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The DSB Variety Community CHANGING PAIN TO PURPOSE THROUGH COMMUNITY COMMITMENT. THE IMMENSE PAIN LEFT BEHIND FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN SEEMED UNBEARABLE.

CREATING A NEW NORMALCY

ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 I LOSS MY 17 YEAR OLD SON DERRELL SHARRARD BAKER ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL TO GUN VIOLENCE .MY WHOLE WORLD WAS CHANGED WHEN MY SON WAS TAKEN FROM ME AND MY FAMILY IN SUCH AN UNEXPECTED AND HORRIFIC WAY. WE STOPPED CELEBRATING HOLIDAY'S, ESPECIALLY CHRISTMAS WHICH WAS OUR FAVORITE. DERRELL WAS MY FIRST BORN SON, MY FATHER'S FIRST GRANDSON, A BROTHER AND A BIG BROTHER. TAKING MY SON'S LIFE WASN'T JUST ANOTHER MURDER OR A CHILD BEING BURIED . IT WASN'T JUST ANOTHER NEWS STORY OR BODY COUNT, IT WAS ABOUT ME AND MY FAMILY "CREATING A NEW NORMALCY".

If you're reading this know that you are a force of positivity. Keep being the voice of encouragement. It can be contagi...
06/06/2026

If you're reading this know that you are a force of positivity. Keep being the voice of encouragement. It can be contagious.

05/14/2026

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03/30/2026

Losing a love one to violence automatically makes you an advocate. It's not a choice, it's the design.

Don't miss out on this survivors event. Register by March 30th.
03/24/2026

Don't miss out on this survivors event. Register by March 30th.

🌸☕ Spring Survivors Tea Party ☕🌸

You’re invited to a gentle afternoon of connection, comfort, and community—created by survivors, for survivors. If you have lost a loved one to homicide, this space is for you.

Join the Jacksonville Survivors Foundation for our Spring Survivors Tea Party, where we’ll share tea, light refreshments, encouragement, and a moment to simply breathe—surrounded by people who truly understand.

📅 Friday, April 11, 2026
🕑 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Balis Community Center
1513 LaSalle Street, Jacksonville, FL 32207

RSVP: 📞 (904) 526-5721
📧 [email protected]

✨ Come as you are. You don’t have to be “okay” to be welcomed here.
💙 No family left behind.

I KNOW GRIEF IS OVERWHELMING. SOMETIMES IT FEELS UNBEARABLE BUT AS I PUSH FORWARD I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SAM...
02/06/2026

I KNOW GRIEF IS OVERWHELMING. SOMETIMES IT FEELS UNBEARABLE BUT AS I PUSH FORWARD I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SAME. LET'S GO GET IN THE FIGHT!! HAPPY FRIDAY....MAKE IT GREAT #

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