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All genders show concern for domestic violence and Walk a Mile in Their Her His Our Shoes in Greensburg

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Participants, many carrying signs, take part in the Walk A Mile in Their Her His Our Shoes event to raise awareness of gender-based violence in Greensburg on Saturday, April 23, 2022. The walk began at St. Clair Park and moved along Maple Avenue before looping back to the park.
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Participants take part in the Walk A Mile in Their Her His Our Shoes event to raise awareness of gender-based violence in Greensburg on Saturday, April 23, 2022. The walk began at St. Clair Park and moved along Maple Avenue before looping back to the park. Some participants opted to wear the event’s signature red high heels during the walk.
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Students from Pitt-Greensburg take part in the Walk A Mile in Their Her His Our Shoes event to raise awareness of gender-based violence in Greensburg on Saturday, April 23, 2022. The walk began at St. Clair Park and moved along Maple Avenue before looping back to the park.
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Pitt-Greensburg students, including Kyle Harper (middle), a senior, and Alison Zeigler (far left), a sophomore, take part in the Walk A Mile in Their Her His Our Shoes event to raise awareness of gender-based violence in Greensburg on Saturday, April 23, 2022. The walk began at St. Clair Park and moved along Maple Avenue before looping back to the park. Some participants, including Harper, opted to wear the event’s signature red high heels during the walk.
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Seton Hill football players take part in the Walk A Mile in Their Her His Our Shoes event to raise awareness of gender-based violence in Greensburg on Saturday, April 23, 2022. The walk began at St. Clair Park and moved along Maple Avenue before looping back to the park.

All kinds of feet in all kinds of shoes gathered Saturday in downtown Greensburg’s St. Clair Park for Westmoreland County’s 11th annual Walk a Mile in Their Her His Our Shoes, an event that raises awareness of gender-based violence.

Formerly called Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, the event was rebranded in 2021 to reflect the universality of intimate partner violence. Some male walkers chose to wear high heels as an extra step in understanding what women experience every day.

Walking in heels symbolizes the difficulties and challenges women face, including being on guard for possible sexual assault, experiencing sexual harassment, dealing with the aftermath of violence in the home and, for some, healing following an assault.

The event was sponsored by the Greensburg-based Blackburn Center. The center has a 24-hour hotline available at 888-832-2272.

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