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The public was invited to take part in the “Steps of Change” event. Mayor Jamael Tito Brown led the “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” lap around Wick Park. YOUNGSTOWN On the Saturday event, 113 pairs of shoes were displayed on the sidewalk around Wick Park bound by Elm Road. Each pair, tagged with a name, represents someone who died from a drug overdose in Mahoning County in 2017. The deceased ranged in age from one to 71, according to the Mahoning Chapter of Ohio Change Addiction Change Now (OhioCAN), which organized the event. Members of the public were invited to take part in a remembrance walk
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - MAY 19, 2018: Hope Anne Youngstown the Mahoning County Coordinator for Ohio Can speaks at the microphone, Saturday afternoon. DAVID DERMER | THE VINDICATOR
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - MAY 19, 2018: Shoes that belonged to someone from Mahoning County line the sidewalk of Wick Park, Saturday afternoon. DAVID DERMER | THE VINDICATOR
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - MAY 19, 2018: Hope Anne Youngstown the Mahoning County Coordinator for Ohio Can, James Garltic of Niles and Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown walk on the sidewalk in Wick Park earring a poster with the pictures of people who have passes away from opioid overdoses, Saturday afternoon. ...
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - MAY 19, 2018: Hope Anne Youngstown the Mahoning County Coordinator for Ohio Can, James Garltic of Niles and Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown walk on the sidewalk in Wick Park earring a poster with the pictures of people who have passes away from opioid overdoses, Saturday afternoon. ...
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - MAY 19, 2018: Jacob Tocco of Youngstown places a pair of shoes that belonged to someone that passed away from a opioid drug overdose near the sidewalk inside Wick Park, Saturday afternoon. DAVID DERMER | THE VINDICATOR
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - MAY 19, 2018: Joe Reid of Youngstown carries a poster while walking in Wick Park during the opioid walk, Saturday morning. DAVID DERMER | THE VINDICATOR
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - MAY 19, 2018: Hope Anne Youngstown the Mahoning County Coordinator for Ohio Can, James Garltic of Niles and Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown walk on the sidewalk in Wick Park earring a poster with the pictures of people who have passes away from opioid overdoses, Saturday afternoon. ...
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - MAY 19, 2018: Elena Andino of Youngstown places a pair of shoes that belonged to someone that passed away from a opioid drug overdose near the sidewalk inside Wick Park, Saturday afternoon. DAVID DERMER | THE VINDICATOR
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - MAY 19, 2018: Shoes that belonged to someone from Mahoning County line the sidewalk of Wick Park, Saturday afternoon. DAVID DERMER | THE VINDICATOR