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t Suggested by: Mayor Williams
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RESOLUTION NO. 88-5
-- A ABSOLUTION O! TKB COUNCIL O! TKS CITY 06' KBNAI, ALA815A,
- REQUBSTING TKB ALASKA STATE SENATE CONDUCT A KEARING Tp
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ALASKA WONEN°3 COMMY8320N.
' WKEREAS, the Alaska Women's Commission has been in the
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`' forefront of the sflort to make the state of Alsaka safe for
t' xomen and oh3ldren, by being among the earliest and most
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pportere of domestic violence 1 ialation in 1980;
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"' and by oontinuinq a vigilant effort to maintain adequate
~ funding for the shelters and resource centers throughout the
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WKBREAS, the Aleake Woman's Commission xas aignifioent in
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' ~ securing funding for effective dlspiaced homemaker programs
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. statewide, helping widowed and divorced homemnkers find new
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resources nn4 become self-sufficient again, en8
`:.. WKBREAS, the Alaska Women's Commission xas in the vanguard
_ o! orgsaizations leading the e!lort to secure an educational
equity tax in the state of Alsaka, ensuring that today°a
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~ girls and boys es•e given every opportunity to develop their
' " full potential in sports, s?athematiss; an eom,...«e..
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WKBRBAE, the Alaska Women's Commission has eponaorefl nearip
~ txeaty regional women's conferences throughout the state of
' Alsaka, in communities as diverse as Galena, Renni, Sitka,
esthel, $otzebue, Barrow, and Kuelia, in a auccesslul effort
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' to develop and recognize the leadership end talent possessed
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_-- - by the xomen in the rural areas of the state, and
~~~'.'a' WKSRSAS, th® Alaska Woman's Commission has been one of the
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' most productive and cost effective agencies in stets
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~ government during its tan year history, issuing thousands o!
a~?- ~ educational pubifeatiane and research reports each and every
year, and
WHEREAS, the Alaska #omen*s Conmiss~on iL an
servioe of irate government, helping ensure that economi~
development affects every por~ion of our population,
especially s~ngle parents, working parents and thole at the
Lowest end of the salary scale, and
#HEREAao the Alaska #omen*a Con, sissies ia in a w~nd-down
year, and must be roauthorizsd by passage of Ha4 if ~t ia to
continue beyond dune 30, 1988, and
#HIRBAS, Senator Fau~ Fischer ~ha~ra the Senate Hea~ho
Rdu~atton and Soc~a~ Services committee
ouFrentLy Located.
KBNAX, ALASKA, that o&id Council respectfully urges Senator
fllcher to hold a hearAng aa quickly as positbXa in order to
pals HR4 out o~ this eonnittee, and
BE X? FUR?HBR REBOLVED, that HR4 be passed in an unenended
version0 eniuring that the Corflmiaston retains iai ability to
hire a staff and retains its independent mtltus, ind
BB XTFURTHBR RESOLVED, that the Senate and HouIa approve an
adequate budget to enable the Corm~ssion to ~ontinue ~ti
work at iai ~ulX capacity again ($250°000)°
PASSED BY ~HE COUNCIL OF ?HE CT~Y OF ICSNAI, AL~KA, thAI 3rd
2LL~-AMS, HAYOR
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et Mhelan, City Clerk
JN~IU~RY 20~ 1988
~CLO~ED YOU ~)LL FIND~'~E INFO~TI~ ~BO~ THE ~8~
~1~8l~ IT~ HI~O~ ~D E~E OF ~T8 ACC~PLI~.
AS YOU ~ SEE ~ THERE ARE ~ AR~8 OF C~CE~ TO M~ ~D
F~ILIE8 ~HICH ~E BE~ RES~RCHED. THIS RES~RCH ~ ~
DIRECTED BY THE C~I~I~ ~D ~RRIED ~ ~ THE ~AFF OF T~
C~18~l~s ~ITH THE HELP OF ~ ~OL~8. A~ A DIRE~ ~SULT
OF THESE ~U~IE~ THE C~i8~!~ ~8 BE~ 4BLE TO 80TH EDU~TE
~O 4~O~TE FOR POSITIU[ C~OE~ IN OUR ~ATE IN RE~Ti~SHIP
TO TH; C~CE~ ~ EOIII~.
THE Cff~1881~ ~ ~ORKED AT T~ ~4TE L~EL TO SECURE
H~KER F~DINS~ TO SECURE P~81~ REFO~ HT THE ~ATE L~EL
TO PR~E~ 8POUSEE ~ ~lH~ T~IR ~IVOR'9 B~EFIT8 C~ OFF
~ITHO~ THEIR ~LED~E~ ~D 4RE ~O~KIN~ ~ DIVORCE REFO~ ~HICH
HILLs ~E HOPE~ HELP PR~E~ OLOER~ T~OlTI~L H~KER8 FR~
THE INEQUITIES TH~ ~PERI~CE ~ER CU~R~ DWORCE PROCEDURES.
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THE 4~ ~'E C~1991~ HELPEO ~ THE D~E~IC ~iOL~CE
LESIS~TI~ P48~EO QHICH LED TO THE D~ELO~ OF h ~HOLE
N~ORK OF 8HELTER8 ~D CO~ELINO PRO~8 8UOH 48 OURS.
THE 0~1~81~ HELPED O~ THE ~ATE'8 HINI TITLE IX PASBED ~D
HE BEdE ~E OF THE FIRST ~ATEO TO P~ ~ EOU~Ti~L E~UI~
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· 81RL~' COURSE8 OR '8~8.' C~ H~ITORIN~ 18 HECE~ FOR
C~8]~ IHPL~ATI~ ~HICH ~EFIT~ 4LL OF OUR ~UD~.
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ME (THROUSH THE TAL~8 OF ~ ATTO~Ss ~LE ~D F~LE)
PUBLISHED H~'8 LEaL RI~8 IN 4~ ~O ~E DI~RIB~ED
HORE T~ ~OtO00 COPIE~. LEg8 T~ ~0 ARE LE~ ~D THERE Zg NO
H~ LE~ TO REPRI~ THIO LE~ AID FOR g~ HHO ~E NO ~HER
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C~IN~T:~ OF THE C~:8Sl~ ~e BE~ ~DORGED ~ .~EROUG ~r'~~. -.~
DIUERGE OR~IZATI~, IT IS THE C~1881~'" HOPE T~T YOU .ILL
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