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NC Office of The Govemor lamation Release B00K 20 FA 97 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND NATIONAL UNITY DAY 2004 BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, domestic violence is a pattern of coercion and control in an intimate relationship where one person uses violence to gain power and control over their partner, and WHEREAS, domestic violence includes not only physical abuse, but also mental abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse, isolation and sexual violence; and WHEREAS, according to the National Violence Against Women Survey, nearly 25 percent of American women report being raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, partner or date at some time in their lifetime; and WHEREAS, women of all races and socioeconomic backgrounds are vulnerable to violence by an intimate partner, and WHEREAS, according to the North Carolina Council for Women/Domestic Violence Commission, domestic violence programs in North Carolina responded to over 90,000 crisis calls and provided services to over 40,000 victims last year, and WHEREAS, according to the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, over 180 women, men and children have been murdered in North Carolina as a result of domestic violence since January 2002, and WHEREAS, strangulation is a common tactic of abusers and often leads to homicide, and WHEREAS, in response to the epidemic of domestic violence, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the most comprehensive legislation related to domestic violence in the history of the state this year. and WHEREAS, as a result of this legislation, the state's response to victims of domestic violence will be improved and save lives; NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim October 2004, as "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH" and October 1, 2004, as "NATIONAL UNITY DAY" in North Carolina. I further urge our citizens to become aware of this destructive force in our society and to become part of the efforts to stop violence in families. MICHAEL F. EASLEY IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seat of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-eighth day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand and four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-ninth. 51e:HC:\Documents%20and%20 Setti nas\e 1ee\Local%20Setti ne s\Tem norarv%20I nternet%201,... 10/5/2004