https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=6387012&GUID=0E649D0D-F8E3-4A97-8F40-6CD2348C1760Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=6387012&GUID=0E649D0D-F8E3-4A97-8F40-6CD2348C17600E649D0D-F8E3-4A97-8F40-6CD2348C1760-2023-10-25-21-55-39Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION COOK COUNTY RECOGNIZES OCTOBER 2023 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH WHEREAS, October is nationally known as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and a time to uplift the experiences and resilience of survivors, as well as educate and support households experiencing this hardship; and WHEREAS, domestic violence is a pattern of physical and psychological abuse, threats, intimidation, isolation, or economic coercion used by one person to exert power and control over another person in the context of a dating, familial, or household relationship; and WHEREAS, intimate partner violence can happen to anyone at any point in a relationship, and affects people of all ages as well as all racial, ethnic, gender, economic, and religious backgrounds; and WHEREAS, according to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, women are disproportionately victims of domestic violence, as 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men ages 18 and older will experience some form of contact sexual violence during their lifetime; and WHEREAS, according to Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:55:39 GMT