“A Day In My Shoes” – February 14th, 2010 at Universal Sheraton Star View Room

 

Imagine overcoming insurmountable obstacles like Jennifer Lopez did when she portrayed Slim Hiller in the Sony picture “Enough’ or like Julia Roberts when she portrayed Laura Burney in the 20th Century Fox picture “Sleeping With The Enemy’. It’s time to celebrate brave & courageous women in style for Standing In Their Power. You and your guests are invited to an elegant luncheon. 

“A Day In My Shoes” on February 14, 2010 at the Universal Sheraton Hotel from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. 

The event will include the amazing photographic series by Amy Martin Friedman of women who share their stories of struggles, courage, passion and success.

“A Day in My Shoes” Invitation (download PDF)

“A Day in My Shoes” Response Card (download PDF)

 

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A photography exhibit of 25 pieces of women in their shoes with tales of struggle and the courage to triumph life. This event is in honor of Safe Passage Home, a charity organization, whose vision is “Restoring abused women and their children to a new and better life” and our mission is “to provide them with extreme life makeovers within a three-month span by offering restorative services including: safe shelter and counseling corrective dental and plastic surgery to restore physical damage and neglect job placement and follow-up support their own residences with donated furnishing.

We have a deep commitment to helping these women and children achieve a secure future filled with hope and future in these difficult times. Your sponsorship can make it happen, please see below:

(More goods will be added to the $2500 sponsor)

~ High Heals-High Hopes-Sponsorship $2500 – VIP table for 10, honorable recognition, media coverage and a 16 x 20 autographed celebrity photo.
~Boot it Up-Sponsorship $1200 – VIP table of 10, printed recognition, some media coverage and a 8 x 10 autographed celebrity photo
~Dancing Shoes-Sponsorship $500 – Table for 5 with recognition and a
8 x 10 autographed celebrity photo.
~Under your soles-sponsorship $50 ticket

If you have any questions please call Trish Steele at Safe Passage Home 818-232-7476 

www.matinfriedmanphotography.com  : Amy Friedman Exhibit of 25 Ladies.

“A Day in My Shoes” Invitation (download PDF)

“A Day in My Shoes” Response Card (download PDF)

Beauty Event with Safe Passage – 23 Jan 2010

Merry Christmas from Safe Passage Board of Directors

SP Christmas Party for the Board of Directors who  have served to help make this charity a success in this year. It was December 11 on a very special day of Jim and Trish Steele’s 21st Wedding Anniversary. Celebrating together with the special people in their lives…. 

Safe Passage honors heros who have donated their time and services to changing the lives of abused women…

Macy’s Shop For A Cause Day

Macy Shop the Cause

“Cut It Out” Salons Against Domestic Violence Event

Friday, October 2, 2009
“Cut It Out” Salons Against Domestic Violence Event
Location: Giuseppe Franco Salon of Beverly Hills
www.giuseppefrancosalon.com
Time 12:00 – 2:00 pm is the Reception with the Press
By Invitation Only

About Giuseppe Franco

International trained and world famous, Giuseppe Franco was voted ONE OF THE TOP THREE HAIRDRESSERS IN THE WORLD.  He is one of the most talented and popular hairdressers in Beverly Hills. Giuseppe Franco has been on the cutting-edge in the beauty industry, which has earned him a celebrity clientele from the world of entertainment, music, sports and politics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The Giuseppe Franco Salon caters to celebrities and people who want to be treated like celebrities. The following is a list of some of his most well known clients:

GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
ASHTON KUTCHER
ADRIEN BRODY
CAST MEMBERS FROM “LORD OF THE RINGS”
SHARON STONE0
SEAN PENN
MICKEY ROURKE
SYLVESTER STALLONE
CAST OF “THE SOPRONOS”
MICHAEL DOUGLAS
ANDREW DICE CLAY
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
DREW BARRYMORE

 

“Cut It Out” –

Los Angeles Area Businesses to

Donate Free Makeovers to Domestic Violence Sufferers

Friday, October 2, 2009

Giuseppe Franco Salon

Beverly Hills CA-In honor of October being named National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), the country’s best beauty experts and physicians have partnered up with Los Angeles based non-profit organization, Safe Passage, to provide complete makeovers to five local domestic abuse survivors.  These businesses will join a national campaign designed to “cut out” domestic violence by offering victims a “new look” on life. 

DVAM is a time for collective action, to celebrate survivors of the Movement, raise public awareness, and remember the millions of lives lost, as a result of abuse.  For many years, Safe Passage has sought to make a difference in the lives of Angelenos by providing amazing life transformations. 

