Friday, May 17, 2013

News - 5/18/13


Men hoof it in high heels to combat domestic abuse | Green Bay ...
Men were encouraged to wear high heel shoes Saturday while participating in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event to raise awareness about domestic violence.
www.greenbaypressgazette.com/.../Men-hoof-high-heels-com...
4/27/13 – Walk A Mile In Her Shoes | Project Against Violent ...
Join the PAVE sponsored "Walk A Mile In Her Shoes" event in Bennington on Saturday April 27th. ... While hidden away, sexualized violence is immune to cure .
pavebennington.org/events/42713-walk-mile-shoes/

Mayor, DA, Police Chief to Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
NBC Bay Area
One goal of the march is to -- quite literally -- let participants experience what it is like to walk in someone else's shoes. The marchers are mostly men, and Ramirez said they get harassed and catcalled as they walk. "We recognized the fact that ...
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NBC Bay Area
Washington college men to "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes"
The Star Democrat
CHESTERTOWN — The fourth annual "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" event at Washington College will send men of all sizes wobbling down Washington Avenue in bright red 4-inch heels Tuesday afternoon, April 30, to raise awareness of sexual violence issues and ...
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Walk a Mile in Her Shoes - Apr. 22, 2013 - YouTube
"Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" was an event where males would walk a mile while wearing ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AwTcNfkcNM

Longview city leaders don high heels for a cause
Longview News-Journal
Fire Chief Johnny Zackary and assistant district attorney Chris Botto enjoy a brisk walk wearing red high heels, on Thursday April 25, 2013, while participating in Partners In Prevention's Walk A Mile In Her Shoes event in the Longview Mall. (Michael ...
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Dozens 'Walk A Mile In Her Shoes'
KDLT News
Dozens of women and even men put on their high heels on Saturday morning, for the second annual 'Walk A Mile In Her Shoes' event in Sioux Falls. The event, sponsored by Globe University and the Compass Center, is held in an effort to raise awareness ...
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Walking together to resist domestic violence
Bennington Banner
Men marched up front, many wearing heels, during the Project Against Violent Encounter's "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" awareness-raising march Saturday morning. Just over two-dozen participated with both sexes equally represented in the inaugural walk ...
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Pizza tosses help raise awareness
AndersonValleyPost.com
... Country favorites while a Blues and Folk band, Completely Different People, entertained later in the afternoon – watched a Celebrity Pizza Making Contest, took part in a family Walk A While in Her Shoes event, ate pizza and competed in a karaoke ...
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Men in heels stand up for women at Walk a Mile In Her Shoes ...
The fourth annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes will be Friday in downtown York. ... While Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is a lighthearted event, it is in support of a ...
www.flipsidepa.com/.../men-heels-stand-up-women-at-walk-m

Area men show their support...in red toe heels
Chambersburg Public Opinion
In the end though, all 125 men successfully made their way down Main Street in high heels to support Women In Need and their efforts to end sexual violence against women in this community. Friday evening marked the first "Walk A Mile In Her Shoes ...
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News - 5/17/13

Green Bay men hoof it in heels to raise domestic-abuse awareness
Green Bay Press Gazette
Men were encouraged to wear high heel shoes Saturday while participating in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event to raise awareness about domestic violence. / H. Marc Larson/Press-Gazette Media ...
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Christopherson carries on a legacy; aims to effect change
The Keene Sentinel
Robin Christopherson, executive director of the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention, holds a banner for today's "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" event to benefit the center. Registration is at 9 a.m. at the Keene State ... It took awhile to sink in ...
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Men hoof it in heels to raise domestic-abuse awareness
Green Bay Press Gazette
Scott McKinnon, Green Bay, tries to fit into a pair of high heel shoes Saturday while participating in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event to raise awareness about domestic violence. / H. Marc Larson/Press-Gazette Media. GPG Walk a Mile in Her Shoes ...
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Pumped for awareness: Davidson frat walks mile in heels to bring attention to ...
Charlotte Observer
Brendan Jun and a friend participate in Walk a Mile in Her Shoes on Sunday, April 21, 2013. The event, led by the Pi Mu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., was designed to raise awareness about rape, sexual assault and gender-based violence.
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RDVIC gives experience 'in her shoes'
The Daily Athenaeum
While Walk a Mile in Her Shoes began as a movement in 2001, the event has spread worldwide, and this weekend marks the event's fourth year in Morgantown. "It's been getting bigger and bigger every year, so we're really happy that it's grown," Minimah ...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

