Whereas, Brain Awareness Week is a nationally recognized event, and The Cellular and Clinical Neurobiology Program at Wayne State University School of Medicine has taken an active role in the past decade to engage Michigan’s citizens during this occasion; and,

Whereas, It is critical for knowledge and information regarding the brain be passed into the general community to raise public awareness of the brain; and,

Whereas, Brain Awareness Week allows the general public to learn more about how the brain works and what happens when things go wrong, such as in movement and psychiatric disorders; and,

Whereas, Throughout this week, people of all ages enjoy lectures about drug abuse, neuroanatomy, psychiatric disorders and other neuropathological disorders, hands-on activities and live demonstrations of human brains; and, 

Whereas, Growing numbers of people are diagnosed with neuropathologies such as Parkinson’s disease, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Schizophrenia, in addition to growing concern for drug abuse and dependence; and now therefore be it,

Resolved, That I, Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan, do hereby proclaim the week of March 14, 2005, as Brain Awareness Week in Michigan.