,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fbf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,lewis 7for himself1 ,ms4          
,bordallo1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mr4      
,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4
 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4   
,farr1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,gutirrez1  
,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,honda1
 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,kelly of     
,illinois1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1    
,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,mc,dermott1 ,mr4 
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,mr4       
,meeks1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 
,pocan1 ,mr4 ,polis1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,mr4 
,richmond1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,sablan1    
,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,ms4 ,wilson  
of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,cohen7 submitted 
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,oversight
 and ,government ,reform  ,,resolution  
,supporting the goals and ideals of     
,national ,nonviolence ,week to raise   
awareness of youth violence in the      
,united ,states4  ,whereas the ,sojourn 

to the ,past program annually takes high
 school students to the historic        
locations of the civil rights movement1 
teaching them how nonviolence protest   
mitigated discrimination1 violence1     
hatred1 bigotry1 and inequity in schools
 and communities2 ,whereas the goal of  
the ,sojourn to the ,past program1      
created by ,jeff ,steinberg1 is to      
inspire students to become civic leaders
 with a duty and ability to unite people
 in their communities in equality and   
justice1 through knowledge1             
understanding1 and compassion2 ,whereas1
 in #bjji1 a small group of ,youngstown1
 ,ohio1 high school students who        
experienced ,sojourn to the ,past1 a    
#aj-;day journey to the civil rights    
sites in the ,southern ,united ,states1 
created activities for a nonviolence    
week for the city high schools2 ,whereas
 ,mrs4 ,penny ,wells1 a social studies  
teacher in the ,youngstown1 ,ohio1      
school district aligned the ,sojourn to 
the ,past program to ,ohio ,state       

standards and the school district pacing
 guides2 ,whereas the ,sojourn to the   
,past program offers an independent     
study program credit for ,sojourn to the
 ,past participants in support of ,mrs4 
,wells' effort2 ,whereas1 at the request
 of school superintendent ,dr4 ,wendy   
,webb1 the ,youngstown ,sojourn students
 implemented ,nonviolence ,week in all  
the ,youngstown schools during the first
 week of ,october #bjji2 ,whereas these 
,youngstown ,sojourn students received a
 declaration from ,mayor ,jay ,williams 
declaring the first week in ,october    
#bjji as ,nonviolence ,week2 ,whereas   
the #bjaj ,youngstown ,sojourn to the   
,past students successfully petitioned  
the ,youngstown ,school ,board1 the     
,youngstown ,city ,council1 and the     
,youngstown ,state ,university trustees 
to declare the first week in ,october   
each year to be ,nonviolence ,week2     
,whereas the ,sojourn to the ,past      
program has afforded participating      
students an experience that is far      

reaching and life changing and serves as
 a catalyst for their becoming activists
 in applying nonviolence principles     
throughout their lives2 ,whereas        
according to the ,department of         
,education1 nearly #gd percent of public
 schools in the ,united ,states recorded
 one or more violent incidents of crime 
that occurred at school in #bjji-bjaj2  
,whereas most victims of school violence
 are first exposed as early as middle   
school2 ,whereas hostility toward       
homosexuality and gender nonconformity  
continues to plague gay1 lesbian1       
bisexual1 and transgender youth and     
adults in ,united ,states schools2      
,whereas according to the ,centers for  
,disease ,control and ,prevention       
7,,cdc71 youth violence results in      
considerable physical1 social1 and      
economic consequences2 ,whereas         
according to the ,,cdc1 in #bjaa1 more  
than #gjg1jjj young people were treated 
in emergency room departments for       
injuries sustained from physical        

assaults2 ,whereas according to the     
,,cdc1 roughly #bj percent of high      
school students reported being bullied  
at school in #bjaj2 ,whereas the ,united
 ,states child homicide rate1 for       
children less than #ae years of age1 is 
#e times greater than the combined rate 
of #be other industrialized countries2  
and ,whereas the principle of           
nonviolence has been a core philosophy  
of many successful social change        
movements3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that
 the ,house of ,representatives--  7#a7 
supports the goals and ideals of        
,national ,nonviolence ,week to raise   
awareness of youth violence in the      
,united ,states2 and  7#b7 encourages   
the people of the ,united ,states1      
,state and local officials1 middle      
schools and high schools1 law           
enforcement agencies1 and other         
interested groups to observe ,national  
,nonviolence ,week with appropriate     
programs and activities that promote    
awareness and prevention of youth       

violence4