Walk in THEIR Shoes: Part 2


Sole Sister: Susie of Arabia
Event: Peace March in Washington DC
 January 2007


Susie of Arabia attended a peace march in Washington DC in January 2007. Read the first part of her story HERE.

“Walk in Their Shoes” was organized by Code Pink for Peace, a women’s grassroots peace movement against the war in Iraq.   The goal was to collect and display 6,550 pairs of shoes at a prominent place at the march on the National Mall – each pair of shoes representing an Iraqi man, woman, and child who had died up to that point in time since the US invaded their country in 2003.  Every participant donating a pair of shoes was given the name, age, and maybe occupation or how they died, or any other information that was available about the fallen Iraqi those shoes represented.





Connie, in her beautiful handwriting, wrote the name and age of the young girl, plus the fact that she was a student, on a handmade heart-shaped tag which she attached to the shoes with a yellow ribbon.  An enormous clear acrylic container was constructed to house and display the shoes and it was quickly filled to overflowing.  Hundreds of pairs of shoes then occupied the ground next to the container, piled high, laid out – it was a very sobering and somber sight.

Susie said:
"Salma...I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed doing this - things like this tend to really put things into perspective, so thanks for giving me the opportunity of seeing things in a different way."
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 Susie of Arabia

~ 3 Beautiful footprints: ~

Karishma says:
at: Friday, June 04, 2010 said...

wow. This is really something.
I'm following your blog now.


purple-peeptoes.blogspot.com

The Sole Sisters Collective says:
at: Sunday, June 20, 2010 said...

Goddess of Boho..thanks a lot. This blog is a collective, you can visit Susie's blog as well.

BTW, your blog is wonderful.

The Sole Sisters Collective says:
at: Sunday, June 20, 2010 said...

Susie, thanks for sharing the second part of your trip with the Sole Sisters.


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