‘Walk a Mile’ raises awareness for victims of domestic and sexual abuse
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Members of the Pitt-Greensburg soccer team cross Maple Avenue on Saturday during the 14th annual Blackburn Center’s Walk-A-Mile in Her Shoes event in downtown Greensburg.
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Greensburg-Salem junior Connor Wilson waits for his teammates while donning red high heels on Saturday during the 14th annual Blackburn Center’s Walk-A-Mile in Her Shoes event in downtown Greensburg.
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Maria Ferrell, 5, of Irwin, looks on while members of the Greensburg-Salem varsity football team prepare to walk in red high heels Saturday during the 14th annual Blackburn Center’s Walk-A-Mile in Her Shoes event in downtown Greensburg.
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Members of the Pitt-Greensburg men’s soccer team walk in high heels Saturday during the 14th annual Blackburn Center’s Walk-A-Mile in Her Shoes event in downtown Greensburg.
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Greensburg-Salem seniors Tyrese Lewis, right, and Noah Dudek, left, try to get their footing while wearing red high heels as their team begins the one-mile trek across Maple Avenue on Saturday during the 14th annual Blackburn Center’s Walk-A-Mile in Her Shoes event in downtown Greensburg.
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Members of the Pitt-Greensburg men’s soccer team walk in high heels along Maple Avenue on Saturday during the 14th annual Blackburn Center’s Walk-A-Mile in Her Shoes event in downtown Greensburg.
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Members of the Greensburg-Salem varsity football team jog across the intersection of East Pittsburgh Street and Maple Avenue on Saturday while sporting high heels during the 14th annual Blackburn Center’s Walk-A-Mile in Her Shoes event in downtown Greensburg.
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Pitt-Greensburg freshman Warren Gutosky, center, along with teammates from the Pitt-Greensburg men’s soccer team, walk in high heels along Maple Avenue on Saturday during the 14th annual Blackburn Center’s Walk-A-Mile in Her Shoes event in downtown Greensburg.
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Dozens of male athletes took to the streets of Greensburg Saturday — in high heels.
The 14th annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event, hosted by the Blackburn Center, is meant to raise awareness and support for victims of gender-based domestic and sexual violence. Participants from the Greensburg Salem football team and Pitt-Greensburg men’s soccer team walked a mile and back along Maple Avenue.
Afterward, Westmoreland County Community College’s social work club hosted a “stone soup” demonstration, where participants wrote messages of support to domestic/sexual violence survivors on stones and tossed them into a communal pot.