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WHEREAS, the City of Cape Canaveral recognizes the month of October as Domestic
Violence Awareness Month; and
WHEREAS, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office Canaveral Precinct hosted National
Night Out on October 6, 2015; and
WHEREAS, on average nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate
partner in the United States. During one year, this totals to more than 10 million women and men;
and
WHEREAS, sexual violence affects women, men and children of all racial, social,
religious, ethnic and economic groups in our community. Domestic violence violates an
individual's privacy, dignity, security, and humanity, due to the systematic use of physical,
emotional, sexual, psychological and economic control and/or abuse; and
WHEREAS, the majority of domestic violence victims are women and domestic violence
is the leading cause of injury to women; and
WHEREAS, every person has the right to live their life free from the threat of abuse and
violence; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Rocky Randels, Mayor of the City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard
County, Florida, do hereby proclaim October 2015 as
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
in the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida,and urge all citizens to actively participate in activities and
support programs that work toward improving victim safety and holding perpetrators of domestic
abuse and sexual assault accountable for their actions against individual victims and our society as
a whole.