Run For Freedom City of CCermont
Proclamation
Whereas, the United States was founded on the principle that all people are born with an
unalienable right to freedom; and
Whereas, liberty and human rights are fundamental principles of the United States; and
Whereas, human trafficking is modern day slavery exercised through forced labor, debt bondage,
involuntary servitude,forced marriage and commercial sexual exploitation; and
Whereas, the victims of human trafficking are citizens and immigrants, men, women and children;
and
Whereas, they can be abused in their own countries, or find themselves far from home and
vulnerable; and
Whereas, we must join together as a Nation and global community to provide a safe haven by
protecting victims and prosecuting traffickers; and
Whereas, the City of Clermont recognizes the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation and Assistant
State Attorney, Robert J. Welch, for successfully prosecuting the first domestic sex trafficking case under
the Florida State Human Trafficking Law;
Now, Therefore, I, Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor of the City of Clermont, Florida, extend
greetings and best wishes to the members, partners and volunteers of Run for Freedom serving Central
Florida in preparation for the 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 7:30 a.m. at Clermont
Waterfront Park.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of
Clermont to be affixed this 8th day of October in the year of 2013.
arold S. Turville,Jr.,Mayor
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Tracy Ackroyd,City CI k .