With prior authorization by the Central Committee, DPCCC’s Executive Committee passed the following Resolution in Support of Women’s History on March 4, 2021:
WHEREAS, American women of every race, culture, class, faith, gender identity, and ethnic background have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our Nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and
WHEREAS, American women have played and continue to play a crucial economic, cultural, and social role in every sphere of the life of the Nation by constituting a significant portion of the paid and unpaid labor force working inside and outside of the home; and
WHEREAS, American women were particularly important in the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions in our Nation; and
WHEREAS American women’s contributions were instrumental in the perseverance of the Nation during the Second World War, and many other crises;
WHEREAS, American women of every race, culture, class, faith, gender identity, and ethnic background served as early leaders in the forefront of every major progressive social change movement; and
WHEREAS, American women have been leaders, not only in securing their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the labor movement, the civil rights movement, and other movements, especially the peace movement, which create a more fair and just society for all; and
WHEREAS, the many women-owned businesses and women entrepreneurs contribute to the health and success of our local communities, their economies, create jobs, and demonstrate effective leadership;
WHEREAS, from local special districts to Sacramento to, now, the White House, women are leading and making change in government; and
WHEREAS, although Contra Costa Democrats celebrate the many women leaders who are elected or appointed throughout our county and nation, including electing in 2020 our first woman Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, who is of African American and South Asian descent; we recognize that women are still underrepresented in our legislatures, board rooms, and the judiciary;
WHEREAS, despite women’s contributions and proven talents and skills, the role of women in history is consistently overlooked and their qualifications undervalued and dismissed in literature, education, the study of American history, and government;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County proudly recognizes the month of March as Women’s History Month and stands in solidarity and fully supports the contributions of all women throughout history.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Executive Committee, as authorized by the DPCCC, this 4th day of March, 2021.
Authored by Courtney Masella-O’Brien, Joey Smith, and Marisol Rubio, February 28, 2021.