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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 the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 41.5% of women in Illinois and 25.90% of men in Illinois experience intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner sexual violence or intimate partner stalking in their lifetimes; and
WHEREAS, a 2023 data report from The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence indicated that there were 2,405 domestic violence calls and 97 sexual violence calls documented by the Cook County Sheriff's Office in 2022 alone; and
WHEREAS, while Chicago's population is only composed of 29% of people who identify as Black, 75% of all non-fatal domestic violence related shootings and 66% of domestic violence related homicides in 2022 impacted Black victims; and
WHEREAS, domestic violence shootings in Cook County in 2022 included 64 total incidents, 48 victims injured, 23 victims killed, and 31 suspects arrested.
WHEREAS, in suburban Cook County, E...
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