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I would like to tell you about 4 things:
3 L- M! ]% E+ P/ U, \Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
2 S: i( O7 Y5 \: ^: N' Q4 bØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.57 \! b8 I2 e _2 c, X6 N- `0 c
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1' R! ^( q5 {. u7 n. n* D9 ?% Q2 V' j
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.- I' B& E8 A' z0 c4 a& q( Y: ]
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
E1 |- C9 l4 d* \# w0 wEngagement Training.
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; E% L1 F- [# p5 l5 B/ F" `% aWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
; O' k* ]2 o* v- N(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood! O8 J2 t/ F3 ]) P$ g8 t
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
f! m5 |+ |0 R- i0 e/ wtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
$ S: t2 U% w! b- K! ?, a4 wCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.# E6 N) I) Y' k7 p
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'3 A+ [/ C( e$ C$ f7 C1 s8 L
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
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Edmonton,
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. ^+ h. [1 X6 C( j, n, xEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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* L$ n/ L8 l. `- C2 }2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
a A* O: ~. l; ]7 T3 z- CIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting" a6 v" E7 c% w
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley3 @- o0 L7 b6 O; \9 f! h
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March3 m U$ G& ^3 R. P
for these exciting local events.7 [9 ~5 b/ H3 @! M c7 t
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+ e3 Y- K) F; z8 y, j( z/ r3) Edmonton Small Press Event9 f+ q( a' }4 `
5 }/ L) [" y p n6 nPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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"Bougainville Sky"
" f3 e$ S% g0 ~/ h3 F' q/ DDirected by Nick Agafonoff
3 m6 m; ?( I, m9 I+ H75 min. Australia, 2006
' Z4 b& V1 U7 U6 k) H8 b: i: MMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
5 S9 [/ U7 q% [Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre8 I9 n3 t, G. U( J" I
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)+ S* D/ F. H+ G: j: v
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)! i6 ?# S) ^) \; s
9 ^) G& a1 c1 Q; UFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance/ t, R+ i& x1 g: B4 v% ]
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith0 x" R c0 G2 ^2 Z
R0 C" F$ f" G! l0 VSynopsis:
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) g+ T0 e" V& n- `: iSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South. t6 X1 d* K# {
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years$ b* W7 v4 [- I- L1 u
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter( h2 N5 v( Y6 y; q1 z
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the4 U" h" H2 [9 B
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:: t* r' Z* g9 `/ w) j$ J' I i
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter9 Y) y0 W/ J4 s/ e5 ~ j
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
6 z) T7 z2 B8 X5 J2 Hisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed. s0 v& C0 p& d
international peacekeeping operation.
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9 u. G/ u) a% ^, l. {7 MThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
+ n/ @, H, Q# }' Yown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
/ z) y( }1 |: b8 P- Q4 Z/ I6 Owho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
) r0 D% J$ E, r: \3 U4 X7 Cscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and3 Q r; B$ _" g
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
( C. B8 b! W$ z& h5 \: W# dimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
. W( P% A0 [: Y3 N% Oand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
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process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
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" X: @) t+ D8 ^Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,% X2 ]. Z% q/ U' D# A( M0 C
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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; u! W6 @' ~ vPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
! J; C$ M) p! k0 s2 \/ XSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
: f- J/ P. c. ` aEdmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House4 k0 Q3 S: f% I
In support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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