To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Proclaiming March 2024 as Women's History Month and Recognizing March 8, 2024, as International Women's Day
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a resolution proclaiming March 2024 as Women's History Month, and recognizing March 8, 2024, as International Women's Day in Contra Costa County, as recommended by the Contra Costa County Commission for Women and Girls.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County Commission for Women and Girls has requested that a Resolution recognizing March 2024 as Women's History Month, and March 8, 2024, as International Women's Day, be adopted by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
None.
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
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IN THE MATTER OF PROCLAIMING MARCH 2024 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND RECOGNIZING MARCH 8, 2024, AS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
WHEREAS, women of Contra Costa County of every race, class, sexual orientation, and ethnic background have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our County in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and
Whereas, women of Contra Costa County have played and continue to play a critical economic, cultural and social role in every sphere of the life of the County by constituting a significant portion of the labor force working inside and outside of the home; and
Whereas, women of Contra Costa County where particularly important in the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions in our County; and
Whereas, women of Contra Costa County have played a unique role throughout the history of the County by providing the majority of the volunteer labor force of the County; and
Whereas, women of Contra Costa County of every race, class, sexual orientation, and ethnic background ser...
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