2023 Path to Unity Luncheon

Thursday, Jan. 26, at Michael’s On East | Benefiting Sarasota County Bar Association Council for Diversity and Inclusion and the Florida Bar Standing Committee on Diversity and Inclusion

The 2023 Path to Unity luncheon paid tribute to five trailblazing Florida law figures throughout history on Michael’s On East on Jan. 26.

The luncheon, put on by the Sarasota County Bar Association Council for Diversity and Inclusion and the Florida Bar Standing Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, brought hundreds of supporters to celebrate the lawyers who brought change to Florida.

That included James Weldon Johnson, the first African American lawyer admitted to the Florida Bar; Judge Mario Goderich, the first Hispanic judge to hold several judicial posts; James Kracht, a blind lawyer who con- stantly challenged disability rules; first president of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Anna Brenner Meyers; and longtime LGBTQ advocate Larry Smith.

Those figures were memorialized with paintings that were present at the luncheon and will hang at the Florida Bar building in Tallahassee.

Judge Charles Williams led the luncheon before past Chair Charlie Ann Syprett delivered remarks and was presented with an award for her work. Sarasota Mayor Kyle Battie later issued a proclamation. The luncheon carried on with a legal legend presentation, during which local figured told the stories of the honorees.

—HARRY SAYER

Hermitage Artists & Thinkers Series: “The Art of Producing”

Friday, February 3 @ 5pm • Longboat Key’s Bayfront Park Tony and Olivier Award-Winning Producer Tom Kirdahy in conversation with Hermitage Artistic Director and fellow Tony Award Winner Andy Sandberg Presented in partnership with the Town of Longboat Key and Asolo Repertory Theatre “Mastering the Monologue”

Friday, February 17 @ 5pm • New College of Florida (Sarasota)

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