Geography Awareness Week

Proclamation
By the Governor of Alabama

WHEREAS, the world is increasingly interconnected and interdependent, but too many students lack understanding of the world’s geography within and beyond our country’s borders; and

WHEREAS, Geography Awareness Week promotes geo-literacy and education in the nation’s schools and communities, which is an essential part of a 21st Century education; and

WHEREAS, teachers, students and communities across the state of Alabama will gain a further understanding about how our world is made up of interconnected human and natural systems by using resources developed by the National Geographic Society and The Alabama Geographic Alliance; and

WHEREAS, the 2015 theme is “The Future of Food:”

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim November 15 through 21, 2015, as

Geography Awareness Week

in the State of Alabama.

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 2nd day of October 2015.

Robert Bentley
Governor