To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Report Title: ADOPT Resolution declaring April 9, 2025 as Education & Sharing Day in Contra Costa County
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Resolution declaring April 9, 2025 as Education & Sharing Day in Contra Costa County
FISCAL IMPACT:
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BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County has annually proclaimed a day in April as Education and Sharing Day.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
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The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
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IN THE MATTER OF Proclaiming April 9, 2025, as Education & Sharing Day, in Contra Costa County.
WHEREAS, the basis for the continuity of any society is education; and in Contra Costa County the education of our youth is a priority; and
WHEREAS, to achieve its highest goals, education must not only impart knowledge but also teach the students how to live, forming and strengthening their moral character to make a better life for themselves as individuals and for society as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the global spiritual leader, the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, stressed that a moral and ethical education empowers every individual to develop their full potential in making the world a better place; and
WHEREAS, such an education can nurture the unity of diverse peoples through encouraging increased acts of goodness and kindness, imbued with the awareness that even a single positive act of an individual can change the world and usher in an era of global peace; and
WHEREAS, April 9, 2025, will mark 123 years since the Rebbe's birth, and this year begins the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of his leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. "Chabad" is an acronym of three Hebrew words for "wisdom, understanding and knowledge." The name "Lubavitch" comes from the city which served as the movement's headquarters for over a century and means city of l...
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