HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-03-26 Proclamation~g, professional social workers work on the front lines of
service delivery to help f,~li~s and individuals develop skilla to
lead productive and satisfying lives; and
~[I~l~, professional social workers see first-hand the challenges
families an~ mdivxdual~ face to meet their responsibilities, and
~el~ professional social workers recog,~i~.e that any violent env~ron-
merit. whether it contains ~hyslcal violence, emotional or
psychological abuse, or sancl~ioned discranmation, weakens
I~a,i~ ~i~ht of eve~ mdlvidual to live with dlgm,ty. and. ~a~se,
ph~sly~ emotional or p~hological ~(e~g wl~ich ~mped~,
indlwdual g~owth and development; and
~r~. the social work profession works concurrently to help victims
of violence and eradicate the causes of violence through
cor~m~r~ty, institutional, and public policy i.ltiatives;
t~tref~re, I, Naon~ J. Nov~ck, Mayor of the City of ~owa City,
Iowa, do hereby proclaim the month of March 1996 to be
and call upon members of the comm-,~ity to join with the social work
~rofession in support of appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities
eslgned to achieve its goals.
t~is. igned in Iowa City, I. owa,
26th day of Marcia, 1996.
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~tIt.~.//, the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic opened its doors in March
o~ 1971; ant
the ~maerstanding that health care i~ a ba~rle right and sl~0uld be
available to all of ottr citizens regardless of their ~illty to pay; and
~Ji~'taf~, be Clinic offers services without judgment and with an
atmosphere of f~l coufidentlali~y; and
services ave provided by volunteer uhyslcians, .physician
assistants, lab technloiana, phas-a~acists, anarpatlont guides; and
~ta//, the Free Medical Clinic provided health care to 6,700 patients
last year, and
~[I~//, 16 downtow, and north-side.bnslnesaea are participating_in
a 1°/o. c~. ~ ou Sat~tdet~~aro~ ~0t~ to ~elv ra~e ~o~ey ~or
phy~cal ,reprovemerits clinic; and,
~rtf~rt, I, Naomi J: Novick,.Mayor of. the .City of Iowa. City,
Iowa, do hereby proclanm SaterAy, March 30~, 1996, to lze
in the City of Iowa City, and en_cou~.age ~e COmmOnalty to reeognize~ and
celebrate the important role the c '.I/~iq i~as piaye~.. in proviZrig ~asic
health care to our comm~mlty over the ~ast twenty-Hve years.
Signed in Iowa City, I. owa, .
th~s 26th day of Mar~, 1996
~J~, in ou~ society, 1 of 3 women and 1 in 6 men will exl~erience
sextml al~use in their l~e~me end violence aga;n~t women and
c]~]c~en continues to escalate; and
sexual a~e a~ects every l~erson in t~e city of Iowa City as
vic~/survivor or as a [an~y member, slgn;~cant other,
ne~l~o~ o~ co.worker o~ a ~i~n/su~i~o~; end
~~, menr citizens of Iowa City are workin~ to provldo ~!~
se~ces axld assls~m~ce to sexual asasu~t m~rvivore~;
~fi~$~, it is critical to ]ntens~ pu~]ic awareness of sexual ~nse, to
erlucate people a~ont the neec~ ~or citizen involvement in e~or~s to
· ednce sexual a~0use, ~o increase suppor~ for a~encies provi~
sexual a~use se~-vlCes, and Lo increase awareness of tl~e ~e~;~g
power of c~reative expression;
~w, ~r~fore, I, Naomi J. Novlek, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, do hereby p~ocl~im the month of April 1996 to be
in the City of Iowa City, and I commend this observance to all citizens.
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
thla 26th day of March, 1996.
o( Iowa
~IlJl~tg, promoting the health and quality of llfe of all persons through
]~ldatioev~n~on i~ a worthy ~oal, that pul,l~ health has prorind the
n for the many ~-~ficant improvements in. both health
anti llfe expectau~-y, anti are essential ingredients m a strong,
successful health care system; and
~, pubhc health programs and sesvlces benefit everyone o
et+ect~ve manner and le~ to substantial future savings in mecllcal
cos~; a~d
~aff, public health agancies are essential to the Cornrntmity because
they monitor and diagnose cornrn,-i~y health probl,e.~ a, investigate
health hazards ~nd their e~fe~:s, develop health poliexes and plans,
evaluate health program. a for effectlveneas an.d. quality, inform ancl
educate about health xsraes, enforce protecnve health laws and
regulationS and assure an expert public health work force,
~r~f~r~, I, Naomi J. Novick, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, do hereby Hodaim the week of April 1-7, 1996, aa
and call upon citizens, private, non-profit and public agencies to join
together and celebrate the many benefits that public health agencies have
provide&
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