Raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by designating January 2025 as "National Stalking Awareness Month".

Summary

Designates a month as "National Stalking Awareness Month," calls attention to the prevalence and harms of stalking, and thanks organizations that support victims and work to prevent stalking. It urges policymakers, criminal-justice officials, service providers, colleges, nonprofits, community groups, businesses, and the media to increase public awareness, improve victim services, and continue efforts to prevent and respond to stalking.

Key Points

• Designates a month as National Stalking Awareness Month to highlight stalking prevalence and harms.
• Summarizes findings that stalking is common, often involves intimate partners, and is amplified by technology.
• Highlights special risk groups including college students and people with disabilities.
• Thanks organizations that help victims and urges expanded awareness and victim services.
• Encourages policymakers, criminal justice, service providers, colleges, nonprofits, businesses, and media to promote prevention and support.
• Is a symbolic, nonbinding resolution that does not create new funding or legal mandates.
• Aims to improve public education, reporting, and coordination among stakeholders addressing stalking.

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