A PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON DECLARING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH AND APRIL 24, 2024, AS DENIM DAY
WHEREAS, April 2024, commemorates 25 years of Denim Day, the longest-running sexual violence prevention education campaign; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon recognizes April 2024 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and April 24, 2024, as Denim Day; and
WHEREAS, Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Denim Day are intended to draw attention to the fact that rape and sexual assault continue to be serious issues in our society, and both events were instituted to call attention to misconceptions and misinformation about rape and sexual assault, and the problem that many in society remain uninformed with respect to issues of assault and forcible rape; and
WHEREAS, Denim Day originated in 1999 after women in the Italian Parliament protested the Italian Supreme Court's overturning of a rape conviction; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon encourages employees, residents and members of the business community to participate in Sexual Assault Awareness Month in support of this awareness campaign to educate all people in our community about the true impact of rape and sexual assault, and to wear jeans on April 24, 2024, as a visible means of awareness against misconceptions that surround sexual assault.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON, ON
BEHALF OF ITS EMPLOYEES, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES HEREBY DECLARES THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARNESS MONTH, AND APRIL 24, 2024, AS DENIM DAY. THIS
PROCLAMATION HAS BEEN CREATED TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS CAMPAIGN BY THE
HONORABLE MAYOR CRYSTAL LARIOS FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-FOUR.
CITY OF VERNON
CRYSTAL LARIOS, Mayor