SafePlace: Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Survival Center provides crisis intervention, prevention and long-term support to survivors of sexual and domestic violence in the Austin/Travis County area. Through two 24-hour hotlines, emergency shelter, counseling, transitional housing, school-based services, extensive advocacy and community outreach, SafePlace serves thousands of women, children and men each year. Over half of those receiving services from SafePlace are children who have witnessed or been victimized by family violence, or suffered trauma from sexual violence.

2000 Table Hosts

Dawnna Dukes, member of the Texas House of Representatives

Pat D. Forgione, Jr., Superintendent of Schools for Austin Independent School District

Arnold Garcia, Jr., Editorial Page Editor of the Austin American-Statesman

Jesus Garza, Austin City Manager and 20-year veteran of city government

Michael R. Levy, founder and publisher of Texas Monthly

Robin Rather, CEO of Mindwave Research

Darrell Royal, former head football coach and athletic director at UT Austin

Lawrence W. Speck, Dean of the School of Architecture at UT Austin

Lee Walker, Chairman of Austin's Capital Metro Transportation Authority

Steven Weinberg, professor; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979

Bill Wittliff, screen writer, producer, actor and director

Peter Zandan, Co-Founder and chairman of Zilliant; founder of IntelliQuest