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Correctional Officers have participated in the Walk a Mile event for years and we look forward to continuing to outraise the competition (Police, Troopers, Firefighters). We encourage all Officers to strap on some high heels and participate in this event!
About Walk a Mile:
Put Yourself in Her Shoes™
Since 2001, men, women, and their families around the world have joined award-winning Walk a Mile in Her Shoes®: The International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence. It is a fun opportunity to raise awareness in our community about the serious causes, effects, and remediations to sexualized violence.
EVERYONE is Welcome!
In reality, sexual trauma occurs in our neighborhoods and in our families regardless of race, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or economic status. Sexual trauma can happen to any gender. We recognize that this event began as an event for men, however, we have made it inclusive because this issue does not discriminate, and neither do we. Everyone, regardless of gender, is welcome to register for our Walk.
What are Walk Events?
There is an old saying: “You can’t understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” To get people listening, learning, and talking, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® education Events organize around people literally walking one mile in high-heeled shoes. It’s not easy walking in these shoes, but it’s an experience around which a lot of education, self-reflection, and change happens. It’s impressive to see such a visually stunning public statement of listening, learning, allyship, and commitment. It’s an engaging event that gets the community talking about sex and gender biases, gender identity, gender relations, and sexualized violence.
Prevention Education and Action
We must talk about the causes, effects, and solutions to ending men’s sexualized violence. We must educate ourselves and others, examine the sexual and gender biases that seed sexualized violence, and inoculate ourselves and our cultures.