St. Mary’s County Commissioner Todd Morgan walked with Walden Executive Director Dr. Kathy O’Brien.
St. Mary’s City, MD — An energetic crowd under sunny skies “Walked a Mile in Her Shoes” Sunday, April 12 at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. The 5th annual event sponsored by St. Mary’s College and Walden is held to raise awareness of rape, assault and gender violence. Perfect spring weather brought out the participants to the St. Mary’s College track.
The event consisted of four laps:
• Lap One was the Leaders Lap for business, faith, community, academic and civic leaders;
• Lap Two was for men only;
• Lap Three honored survivors; and
• Lap Four was an Empowerment Lap
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes events are held around the world and were created as a way to get more men involved in efforts to prevent and end gender and sexualized violence.
Walden offers a comprehensive array of behavioral health treatment, and recovery services to individuals and families throughout the community. These services include crisis intervention, psychiatric and mental health therapy, trauma services related to relationship abuse or sexual assault, drug and alcohol services and community and recovery support services such as the free and open to the public Beacon of Hope and The Cove/DFZ Recovery and Wellness Center.
For more information about how Walden can help, visit their website www.waldensierra.org, contact the 24-hour crisis hotline at 301-863-6661 anonymously, or call the appointment line at 301-997-1300/888-912-7366. Walden can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.
The Bay Net photo gallery of Walk a Mile in Her Shoes was taken by Ron Bailey.
Contact Dick Myers at news@thebaynet.com
