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Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® is a playful event that allows men the opportunity to raise awareness about the very serious issues of sexual assault and domestic violence. The goal of the walk is to raise community awareness about the vital role men play in eliminating violence against women.
Put Yourself in Her Shoes
Each year, an ever-increasing number of men, women and their families are joining the award-winning Walk a Mile in Her Shoes®: The International Men's March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence. A Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® Event is a playful opportunity for men to raise awareness in their community about the serious causes, effects and remediations to men's sexualized violence against women.
First You Walk the Walk
There is an old saying: "You can't really understand another person's experience until you've walked a mile in their shoes." Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® asks men to literally walk one mile in women's high-heeled shoes. It's not easy walking in these shoes, but it's fun and it gets the community to talk about something that's really difficult to talk about: gender relations and men's sexualized violence against women.
Then You Talk the Talk
It's critical to open communication about sexualized violence. While hidden away, sexualized violence is immune to cure. Unfortunately, it's difficult to get people talking. People unfamiliar with men's sexualized violence against women don't want to know it exists. It's ugly. People that have experienced sexualized violence themselves want to forget about it. How do you get people talking now, so they can prevent it from happening? And if it's already happened, how do you help them recover.
Not Just a Women's Issue
Here Sexualized violence does not just affect women. It affects the men who care about them, their families, their friends, their coworkers, and their communities. Sexualized violence is epidemic. Some of the statistics: Every two minutes someone in America is raped. One in six American women are victims of sexual assault. That means someone you know, someone you care about, has been or may become the victim of sexual violence. It may be your mother, your sister, your friend, your girlfriend, your wife, your coworker or your daughter.
We hope you’ll grab your heels and join us for this fun filled event!
Saturday 14 April 2018, 10:00 till Saturday 14 April 2018, 13:00
Placerville Town Hall
Organized by : The Center for Violence-Free Relationships
On Saturday, April 14, 2018 The Center will hold the 16th Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® event on Placerville’s Historic Main Street where men will step into some crazy large women’s high heels and walk a mile to raise awareness about violence against women.
Game on — can you sport a pair of heels for a whole mile?
Challenge your friends to get involved by organizing a team and competing to see who can raise the most funds.
Contact Julies@thecenternow.org for more information.
