Assault Awareness Month calls attention to the fact that sexual violence
is widespread and impacts every community; and
WHEREAS, In Washington State, 45% of women and 22% of men report having
experienced sexual violence in their lifetime; and
WHEREAS, In King County, more than 7,400 adults and children received specialized
assistance from organizations with programming for sexual assault victims in 2019; and
WHEREAS, Demand for services to help survivors heal has increased significantly since
2016, reflecting the cultural shift that is taking place that has prompted many survivors
who have remained silent to now speak up and seek the help they need to heal; and
WHEREAS, Individual and community impacts of sexual violence are rooted in and
compounded by racial, gender, sexual orientation, and other forms of oppression; and
WHEREAS, King County is home to many organizations that provide culturally and
linguistically specific services for survivors from various racial/ethnic, faith, and cultural
communities, survivors who are immigrants and refugees, survivors who are LGBTQ, and
survivors with disabilities, and these culturally specific services are critical to effectively
respond to the specific needs and barriers many survivors face; and
WHEREAS, prevention of sexual assault is possible when we increase awareness and
community involvement;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Allan Ekberg, Mayor of the City of Tukwila, do hereby proclaim
April 2020:
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
in the City of Tukwila and encourage residents to join advocates and communities
across the country in taking action to prevent sexual violence.
Signed this eighth day of April, 2020.
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Allan Ekberg, Mayor
Office of the Mayor
City of Tukwila, Washington PROCLAMATION