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Mayor proclaims April as Fair Housing Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month; local nonprofits accept proclamations
Summary
Mayor Debbie Sullivan proclaimed April 2025 as Fair Housing Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month. Representatives from Thurston County Realtors, Community Action Council, Family Education and Support Services (FES) and FEST spoke in support; FES provided local child‑abuse referral statistics and described prevention programs.
Mayor Debbie Sullivan read two proclamations during the Tumwater City Council meeting on April 1 recognizing April 2025 as Fair Housing Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Fair Housing Month
In the first proclamation, Mayor Sullivan cited the 1968 Fair Housing Act’s prohibition on housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, familial status, national origin and disability and called on Tumwater residents and organizations to promote equal housing opportunities. Mark Irobayashi, president of the Thurston County Realtors Association, thanked the council for the proclamation and emphasized the real-estate profession’s changed stance since a history of…
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