IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1012 
Celebrating the first Milwaukee Mujeres Against Domestic Violence Brides 
Walk and recognizing all brides walks in protest of domestic violence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. BRADY of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. WATT, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. WU, 
Ms. ESHOO, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. WATSON, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, 
Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. REICHERT, Ms. SOLIS, 
Ms. LEE, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Florida, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. WOOL-
SEY, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. OBEY, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. NADLER, 
Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. KIND, 
Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. FORD, Ms. CARSON, and Mr. SPRATT) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judici-
ary 
RESOLUTION 
Celebrating the first Milwaukee Mujeres Against Domestic 
Violence Brides Walk and recognizing all brides walks 
in protest of domestic violence. 
Whereas the first brides walk was held in New York over 5 
years ago in memory of Gladys Ricart, who was brutally 
murdered by an abusive ex-boyfriend on her wedding day 
as she was handing the floral bouquets to her brides-
maids; 
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•HRES 1012 IH 
Whereas the first brides march was started by Josie Ashton, 
a domestic violence advocate who put on her wedding 
dress and started a 1,300-mile march down the East 
Coast from New Jersey; 
Whereas every year women across the world organize walks, 
dressed as brides, to not only remember Gladys Ricart, 
but to protest against domestic violence; 
Whereas domestic violence is the willful intimidation, assault, 
battery, sexual assault, or other abusive behavior per-
petrated by an intimate partner against another which 
includes women and men; 
Whereas 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence dur-
ing her lifetime; 
Whereas 1 in 5 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced 
an attempted or completed rape; 
Whereas on average, more than 3 women are murdered by 
their husbands or boyfriends in the United States every 
day; 
Whereas 1,247 women and 440 men were killed by an inti-
mate partner in 2000; 
Whereas 30 percent of Americans say they know a woman 
who has been physically abused by her husband or boy-
friend in the past year; 
Whereas roughly 300,000 to 400,000 men are treated vio-
lently by their wife or girlfriend; 
Whereas in Wisconsin in 2003, 45 individuals in Wisconsin 
lost their lives at the hands of a current or former part-
ner, or were present at the scene when domestic violence 
was occurring and lost their lives during the incident; 
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Whereas 6 children were murdered and 30 children were or-
phaned due to domestic homicide in Wisconsin in 2003; 
Whereas the Milwaukee Mujeres Against Domestic Violence 
Brides Walk will be the first brides walk in the state of 
Wisconsin and will take place on September 17, 2006 in 
conjunction with the Mexican Independence Day Parade; 
Whereas the Gladys Ricart and Victims of Domestic Violence 
Memorial Walk 2006 NYC Annual Brides march will 
take place on the anniversary of Gladys Ricart’s death on 
September 26, 2006; and 
Whereas the purpose of the brides walk will be to honor the 
memory of deceased victims and promote awareness of 
domestic violence issues in the Latino community: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
the memory of domestic violence victims, celebrates the 
Milwaukee Mujeres Against Domestic Violence Brides 
Walk and recognizes all bride walks in protest of domestic 
violence. 
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