1999
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 99-044
BY SENATORS Feeley, Andrews, Arnold, Blickensderfer, Chlouber, Congrove, Dyer, Epps, Evans, Hernandez, Hillman, Lacy, Lamborn, Linkhart, Martinez, Matsunaka, Musgrave, Nichol, Owen, Pascoe, Perlmutter, Phillips, Reeves, Rupert, Sullivant, Tanner, Tebedo, Teck, Thiebaut, Wattenberg, Weddig, and Wham;
also REPRESENTATIVES Veiga, Alexander, Allen, Bacon,
Berry, Chavez, Clapp, Clarke, Coleman, Dean, Decker, Fairbank,
Gagliardi, George, Gordon, Gotlieb, Grossman, Hagedorn, Hefley,
Hoppe, Johnson, Kaufman, Keller, Kester, King, Larson, Lawrence,
Lee, Leyba, Mace, May, McElhany, McKay, McPherson, Miller, Mitchell,
Morrison, Nunez, Paschall, Pfiffner, Plant, Ragsdale, Saliman,
Scott, Sinclair, Smith, Spence, Spradley, Stengel, Swenson, Takis,
Tapia, Tate, Taylor, Tochtrop, Tool, Tupa, Vigil, Webster, S.
Williams, T. Williams, Windels, Witwer, Young, and Zimmerman.
HONORING THE MOTHERS OF COLORADO AND REMEMBERING
THE MOTHERS OF COLORADO WHOSE LIVES WERE CUT SHORT BY DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
WHEREAS, Colorado mothers have made enormous contributions
to the growth and strength of our state in countless recorded
and unrecorded ways; and
WHEREAS, Colorado mothers have played and continue
to play a critical economic, cultural, and social role in every
sphere of the life of Colorado in their roles both working inside
and outside of the home; and
WHEREAS, One of our most valuable assets, Colorado's
mothers, continue to strive for peace and carry on the duty of
raising the children of Colorado, while at times enduring the
intimidation and fear of domestic violence; and
WHEREAS, While incidents of domestic violence are vastly underreported and incidents of and fatalities related to domestic violence are not reported in a consistent manner across the state, data collected by the Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence shows that in 1997, 53 deaths in Colorado were attributable to acts of domestic violence, including the deaths of 22 women and 2 children; and
WHEREAS, According to FBI statistics, 30% of female
murder victims in 1990 were killed by their husbands or boyfriends,
and in 1994, domestic violence claimed the lives of four women
each day; and
WHEREAS, On Sunday, May 9th, we celebrate
Mother's Day in honor of the immense and often unrecognized contributions
made by mothers and the difficult and often thankless roles that
mothers perform in all of our lives; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixtysecond
General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives
concurring herein:
That the Colorado General Assembly wishes to honor
all of the mothers of Colorado, and recognizes the importance
of mothers in the health and wellbeing of the life of the
rich and multifaceted communities of our state.
That the Colorado General Assembly wishes to honor
and recognize those mothers of our state who persevere in the
face of the daunting and often unrecognized challenge of raising
children in an environment of domestic violence.
That the Colorado General Assembly wishes to thank
those individuals and groups throughout the state working toward
the identification and amelioration of domestic violence in our
communities for the purpose of promoting the health and wellbeing
of all mothers, children, and families of Colorado.
That on this Mother's Day, the Colorado General Assembly
asks the people of Colorado to remember the mothers of Colorado
whose lives were cut short by domestic violence.
Be it further resolved,
That a copy of this resolution be sent to the Axis Intervention
and Training Institute, the Colorado Coalition Against Domestic
Violence, Project Safeguard, and the Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment.
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Ray Powers Russell George
PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Patricia K. Dicks Judith M. Rodrigue
SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES