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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2022.03.10 - 35344• BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS March 10, 2022 MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-065 Sponsored By: Marcia Gershenson, Angela Powell IN RE: Board of Commissioners - Resolution Recognizing March 2022 as Women's History Month in Oakland County Chairperson and Members of the Board: WHEREAS Women's History Month originally began as a local, week-long celebration in 1978 in Santa Rosa, California, which subsequently spread across the country as other communities initiated their own Women's History celebrations; and WHEREAS the month of March is now nationally recognized as Women's History Month, providing the opportunity to honor and celebrate the vital role of women, past and present, in American history; and WHEREAS in 1987, the United States Congress passed Public Law 100-9, designating March as Women's History Month; and WHEREAS 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 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 women have taken on a unique role throughout the history of the nation by providing the majority of the volunteer labor force of the nation; and WHEREAS women were particularly important in the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic and cultural institutions in our nation; and WHEREAS women have been leaders in critical roles and at crucial points of history to help create a fair and just society for all; and WHEREAS the year 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote; and WHEREAS the National Women's History Alliance publishes a yearly Women's History Theme and has designated "Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope" as the 2022 theme in a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history; and WHEREAS Oakland County women took an active role in the women's suffrage movement including the formation of the Oakland County Equal Suffrage Association in 1912. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, in recognition of the 19th Amendment, honors women from the original suffrage movement and also 20th and 21 st century women who have continued the struggle to ensure voting rights for all. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby designates March 2022 as Women's History Month in Oakland County and encourages residents, governmental agencies, businesses and schools to celebrate the generations of women who have left enduring imprints on our history. Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Marcia Gershenson, Angela Powell. Date: March 10, 2022 David Woodward, Commissioner Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds Date: March 21, 2022 COMMITTEE TRACKING 2022-03-01- Legislative Affairs & Government Operations - recommend to Board 2022-03-10 Full Board VOTE TRACKING Motioned by Commissioner Penny Luebs seconded by Commissioner Charles Cavell to adopt the attached Resolution; Recognizing March 2022 as Women's History Month in Oakland County. Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall, Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Chuck Moss, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Gary McGillivray, Robert Hoffman, Adam Kochenderfer (20) No: None (0) Abstain: None (0) Absent: (0) The Motion Passed. ATTACHMENTS None STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, Lisa Brown, 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 10, 2022, 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 Circuit Court at Pontiac, Michigan on Thursday, March 10, 2022. f6feil �z� Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds