www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, November 6, 2015 | 4 YMCA Peace Week asks `What does peace mean to you?' by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff A childhood amid terrorism was all Zak Ebrahim knew. He was only seven years old when his father shot and killed a leader of the Jewish Defense League, and 10, when his dad helped plan the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City while in prison. After the Sept. 11 attacks in 1993, Ebrahim's family spent years moving around hiding from their identity; haunted by the crimes of his father. Ebrahim, author of The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice, will share at the annual YMCA Community Breakfast for Peace, Nov. 19, how he stopped hiding from his past and resolved to dedicate his life to promoting peace. As keynote speaker, he will tell his powerful story of a boy who was presumed to follow in his father's footsteps and a man who chose a different path. It will take place at the Oakville Conference Centre off Wyecroft Road from 7-9:30 a.m. Tickets cost $25 or $220 for a table of 10. Sponsored by the Oakville Beaver, the event will also award the 2015 YMCA Peace Medallion Crafty people of all ages were encouraged to roll up their sleeves and help make clay discs to be fired, then painted and hung from more than 500 Be Kind Bells that will be hidden around Oakville as part of YMCA Peace Week (Nov. 14-21). The craft event was held in the lobby of the Peter Gilgan Family YMCA in south Oakville. Pictured, Laura Costantiello helps her daughter Alina Feitz, 4, roll out the clay and use cookie cutters to make the discs in various shapes. | photo by Graham Paine Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or Facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) to a youth, adult and group who have made a difference in Oakville. It's part of YMCA Peace Week, Nov. 14-21. During the week, YMCAs across Canada will host events and activities to help people explore peace from personal, local and global g hiv ani Sag ar D perspectives. YMCA will be asking people to "Build community. Act for peace." In Oakville, it will host a number of activities focused on inspiring empathy and kindness. The YMCA Candlelight Walk for Peace, with special guests Julia and Emma Mogus from Books with No Bounds, will take place on Nov. 16 from 6:45-8:30 p.m. at the Peter Gilgan Family YMCA on Rebecca Street. The event encourages residents to take a short walk through the neighbourhood and reflect on what peace means to them. New school supplies will be collected to help the Mogus sisters in their mission to help First Nations youths. Be Kind Bells will be distributed to participants of the Walk for Peace. More than 500 of these hand-made chime bells have been decorated by children and youths in YMCA programs and will be hidden in the community as a reminder to spread some kindness. If you find one, you're encouraged to share where you found it over social media. You can then keep it or hide it for someone else to discover. Use the hashtags #BeKindBell and #YMCAPeaceWeek. YMCA is also encouraging people to do a random act of kindness and post it to Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #30seconds4peace. An act of kindness is an act of peace -- in just 30 seconds you can do something to spread kindness that can ripple to others. Other events during the week include Yoga for Peace. For more information, visit ymcaofoakville.org. l r. M ge aris a D'An r. S We offer full Family Dental Services in our brand new, state-of-the-art office in a calm and relaxing environment. We are a paperless office and use digital x-rays. We welcome kids, teens, adults and seniors. NEW PATIENTS are welcome and we will accommodate your dental emergencies. We will directly bill your insurance company and offer convenient evening and weekend appointments. 2525 Old Bronte Road, Suite #130 Palermo Professional Centre (ground floor) Old Bronte Rd. Bronte Rd. o Dundas St. W. Pine Glen Rd. 3rd Line www.reflections-dental.ca 905-827-8700 Open HOuse use november 14th 10:00 am - 2:00 pm brilliant compassionate hearts minds inspirational leaders enriched university preparatory school for girls in grades 5-12. proudly affiliated with st. Michael's College school. 905.891.1890 | www.hnmcs.ca | admission@hnmcs.ca è D N