HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 4a. Dating and Domestic Violence Awareness Month Proclamation
WHEREAS, Dating and Domestic Violence Awareness Month calls attention to the fact that intimate
partner violence is widespread and impacts every person in San Luis Obispo; and
WHEREAS, Lumina Alliance provides essential, lifesaving services for survivors, their children, and
families throughout San Luis Obispo County including San Luis Obispo.
WHEREAS, domestic violence is a pattern of control in an intimate relationship where one person
uses coercion and violence to gain power and control over his or her partner; and
WHEREAS, domestic violence can result in physical injury, psychological trauma, and even death.
The devastating consequences of domestic violence can cross generations and can last a lifetime;
and
WHEREAS, there is a need to focus on the individualized needs of domestic violence survivors;
WHEREAS, the marginalization of certain groups in society, including undocumented individuals,
transgender individuals, and those living with disabilities, increases their vulnerability to intimate
partner violence; and
WHEREAS, LUMINA ALLIANCE continues to provide a safe environment to those affected by domestic
violence with crisis intervention, counseling, education, legal services, and emergency safe housing,
with the help of dedicated volunteers and professionals; and
WHEREAS, LUMINA ALLIANCE has received over two thousand calls to the crisis & information line,
provided more than six thousand collective nights for shelter clients, and provided more than four
thousand eight hundred hours of therapy; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo strongly supports the efforts of LUMINA ALLIANCE, how every
segment of our society can work together to better address intimate partner violence, and how to
help survivors connect with services; and
NOW, THEREFORE I, Erica A. Stewart, Mayor of the City of San Luis Obispo, on behalf of the entire
City Council in recognition of the important work done by domestic violence programs, do hereby
proclaim the month of October to be National Dating and Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Dating and Domestic Violence
Awareness Month
October 2023
October 3, 2023
Mayor Date