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Easton Police, Community Center Staff Join Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Event

EASTON, Conn. — Easton Police Chief Tim Shaw, Capt. Rich Doyle and Officer Mark Pastore, as well as Easton Community Center Facility Director Joel Silkoff and Youth & Teen Director Billy Barrett are supporting The Center of Family Justice’s fourth annual "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes." 

The Easton Police Department, from left: Easton Police Chief Tim Shaw, Capt. Rich Doyle and Officer Mark Pastore

The Easton Police Department, from left: Easton Police Chief Tim Shaw, Capt. Rich Doyle and Officer Mark Pastore

Photo Credit: Center for Family Justice
Easton Community Center Facility Director Joel Silkoff and Youth & Teen Director Billy Barrett

Easton Community Center Facility Director Joel Silkoff and Youth & Teen Director Billy Barrett

Photo Credit: Center for Family Justice

The event is taking place at 9 a.m. on April 30 in Fairfield. Men throughout Fairfield County will be walking in towering red stilettos to support the Center’s mission of building a men’s movement to stop sexual assault and domestic violence by literally stepping into a woman’s pair of heels.

Registration begins April 30 at 8:30 a.m. at 1720 Post Road (near Starbucks) in Fairfield. A walk through downtown Fairfield begins promptly at 9 a.m. at Post Road, concluding at Fairfield’s Old Town Hall.

The event is free and open to the public.

“Our red shoes campaign has been a lighthearted way to encourage men to pay attention to a serious issue,” said Debra A. Greenwood, President/CEO of The Center. “We are grateful to the many community and business leaders willing to step out of their comfort zones and into these tall, uncomfortable heels as a way of demonstrating their support for our Walk a Mile event.”

Among the men who participated in The Center’s recent red shoes photo shoots was Fairfield Police Chief Gary MacNamara, who is returning for his fourth year as official chairperson of the Walk a Mile event. 

He was joined by Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim; Bridgeport Emergency Communications Consultant Joseph Gaudett Jr.; Shaw; Fairfield University Public Safety Director Todd Pelazza; Monroe First Selectman Steve Vavrek; Monroe Police Chief John Salvatore; Stratford Police Chief Patrick Ridenhour and Trumbull Police Chief Michael Lombardo.

To start a team or support the walk, contact Marissa Donnelly at MDonnelly@CenterforFamilyJustice.org or at 203-334-6154, Ext. 121.

To register for the event or for more information, click here.

The Center for Family Justice Inc., located at 753 Fairfield Ave. in Bridgeport, provides services in Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford and Trumbull. It educates 4,000 members of the community about the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. 

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