Proclamations
Manufacturing Day
Proclamations
Proclamation By the Governor of Alabama WHEREAS, Manufacturing Day is an effective way to highlight the importance of manufacturing to the economy and draw attention to the many rewardi…
Health Literacy Month
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Proclamation By the Governor of Alabama WHEREAS, the State of Alabama is committed to increasing the health literacy of all citizens; and WHEREAS, federal law defines health literacy as…
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
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Proclamation By the Governor of Alabama WHEREAS, according to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 10,380 children under the age of 15 diagnosed with cancer in 2016, …
Beef Month
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Proclamation By the Governor of Alabama WHEREAS, the beef cattle business in Alabama is one of the state’s largest agricultural industries, representing a $2.5 billion industry; and W…
Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week
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Proclamation By the Governor of Alabama WHEREAS, each year, more Americans die from drug overdoses than in traffic accidents, and more than three out of five of these deaths involved an…
Governor Bentley Declares State of Emergency to Facilitate Granting of USDOT Waiver
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WHEREAS, on September 9, 2016, a leak was discovered in Shelby County, Alabama of a Colonial pipeline primarily used for gasoline, causing the pipeline to be shut down; WHEREAS, the rep…
Days of Prayer and Remembrance
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Proclamation By the Governor of Alabama WHEREAS, On September 11, 2001, a group of small and hateful minds conspired to threaten the very fiber of our country, seeking to break the Amer…
Suicide Prevention Week
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Proclamation By the Governor of Alabama WHEREAS, in the United States, one person dies by suicide every 13 minutes, and every day over 100 Americans take their own lives, with 42,773 de…
Pro Bono Month
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Proclamation By the Governor of Alabama WHEREAS, in a democratic society, access to justice is a fundamental and essential right; however, records show that one in every four of the mor…
Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
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Proclamation By the Governor of Alabama WHEREAS, Hydrocephalus, derived from the Greek words, “hydro” meaning water, and “cephalus” meaning head, is a condition that has no cure…