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! x( S8 a/ {. A, R+ n' h. vI would like to tell you about 4 things:' e4 u, r h m
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,, l3 M6 t: f" `: T" H. [
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
: \; D- W& v; ^8 i5 W; MØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.8 M! g4 o# @" k- s* Z7 n
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1$ l! f/ i6 J2 d2 s1 j
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.% |/ n. z3 y/ P3 U. \& w# J9 i
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
$ n1 G i. M7 P8 F$ c: `. c0 w& ]% C( @+ ?0 ZEngagement Training.( |" F& ~2 m7 d6 g% {) ?
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,( n$ C' W" ?" c4 z
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood6 G" d! D5 G. _
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
6 K0 @# i- i( Ztogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
. x# A; V8 Y0 x" p l5 \Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.4 Q1 D; v, c8 ]) h& ^
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'. N* D! N, ~' Q/ a! y+ Q
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
( z9 c7 V% a2 Os two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006. H$ i, u8 G6 `- ]
: \6 l: a- M5 ^: C! AEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.3 i4 ~1 X9 A( H7 C+ J8 P
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
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1 S# J: s6 f8 Y# N3 j8 }$ aSuzana, ph 944-4687,) p; N* O" b# `% X$ ]/ q
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca" {5 y) z1 X4 J8 x: _- h' H
- Z$ k" a" s! n6 U2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
+ H" m+ G$ T& b1 O; x+ k1 NIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting6 Y6 a; ^' k2 M4 u
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
* j" a1 V$ ^! Z, U1 Gand Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
5 g' u- m4 u$ v: m2 r* o3 u5 c2 Pfor these exciting local events.
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2 |8 F6 V" Y7 p: e8 n5 I0 Y3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:: {+ O c2 u# P% n4 p4 m
! ~8 r' N- i0 O s"Bougainville Sky"; [% i+ @+ {: ~8 `: u# B6 J& ]
Directed by Nick Agafonoff: Z# F! b; K$ e
75 min. Australia, 2006
+ Q5 d4 [' Y0 D9 J: A: A! V7 b( ?Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm1 q$ y7 F7 u3 r: |6 o- Z! S
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre6 t" E# h5 R. i1 W' G- M
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton). ?4 R: C- P @# A8 s8 M
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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, f; E5 `' J# cFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
, n8 z9 J) Y% E4 q2 i6 |$ Mby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith# S+ r4 _2 g( {- q$ y
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Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
/ d4 Z! I. _! j! B$ f; GPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
8 l8 k" P: e4 u1 aof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
: R' Q' N8 Y( K7 m3 s# ~conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
6 e/ E$ n, L9 }international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:$ Z; N+ J6 V, [* q( p% l. f! J
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
9 ?% q+ V+ V! t1 B2 z" Z3 f7 UIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the Y1 D! A0 a$ k6 U6 V
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed& T5 o S6 i9 T% U
international peacekeeping operation.1 ?! L+ Z- w# v- q4 U* N
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their. ~; l! m# \7 Q3 E {9 n
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
) D9 y. U) s R) `! Iwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV- W! q) v! V* D# ?, {. o3 \, V
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
4 I3 Y; C, n3 S* ]0 M' a. eAfghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems7 o6 C* s; U. y" m6 u. s: f7 Q, g* _; R
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
3 U; \9 |& r* W0 e) K0 Sand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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5 A% l L- s# gAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
# ~1 |4 J8 R% b4 N `- Psuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole8 D7 B9 x0 d+ n% W* W9 ^9 I) D& n
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the3 L `$ ?. Z" K+ O
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
7 u* }3 |+ p% j7 N6 ?" `Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,0 {' {0 K- v- m0 t9 @( n
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."! e1 ?' O" _/ R ?! S
, p# P9 P; k: i/ iPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton+ q1 U1 ]& G/ {6 n/ E6 t+ t
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House' R! i' C5 Y' p( T4 g. T5 j
In support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.! B$ F( } B8 b
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