1st Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Event
October 2, 2010 Starting @ 11am
Skowhegan,Maine
Put Yourself in Her Shoes™ Each year, an ever-increasing number of men, women and their families are joining Walk a Mile in Her Shoes®: The International Men's March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® is a fun opportunity for men to educate the community about a very serious subject and to rally the community to take action to prevent domestic violence
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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 domestic violence.
Then You Talk the Talk It's critical to open up communication about domestic violence. While hidden away, it's immune too cure. Unfortunately, it's difficult to get people talking. People unfamiliar with it often don't even want to know it exists. It's ugly. People that have experienced it themselves want to forget about it. How do you get them talking now, so they can prevent it from happening? And after it's happened, how do you get them to talk about it so they can recover?
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® provides several opportunities to get people talking. For preventive education, it helps men better understand and appreciate women’s experiences, thus changing perspectives, helping improve gender relationships and decreasing the potential for violence. For healing, it informs the community that services are available for recovery. It demonstrates that men are willing and able to be courageous partners with women in making the world a safer place.
Not Just a Women's Issue Domestic violence does not just affect women. It affects the men who care about them, their families, their friends, their coworkers, and their communities. Domestic violence is epidemic. Someone you know, someone you care about, has been or may become the victim of domestic violence. It may be your mother, your sister, your friend, your girlfriend, your wife, your coworker, or your daughter.
It is time to make a change. It is time to stand and be counted. It is time to walk a mile in HER shoes. Please join the Family Violence Project on Saturday, October 2nd at 11am for our First Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Event.
Walk in Her Shoes Registration Form
Walk in Her Shoes Pledge Sheet
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