With these makeovers, Safe Passage is hoping to help heal the emotional and physical wounds these five women have endured.  One woman is constantly reminded of the day her ex shot her by the appearance of a large scar where the bullet entered her shoulder.  Another woman has burn scars that cover over fifty percent of her body. And still a third has significant facial scarring.  These physical injuries are ever-present symbols of the past, which until recently, they relived every time they looked in the mirror.

For the last few weeks the women have undergone their own personal extreme makeovers, on the way to beginning their new lives.  On October 2, 2009 between the hours of 12 and 2 PM, these women will finish the last phase of their new transformations at the Giuseppe Franco Salon in Beverly Hills. 

To help with these dramatic makeovers, Safe Passage assembled a Dream Team of volunteers.  Board-Certified Cosmetic Surgeon Dr. Fardad Forouzanpour, founder of Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgical Group, and Dr. Bruce Vafa of Smile Angels of Beverly Hills, donated multiple cosmetic, reconstructive and dental surgeries. Actress and exercise coach, Natalie Raitano will be providing ongoing fitness training and maintenance, and actress and author, Lydia Cornell, will give life-coaching advice.  Giuseppe Franco will provide haircuts and color on the day of the event, and makeup artist Ruby Polanco of NYX Cosmetics will be doing participants’ makeup.  Finally, fashions donated by “2 Chicks” will style their new looks. The Miss California Latina and Miss Teen will be inspiring the ladies to walk the walk and talk the talk! 

Following these makeovers, the women will be feted and reintroduced to the world at a luncheon given in their honor at Beverly Hills restaurant, Mulberry Pizza Street. According to Keiara, “This is a dream come true and for the first time I know that I am loved. God has sent me Angels from Safe Passage to restore me!”

The experts are equally enthusiastic about the opportunity.  “I am honored to work with Safe Passage, and the other volunteers in participating in this life-changing event.  These beautiful women have taught us more than we can ever teach them. I cannot wait to see their big reveals,” says Dr. Fardad.

Interested community members can do their part to stop domestic violence by contributing tax deductible donations like:  gift certificates, beauty aids, laptop computers and money to Safe Passage or domestic abuse prevention charities like it.

Three Organizations Unite to Help Victims of Domestic Violence

Beauty is Power — Three Organizations Unite to Help Victims of Domestic Violence

By Adréana Robbins

“Treat others as yourself, what you sew into others is what you will reap in your life,” says Trish Steele, who founded Safe Passage (1992), a division of a nonprofit corporation, Women Crowned in Glory, Inc., that is dedicated to transforming the lives of women and their children who have become victims of domestic violence.

Domestic violence encompasses all acts of violence against women and children within the context of family or intimate relationships. It is not confined to any one socioeconomic type, ethnicity, religion or age group. Through the help of volunteer plastic surgeons, cosmetic dentists, professional counseling therapists, career counselors, health and image specialists, Safe Passage offers support and assistance for women recovering from domestic violence. Every effort is given to help these victims regain their sense of self and rediscover their place in society. Safe Passage takes care of finding abused women housing, furniture and clothing, and going beyond what the shelters can provide, which is only temporary relief. “It’s very traumatic for women who check into shelters,” explains Steele. “Almost half of these women have never worked. Many are badly scarred. Some have lost their teeth. Safe Passage fixes broken noses, broken teeth and gives battered women life-changing makeovers.”

Safe Passage depends on community involvement. The City of Los Angeles awarded Mrs. Steele with a “Certificate of Appreciation” by Council Member Wendy Greuel and Dennis Zine for her outstanding citizenship and activities enhancing community betterment. Safe Passage welcomes donations, and is in need of any business clothing, computers and beauty products.

Safe Passage has teamed up with Inspire Me Defense and the winners of Miss California Latina, Vivian Valadez, and Miss Teen California Latina, Bianca Mettler-Lopez. The three organizations staged the event “Evolve into Your Power,” which was held on August 15 and 16. Kiko Ellsworth, actor and creator of Inspire Me Defense, instructed women and girls on practical and powerful self-defense skills. Jennifer Rodriguez, the state director of Miss California Latina, shares their similar mission is “to celebrate beauty, style and cultural heritage, emphasizing the opportunity for personal development while serving the community.”

Maybe we can all benefit from the encouraging words of Trish Steele, “You are unique and fearfully and wonderfully made, so let your light shine. We are all brilliant on the inside.” And if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then Trish Steele has held us captive, and will do so, for a long time to come.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Steele is already gaining momentum for her cause. Safe Passage is inviting businesses to join them for October’s events. 

For more information on Safe Passage, contact Trish Steele at (818) 232-7476, or visit their web site www.safepassagehome.org.
Inspire Me Defense can be reached at www.IAmKiko.com.
For information on the Latina Beauty Pageant, go to their web site at www.misscalifornialatina.com.