News - 4/20/13

Fraternities walk 'in her shoes' for domestic violence - St. Joseph ...
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Tyler Harris' shoes had nearly gotten the best of him as he wrapped up a mile walk on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University ...
www.newspressnow.com/.../article_22ddd87a-b1a1-574f-b0a

Confident men sought to take a walk in high heels for Women In Need
Chambersburg Public Opinion
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: The Blister Brothers show off the gorgeous red high heels they ll wear in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser on May 3 to raise awareness and funds for Women In Need. Blister Brothers pictured from left are Tom Shearer, ...
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United Way zeroes in on community needs
Green Bay Press Gazette
Dave Hansen poses wearing high heel shoes to promote 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes' event on April 20. More. Plans ranging from getting tech school students to fix cars for the poor to putting the homeless up in vacant mobile homes were among those ...
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Walk a MILE in HER Shoes Challenge | Center for Violence-Free ...
The Center for Violence-Free Relationships will hold its 11th Annual Community March to End Sexual Assault on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 549 Main Street ...
thecenternow.org/walk-mile-shoes-challenge/

Men walk a mile in red stilettos to support Oxfam's campaign on women in poverty
Ham&High
Walk a mile in her shoes: Ghan Chansuwan, Kosta Eleftheriadis, Tomas Triantafilidis, Dillshad Shawki, Steven Perianen, Ben Furtick, Alex Kingshott, James Olav Hill, Samuel Ogunsola and Jack Yakovle, line up outside The Roundhouse. Picture: Polly ...
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Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
By KristenScoville
Men walking across campus in high heels to take a stand against domestic violence and sexual assault- now that's something I'd like to see.
BSU Campus Center Blog

Around Broadneck: Broadneck Boy Scout builds a path to his Eagle Award
CapitalGazette.com
The YWCA of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, as part of its "April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month" activities, is hosting the 3rd Annual "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" event, Saturday, April 27 on the track oval at Anne Arundel Community College in ...
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Commission honors abuse victims
Great Bend Tribune
In addition to the proclamation, the center is holding its fourth-annual annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event Thursday evening, April 18. As for child abuse, Patzner said it is reported that 70 percent of all reported sexual crimes in the United...
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College Hosts 3rd Walk a Mile in Her Shoes®
Bay Net
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® is an event for men to help raise awareness in our community about the serious causes, effects and remediations to sexualized violence. So they are using the saying: "You can't really understand another person's experience ...
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Bay Net
Men at SIUE wear pumps to raise sexual assault awareness
STLtoday.com
Palko was among about 30 men who donned high heels as part of the "Walk A Mile in Her Shoes" event. This is the second year that SIUE has held the "Walk A Mile in Her Shoes" activity and the eighth year that the university has observed Sexual Assault ...
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Local Walk-a-Mile in Her Shoes event to get support from U.S. ...
SARC's Walk-a-Mile in Her Shoes event to fight gender violence on April 20 at MaGerk's Pub in Bel Air has supporters in Afghanistan who plan to tape their own ...
www.belairnewsandviews.com/.../local-walk-a-mile-in-her-sho...
BCCADV annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Event - News - The Daily ...
charris@thedailyreporter.comCOLDWATER — The Branch County Coalition Against Domestic Violence will be hosting their third annual Walk a Mile in Her ...
www.thedailyreporter.com/article/20130405/NEWS/.../news