BILL NUMBER: HR 38	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2016

   Relative to Season for Nonviolence.


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   WHEREAS, On a daily basis we are confronted by the challenge of
violence in the form of hate crimes, brutality, domestic abuse, and
other forms of inhumanity; and
   WHEREAS, Violence takes a terrible physical, mental, emotional,
and financial toll on society; and
   WHEREAS, Violence prevention and conflict resolution programs in
schools and communities throughout the nation and world are
positively affecting our families and our neighborhoods, one day at a
time; and
   WHEREAS, Every person can move the world in the direction of peace
through his or her daily nonviolent choices and actions; and
   WHEREAS, An awareness of nonviolent principles and practices is a
powerful way to heal and transform our lives and communities, to
recognize the dignity and worth of every human being, and to promote
peace and harmony among all people regardless of race, color,
culture, class, language, faith, age, gender, sexual preference, or
other apparent difference; and
   WHEREAS, The Season for Nonviolence, a national campaign held
January 30 to April 4, inclusive, to mark the memorial anniversaries
of noted nonviolent advocates Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., provides an opportunity to educate citizens about
nonviolence; and
   WHEREAS, The annual 64-day campaign, cofounded in 1998 by Dr. Arun
Gandhi and the Association for Global New Thought, is an
educational, media, and grassroots awareness campaign; and
   WHEREAS, The purpose of the Season for Nonviolence is to focus
education and community action towards attaining peace and justice in
the spirit of Gandhi and King; and
   WHEREAS, The Season for Nonviolence teaches that every person can
move the world forward in the direction of peace through daily
nonviolent choices and actions. Through media attention, the Season
for Nonviolence also recognizes and celebrates those who are using
nonviolence to build communities that honor the dignity and worth of
every human being; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly proclaims January 30, 2016, to April 4, 2016, inclusive, as
the 19th annual Season for Nonviolence, and encourages all citizens
to participate in local, national, and global educational and
community campaigns to honor those who are using nonviolence to build
communities that respect the dignity and worth of every human being;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.