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TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION
AWARENESS MONTH FEBRUARY 2023
WHEREAS, each year in the U.S., nearly 1.5 million high school students
fall victim to abuse from an intimate partner; and
WHEREAS, nationwide, youth aged 12 to 19 experience the highest rates of
rape and sexual assault, and 1 in every 4 teenage girls in a
relationship is repeatedly verbally abused; and
WHEREAS, only 33% of teens who were in an abusive relationship ever
told anyone and 50% of teens who experience dating violence
or rape attempt suicide; and
WHEREAS, the trauma and suffering caused by domestic violence
destroys families, threatens the safety of neighborhoods,
and weakens the ability of the communities to thrive; and
WHEREAS, the City of Apache Junction and the community must work
together to ensure the safety of our teens and create a
world where every teen can live free of dating violence; and
WHEREAS, in 2023 Maricopa Association of Governments and its
partners worked together on a webinar series addressing
teen dating violence, which will be highlighted during this
year’s Teen Dating Violence Prevention Awareness Month.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Walter “Chip” Wilson, Mayor of the City of Apache
Junction, Arizona, do hereby proclaim February 2023, as
TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION
AWARENESS MONTH
Signed and attested to this day of , 2023.
Walter “Chip” Wilson
Mayor
ATTEST:
Jennifer Pena
City Clerk