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RESOLUTION 72-103 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA PROCLAIMING NATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER DAY IN SANTA ANA WHEREAS, the President of the United States has announced that October 11, 1972 will be proclaimed National OIC Day; and WHEREAS, Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America are celebrating their 8th year as the Nation's fastest growing private, non-profit manpower training program; and WHEREAS, the philosophy of Opportunities Industrialization Center means a way out for America's poor and those who carry the burden of America's poor; and WHEREAS, the theme of OIC Day, 1972 is "Everybody can be Somebody" which recognizes the need of all of our citizens to learn marketable skills and to earn their own rightful place in American society; and WHEREAS, the only acceptable alternative to the terrifying despair that has led to the destruction of countless lives and valuable property in the inner-cities across America is pride in self and hope for a brighter tomorrow, both of which OIC provides; and WHEREAS, the local Opportunities Industrialization Center, the only OIC branch in Orange County, is midway into its first year of operation in Santa A_ua; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Opportunities Industrialization Center plans to celebrate its Grand Opening and National OIC Day with a week of festivities intended to bridge the gaps between races, cultures and other disparate segments of our City and County; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Supervisors has proclaimed OIC Day and OIC Week in Orange County; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: that this City Council does hereby proclaim Wednesday, October 11, 1972 as National OIC Day in Santa Ana, and does further proclaim the week of October 9 through October 15, 1972 as Santa Aha OIC Week. ATTEST: MAYOR CLERK OF THE COUNCIL