(photo by Harvey Branman)

(photo by Tony Campo)

(photo by Tony Campo)

(photo by Tony Campo)

Winners of 2009 Miss California Latina

Winners:
2009 Miss California Latina – Vivian Valadez of the right
and Miss California Latina Teen – Bianca Mettler-Lopez

Winners of 2009 Miss California Latina crowned in Huntington Beach
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If you wish to purchase tickets for the event they will be available for purchase on Saturday, August 8th, 2009 from 8am -10am or after 6:30pm.
Tickets are on a first come baises and there is no assigned seating.
The cost of the tickets are $25.00
Dress/Attire for the pageant by spectators is business to semi-formal or dinner attire.

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Natalie Raitano & Dilana for Safe Passage on June 20th

Natalie’s Boot Camp for Safe Passage - Photos

Tracie Stafford Speaks At Statewide Domestic Violence Awareness Day

 

 

 

Mrs. California United States and Domestic Violence Survivor Tracie Stafford Brings Personal Testimony to October 1st Californians Uniting to End Domestic Violence Statewide Day of Awareness. CPEDV is proud to feature Stafford as keynote speaker at the 3rd Annual Day of Awareness rally at the State Capitol, where she will be joined by legislators and criminal justice officials such as Assembly Member Alberto Torrico and Sacramento District Attorney Jan Scully.

Sacramento, CA — September 29, 2008 — When Tracie Stafford was crowned Mrs. California United States in 2007, she couldn’t have imagined that in the coming year she would publicly reveal a secret she thought she’d keep forever: that she was a domestic violence survivor. But that’s exactly what happened in October of last year, when Stafford attended the 2nd-Annual Statewide Day of Awareness, sponsored by the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (CPEDV).

At the special legislative hearing held after last year’s awareness rally, survivors testified to lawmakers on the importance of funding domestic violence services. It was at that public hearing that Stafford finally felt compelled to break her lifelong silence and spoke in detail of the abuse she had suffered.

“Growing up watching my mother being beaten and hearing stories of my grandmother’s abuse, I didn’t know anything different,” Stafford said. “I thought it was normal to be abused at home and was taught to keep private business private. Eventually I realized that I didn’t want this life for myself or my child and got out. It was later that I learned that domestic violence was a serious crime, and that there was a community of advocates working to stop it.   I knew I couldn’t keep silent any longer. I needed to share my story with other women so that they could access the information and services that I was not aware of.”

Stafford’s experiences since then have only increased her commitment to public advocacy, so much so that she has decided to make a career transition from owning and running an events marketing and planning firm, to becoming a full-time motivational speaker and author. When Stafford saw the number of women who were inspired by her story to seek help for themselves, she knew that her future lay in public speaking and advocacy.

“I can’t believe the number of women who have told me how my story motivated them to take action to better their lives. The most important thing that I can do as a survivor is to spread the message to victims that domestic violence is not our shame— and that we must all speak out to stop it.”

CPEDV is proud to feature Stafford as keynote speaker at this 3rd- Annual Day of Awareness rally, where she will lend her voice to those of legislators and criminal justice officials such as Assembly Member Alberto Torrico and Sacramento District Attorney Jan Scully, all working to realize the goal of safe homes and social justice in California. This year’s Day of Awareness is a wide-ranging community collaboration of 20 organizations that include domestic violence programs, advocacy groups, state agencies and public/private partners. Last year’s event attracted over 300 attendees, and we anticipate a similar turnout this year. A true civic event, the Statewide Day of Awareness will unite citizens from across California in the effort to increase awareness of this public health epidemic, ensure safety for victims and their families and hold batterers accountable.

What: The California Partnership to End Domestic Violence’s 3rd-Annual Californians Uniting to End Domestic Violence: Statewide Day of Awareness

Where: TBC

When: October 1, 2008

Related Web Sites:  
Domestic Violence Awareness Month Home Page: http://dvam.vawnet.org/
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: http://www.ncadv.org    

About CPEDV
The California Partnership to End Domestic Violence is California’s statewide domestic violence coalition, with over 200 member organizations and individuals. Working at the local, state and national levels for more than 25 years, the California Partnership has a long track record of successfully passing over 100 pieces of legislation on behalf of battered women and their children.  As the unified voice for California’s domestic violence agencies, CPEDV provides statewide leadership on public policy issues, offers training and technical assistance to domestic violence service providers and promotes public awareness through community outreach efforts. With offices in Sacramento, CPEDV’s member programs span the entire state.

Contact:
Camille Hayes, Communications Coordinator, camille@cpedv.org
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
Phone: 800-524-4763         
Fax: 916-444-7165              
Web site: www.cpedv.org

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