The 2025 NC World Day of Remembrance will be held at Durham Central Park on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 2:00 pm. ITRE is partnering with the City of Durham, Bike Durham, and the NC Families for Safe Streets to host the 7th annual memorial exhibit.

The exhibit will feature pairs of shoes to represent the 1,732 people killed on North Carolina roads last year. A press event at 2:00 pm will honor North Carolina crash victims and feature remarks from transportation leadership.

How to Participate

All are welcome to the shoe memorial exhibit and press event. We invite everyone to wear the color yellow, the official color of the global World Day of Remembrance.

If you have been seriously injured in a crash or would like to honor a lost loved one, you are also invited to share your story or contribute a photo to the event.

Please reach out to tracy_russ@ncsu.edu if you would like to dedicate a pair of shoes to a loved one, share your story, or contribute a photo.

Location Details

The shoe memorial exhibit will be displayed on “The Great Lawn” (the grassy hill between the skate park and “The Leaf”) in Durham Central Park. The area is wheelchair accessible.

Parking

There is free weekend parking along Foster St., W Seminary Ave, and Rigsbee Ave next to the park.

Restrooms

There are restrooms available in the nearby Durham Food Hall.

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