MEDIA ROOM
For interview requests and/or other resources related to Your Day Without Shoes, please use the information below. (Media requests will be responded to within 24 hours.):
Email & Social Media:
Connect (AT) PrimalfootAlliance (DOT) org
YDWS Facebook event page
The Primalfoot Alliance's Facebook page
The Primalfoot Alliance's Twitter Account: @PrimalfootOrg
Fast Facts:
- Website: YourDayWithoutShoes.com
- 2012 is the second year for Your Day Without Shoes (YDWS). In its first year, the event had participants in at least eight different countries on four continents and no less than 10 U.S. states. While exact numbers of participants are hard to come by, more than 1770 people had RSVPed on the event Facebook page that they would participate and dozens commented during and after the event about going barefoot.
- Sponsored by The Primalfoot Alliance, an organization that advocates for people who prefer to live barefoot - even in public.
- 2012 Motto: "Feel free to go barefoot."
- Purpose: Encouraging and advocating for those who'd prefer to go barefoot more often, but feel pressure not to due to perceived social norms to wear shoes.
Artwork:
News media are welcome to use the artwork in our Toolkit in reports about Your Day Without Shoes. The artwork may not be modified in any way except to be resized or cropped as reasonable. Artwork may only be used to promote or share news about the May 26, 2012, Your Day Without Shoes event. By using the artwork, you agree to the above terms and that they supercede any and all conflicting terms of our standard Creative Commons license and Terms & Conditions.
