YMCA Peace Week - Kamloops YMCA-YWCA

What is peace?

More than the absence of violence and conflict, peace is the presence of conditions like fairness, inclusion, empathy, security, and respect for diversity. Peace is also the ongoing work of building and rebuilding these conditions. The YMCA is dedicated to strengthening the foundations of community -- and peace is fundamental to sustaining strong and healthy communities.

Act for Peace

Peace is an active state of being, not a passive one.

Acts for peace can be big or small. Either way, they tend to grow outward, creating ripples through the whole community.

An act for peace may affect only one person directly—but it may show many more people what’s possible.

Peacemakers challenge and inspire others to pursue acts for peace.

Anyone and everyone can be a peacemaker.

Join the movement and #actforpeace.

Peace medal

As part of YMCA Peace Week, YMCAs across Canada present the YMCA Peace Medal to individuals or groups who, without any special resources, status, wealth or position, demonstrate a commitment to the values of P-E-A-C-E through contributions made within their local, national, or global community. Help us nominate this years recipient of the YMCA Peace Medal, which will take place from November 12-19, 2022. To nominate a Peacemaker, please review the selection principles and complete the nomination form HERE.

YMCA Canada Peace Week history from YMCA Canada.

YMCA PEACE WEEK 2022 Events

Keep the list growing. Join the #ymcapeaceweek social media discussion and add your own #actforpeace ideas.

November 16th @ 6:30pm - Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation to celebrate Peace Week.

Join Amy for a Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation to celebrate Peace Week. When a widespread difficulty like the coronavirus pandemic grows, it becomes important to draw on our inner strength. It is the time to pause, reflect, and bring wisdom, courage, and care to ourselves and those around us. We human beings have survived for a thousand generations, helping one another and inspiring each other. Together, let us take a breath and center ourselves, calmly, and in the spirit of love. Each of us can contribute to the well-being of ourselves, our communities and our world.

To register contact Melanie

November 19th - Pool Meditation at 9am

November 20th- Yoga for Peace at 1:00pm

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2020 YMCA Peace Medal Recipient

Traci Anderson

Traci is the Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club Kamloops. BGCK is one of those lifelines and community hubs. Traci is 100% respectful to everyone…all the time. She is calm, cool and collected and always has the community, the BGCK and her staff at the for front. We at the YMCA-YWCA are honored to call her a colleague and friend.

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