Week Without Violence
October 14– 20, 2007
The Week
Without Violence is a violence prevention initiative of the
YWCA of/du Canada. During the week of October 14th to 20th, 2007.
Connect with your friends, family and neighbours to build safer
communities across Canada.
You can participate in a number of ways. For example you can make
a personal pledge or plan an event in your community. All the information
on how to get involved is on the Week
Without Violence website. Everyone is welcome to join us in
stopping violence!
Imagine a week without violence. Now imagine a lifetime. Let's make it real!
A Message from the YWCA of/du Canada
The Week Without Violence is a nationwide effort, organized by
the YWCA, to unite all Canadians against the violence that exists
in our communities.
The Week Without Violence encourages people and communities to
identify realistic and sustainable alternatives to violence. The
support and involvement of schools, politicians, law enforcement
agencies, faith groups and national and local community organizations
helps create safer places to live, work and play.
The following quote from one of the thousands of school participants
from across Canada describes how the YWCA Week Without Violence
impacted them:
"I didn't watch anything violent. I didn't watch violent videos. I
didn't play any violent video games. I didn't read any violent articles. I
found this week very hard because there is so much violence on T.V. and in
the world, all around us. Everyday, there is something violent happening." - C.H.
Grade 5
Some of the other activities that affected the lives of people
across Canada as a result of the YWCA Week Without Violence were
a native drumming circle of friendship in Kamloops, a youth day
in Brockville focusing on replacing violence with sports, discussions
on racism to eliminate discrimination in Lethbridge, a mask-making
workshop in Vancouver to empower women.
Violence in all its forms undermines our quality of life. Because
violence reaches into our cities and towns, our schools, our homes,
and our work places, it affects all of us. No matter where we live,
violence and fear have become part of our everyday lives. To change
this we need to take action against violence - to speak out against
it and to change and influence the values and attitudes that affect
violence. We can begin by imagining a life without violence- we
can work to make it reality.
Let's seize this opportunity to participate in the Week Without
Violence so that we can work toward creating safer communities
for all Canadians.
Our lives are depending on it.
Emergency Contact Numbers
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
Parents Help Line: 1-888-603-9100
Edmonton City Police Dispatch: 423-4567
Emergency: 911
