HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2012.03.07 - 20005REPORT (MISC. #12027) March 7,2012
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #12027 — Board of Commissioners — Recognition of March 2012 as
National Women's History Month and the 2012 Theme: Women's Education —
Women's Empowerment
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution
on March 7, 2012, hereby recommends that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I recommend
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 12027
BY: Commissioners Mattie M. Hatchett, District #10, Kathy Crawford, District #9, Marcia Gershenson,
District #17, Janet Jackson, District #21, Christine Long, District #7, Beth Nuccio, District #1,
Nancy Quarles, District #23, Shelley G. Taub, District #16, Helaine Zack, District #22
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RECOGNITION OF MARCH 2012 AS NATIONAL WOMEN'S
HISTORY MONTH AND THE 2012 THEME: WOMEN'S EDUCATION — WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS American women of every race, class, and ethnic background have made historic
contributions to the growth and strength of our Nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and
WHEREAS American women have played and continue to play a critical economic, cultural, and social
role in every sphere of the life of the Nation by constituting a significant portion of the labor force working
inside and outside of the home; and
WHEREAS American women have played a unique role throughout the history of the Nation, the State of
Michigan and Oakland County by providing the majority of the volunteer labor force; and
WHEREAS American women were particularly important in the establishment of early charitable,
philanthropic, and cultural institutions in our Nation; and
WHEREAS American women of every race, class, and ethnic background served as early leaders in the
forefront of every major progressive social change movement; and
WHEREAS American women have been leaders, not only in securing their own rights of suffrage and
equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial labor
movement, the civil rights movement, and other movements, especially the peace movement, which
create a more fair and just society for all; and
WHEREAS despite these contributions, the role of American women in history has been consistently
overlooked and undervalued, in the literature, teaching and study of American history; and
WHEREAS as we prepare to write the next chapter of women's history, let us resolve to build on the
progress won by the trailblazers of the past. We must carry forward the work of the women who came
before us and ensure our daughters have no limits on their dreams, no obstacles to their achievements,
and no remaining ceilings to shatter.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, that March
2012 is designated as "Women's History Month" and we recognized the 2012 Theme as "Women's
Education — Women's Empowerment".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby call upon all
Oakland County residents to observe this month and to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8,
2011 with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that honor the history, accomplishments, and
contributions of American women. We also invite all Oakland County residents to visit
www.WomensHistoryMonth.gov and www.MichiganWomen.org to learn more about the generations
of women who have shaped our history.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forward
copies of this adopted resolution to the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame, National
Women's History Month Project, Michigan Women's Commission, National Congress of Black Women —
Oakland Chapter and the Women's Commission for Oakland County.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #12027 February 1, 2012
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
Resolution #12027 March 7, 2012
Moved by Taub supported by Gershenson the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended
Consent Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Covey, Crawford, Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson,
Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Taub,
Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended
Consent Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
I HEREBY APPROV,THE FOREGOING RESOLUTILL
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Bill Bullard Jr., Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on March 7,
2012, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 7th day of March, 2012.
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Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County