There’s still a day or two left to nominate someone you know for the YMCA’s peace medal.
A release says, as part of YMCA Peace Week (November 13 to 20), the peace medal is presented to individuals or groups who, without any special resources, status, wealth or position, demonstrate a commitment to the values of peace through contributions made within their local, national or global community.
Peace Week medal nominations close September 29th.
Since 1987, more than 1,900 individuals and groups across Canada have been recognized for their peacebuilding work with YMCA Peace Medals.
Recipients will receive a YMCA peace medal and certificate and have a chance to tell their story and bring awareness to their work or cause in individual profiles that will be shared virtually.
In 2020, the YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce named Jillian Lyman the recipient of that year’s peace medal.
Lyman, 19-years-old at the time, organized the Owen Sound Black Lives Matter Solidarity March in June following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.
The theatre group Sheatre was awarded the medal in 2019. Sheatre is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1985 at the request of Huron County residents who wanted to tell their stories and address rural issues using interactive theatre. It puts together projects that often engage excluded populations and address high risk social issues through acting, music, dance and writing and film.
In 2018, the medal was awarded to the indigenous Prayer Walkers ‘Da-namaamin moseyang giw-ganchigaazjig kwewag’ who were making their way across the country on foot to raise awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
You can find more information on how to nominate someone here: https://www.ymcaowensound.on.ca/peace-week-nominations-2021/