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Adopt a resolution recognizing Pati Navalta Poblete as Solano County's "Woman of the Year 2019" in celebration of "March is National Women's History Month"
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Supervisor Hannigan requests the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution recognizing Pati Navalta Poblete as Solano County's "Woman of the Year 2019" in reflection of the theme "VISIONARY WOMEN: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence" and in celebration of "March is National Women's History Month."
SUMMARY:
As recently as the 1970's, women's history was virtually an unknown topic in the K-12 curriculum or in the general public's awareness. To address this situation, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women initiated a "Women's History Week" celebration for 1978. From this effort grew the first Congressional resolution declaring a "National Women's History Week" in 1981.
In 1987, the National Women's History Project petitioned Congress to expand the national celebration to the entire month of March. Since then, the National Women's History Month Resolution has been approved with bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. Each year, programs and activities in schools, workplaces, and communities have become more extensive as information and program ideas have been developed and shared.
This year, Solano County celebrates "Women's History Month" with the twelfth annual luncheon on March 15, 2019. Through a public nomination process, the Women's History Month Committee selected Pati Navalta Poblete as the "Woman of the Year for 2019" and Julie Hilt as the Honorary Chair in recognition of their decades of service to the community.
This resolution will be presented at the luncheon. Funds raised during that luncheon will benefit the Solano County Library Foundation and go towards the purchase of materials rela...
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