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Proclamation 10879 of December 31, 2024 

National Stalking Awareness Month, 2025 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

During National Stalking Awareness Month, we honor the courage and resilience of the millions of people in America who have suffered from stalking 

and recommit to ensuring every American feels safe and protected from 

this abuse. And we recommit to building a world where every person 

can walk through life knowing they are safe, secure, and will be treated 

with respect. 

For the one in three women and one in six men who have endured stalking, 

the fear it causes can be all-consuming. No matter where it was committed 

or who it was committed by—at home, at work, online, or by a stranger 

or a neighbor—stalking can destroy a person’s sense of security and safety. 

And it can have immense consequences on their lives: some have to leave 

everything behind to flee at a moment’s notice or are haunted by their 

experience forever. It is wrong. 

For too long, people refused to talk about stalking and other forms of 

gender-based violence, leaving survivors feeling alone, isolated, and forgotten. 

That changed with the passage of the landmark Violence Against Women 

Act more than 30 years ago—a law I was proud to write and champion 

as a United States Senator. It helped shine a harsh light on the scourge 

of gender-based violence in America and ensured that survivors were getting 

the support they needed. In 2022, I signed a reauthorization of the law, 

giving survivors of stalking more support and cracking down on perpetrators. 

It expanded the jurisdiction of Tribal courts to prosecute non-Native perpetrators of stalking and other gender-based violence, while ensuring survivors 

can bring a civil lawsuit in Federal court against someone who shared 

intimate images of them online without their consent. 

My Administration has taken action to crack down on stalking and genderbased violence in America. We released our Nation’s first-ever National 

Plan to End Gender-Based Violence, laying out a strategy to best support 

survivors, work on prevention, and ensure perpetrators are held accountable. 

The Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women has continued 

providing grants to community organizations, prosecutors, and law enforcement to stop stalking and other gender-based crimes. And to ensure victims 

have a safe place to call home and rebuild their lives, the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development has provided tens of thousands of 

emergency housing vouchers. Furthermore, I established the White House 

Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse to make sure we 

are stopping gender-based violence committed online. 

My father used to say that one of the greatest sins a person could commit 

is the abuse of power—and that is fundamentally what stalking is. During 

National Stalking Awareness Month, we recommit to supporting survivors 

of stalking and reaffirm that harassment, abuse, and violence have no place 

in America. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 2025 as 

National Stalking Awareness Month. I call on all Americans to speak out 


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against stalking and to support the efforts of advocates, courts, service providers, and law enforcement to help those who are targeted and send the 

message to perpetrators that these crimes will not go unpunished. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day 

of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-ninth. 

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