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City of Toronto Proclamation |
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"Community Safety Night"
October 24, 2002
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the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children, in partnership with the City of Toronto's Task Force on Community Safety, is hosting a GTA-wide anti-violence event called the "3rd Annual Community Safety Night" on October 24, 2002; and |
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Community Safety Night is based on the premise that once communities are made safer for women who feel most vulnerable to public violence, they will be safer for everyone. This event provides Toronto residents with the opportunity to join other community members to evaluate the safety of their neighbourhoods through METRAC's Safety Audit process, discuss their concerns, come up with ideas for positive change and present them to their Toronto Councillors; and |
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Safety Audits recognize that people experience violence differently based on their identity, which includes characteristics like ethnicity, race, age, language, income level, gender, sexuality and physical ability. They also understand that discrimination, stereotypes and negative biases against groups of people are also forms of violence; and |
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Community Safety Night will help to end the silence about public violence and encourage residents of Toronto's large and culturally diverse community to voice their unique violence concerns and make the City a more just and safer place for everyone. |
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I, Mayor Mel Lastman, on behalf of Toronto City Council and the 2.5 million people of our great City, do hereby proclaim October 24, 2002 as "3rd Annual Community Safety Night" and encourage all residents and City Councillors to participate in this important community anti-violence event. |
[Signed Mayor Mel Lastman]
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