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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
COOK COUNTY RECOGNIZES OCTOBER 2022 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS 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 4 women and 1 in 7 men ages 18 and older will experience domestic violence at some point in their life; and
WHEREAS, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 37.7% of women in Illinois 35.30% 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 June 2020 report from The Network indicated that there were 2,458 domestic violence related incidents documented by the Cook County Sheriff's Office in 2019 alone; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline received 28,749 calls for help in 2020, a 16% increase from the previous year, and there were a staggering 936 text messages requesting assistance compared to just 37 messages the year before; and
WHEREAS, domestic violence can affect anyone at any point in a relationship, and impacts people of all ages, racial, ethnic, gender, economic, and religious backgrounds; and
WHEREAS, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research, approximately 40...
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