Both male and female community leaders came together against domestic and sexual violence at the annual Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center event.
By
Niki Kottmann
| 1:09 p.m. October 21, 2016
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Overflow seating had to be arranged at The Field Club on Friday, Oct. 21 to accommodate the dozens of guests who attended the SPARRC Men of Courage Breakfast. Both the Venice and Sarasota Police Departments were represented, as well as members of multiple community groups.
Mayor Willie Charles Shaw was the keynote speaker and he spoke about how his sister was killed through domestic violence 20 years ago, making this cause very close to his heart.
Judge David Denkin, Eddy Regnier and Aaron Bellamy, male engagement coordinator for SPARCC
Danny Bilyeu and Major Jeff Bell
Mayor Willie Charles Shaw speaks about his sister’s death, which was caused by domestic violence.
Cindy Meiners and Karen Fraivilling
Christine Burton and SPARCC Board Chair Susan Erhart
David Hess, Michael Dinsmore and David Ferreto
Guests dined on scrambled eggs, fruit, pastries and other breakfast items.
Don Lockett and John H. Minge III
Aaron Bellamy, male engagement coordinator for SPARCC, introduces keynote speaker Mayor Willie Charles Shaw.
Tom Harmon, Sheena Palacios and Brian Manibusan
SPARCC CEO and President Jessica Hays welcomes guests and explains that domestic violence is not “a political issue.”
Attendees listen intently to Mayor Willie Charles Shaw’s keynote address.
David W. McMahon, Sheriff Tom Knight, Michael Quillen and Rob Brown
