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.
