HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 08/15/2017 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING AUGUST 26, 2017 AS ''WOMEN'PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, per the U.S. Census Bureau 2015 estimates, women make up 50.8% of the
Fort Collins community; and
WHEREAS, women have historically been denied the full rights and privileges, public
or private, legal or institutional, which are available to male citizens; and
WHEREAS, the 19th Amendment continues to serve as a symbol of the continued fight
for equal rights, and women have united to assure that these rights and privileges are available to
ALL citizens equally, and
WHEREAS, August 26th was designated as Women’s Equality Day in 1971 to
commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment and commend and support women in their
organizations and activities; and
WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters, founded in 1920, is a non-partisan
organization, dedicated to ensuring that all eligible voters have the opportunity and the
information to exercise their right to vote, and will be registering voters at the Oak Street
Farmer’s Market, Saturday August 26 from 8am – noon.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wade Troxell, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
declare August 26, 2017 as
WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY
and encourage all women to actively engage in the political process by voting, running for office,
participating in city boards and commissions, starting their own businesses, volunteering and
being community and family leaders. Furthermore, I recognize the commemoration of that day
in 1920, on which the women of America won their right to vote, as an opportunity to continue
to work for equal rights for ALL citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 15th day of August, A.D. 2017.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Interim City Clerk