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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
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RESOLUTION NO. 143 14
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION OF THE FOURTH
WEDNESDAY OF APRIL AS INTERNATIONAL DENIM DAY AS A PART OF THE
COUNTY OF HAWAI`I'S RECOGNITION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS
MONTH.
WHEREAS, Sexual Assault Awareness Month is observed every year during the month
of April to promote sexual violence prevention and education initiatives across the nation that
seek to raise the public consciousness; and
WHEREAS, International Denim Day was founded in 1999 by Peace Over Violence, a
501(c)(3)nonprofit dedicated to building healthy relationships, families and communities free
from sexual,domestic, and interpersonal violence; and
WHEREAS, International Denim Day was inspired by the women of the Italian
Parliament who wore jeans to work the day after the third division of the Supreme Court of
Appeals in Rome overturned the rape conviction of a 45-year-old man who sexually assaulted his
18-year-old driving student because, "jeans cannot be removed easily and certainly it is
impossible to pull them off if the victim is fighting against her attacker with all her force;" and
WHEREAS, International Denim Day occurs on the fourth Wednesday in April as
community members, elected officials, businesses, and students organize to wear jeans as a
symbol of protest against the societal myths and destructive behaviors that perpetuate sexual
violence; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the YWCA of Hawai`i Island Sexual Assault Support Services
program reports having responded to 2,150 crisis calls from or on behalf of victims of sexual
violence in Hawaii County, opening 329 cases and providing 1,929 hours of therapy to 167
people, and performing 58 forensic medical exams; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Harry Kim has proclaimed every fourth Wednesday in April,
beginning April 24, 2019, as International Denim Day in the County of Hawai`i; now,therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
County of Hawai`i stands in solidarity with local and global counterparts recognizing
International Denim Day as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and encourages everyone
to wear jeans on the fourth Wednesday in April, beginning April 24, 2019.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Mayor, the Managing Director, the Chief of Police, the Prosecuting Attorney,
the County Executive on Aging, the Civil Defense Administrator, Corporation Counsel, the
Director of Environmental Management, the Director of Finance, the Fire Chief, the Housing
Administrator, the Director of Human Resources, the Director of Information Technology, the
Director of Liquor Control, the Mass Transit Administrator, the Director of Parks and
Recreation, the Director of Planning, the Director of Public Works, the Director of Research and
Development, the Manager-Chief Engineer of Water Supply, and the County Physician.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 24th day of April , 2019 .
INTRO"' CED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, v OUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawaii CIIUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EON' X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawai`i on April 24, 2019 KANEALL1-KLEINF LDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X
LEE LOY X
ATTEST: POI N DI;X'I ER X
RICIIARDS X
VILI_,EGAS X
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COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDI OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. I 3 1.9
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