Staying Power WEAVE LEADER
CELEBRATES 25 YEARS HELPING OTHERS
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quarter of a century. Makes a girl think.” –Marilyn Monroe as Sugar in “Some Like It Hot.” Beth Hassett has been thinking a lot lately. The chief executive of WEAVE is celebrating her 25th year at the nonprofit that provides crisis intervention for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking in Sacramento County. The milestone has Hassett looking back to where she started. And she’s looking ahead with the organization she’s served since 1995. “Twenty-five years ago… I walked through the doors of WEAVE as the special events coordinator and the agency’s 278th employee,” Hassett writes in an email to the community. “I know now, I was—and remain—drawn to a complex combination of wanting to support that individual survivor; the urge to lead a team of compassionate, caring staff and volunteers to realize our agency’s mission; and a drive to make the world a more equitable and safe place for all people.”
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Beth Hassett Photo by Linda Smolek
