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I would like to tell you about 4 things:2 h; s) @ H/ W) b& t
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
# M. F s( w, S# F+ b1 \- }! jØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
6 V7 y# F& G6 K4 DØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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J) R# T* H8 g \# R1 k8 _1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1/ Y4 \4 |0 ^# T. L" g
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.6 b, Z7 `& r {4 |9 p2 X
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
6 k& C+ V0 v% `% nEngagement Training.' F* N: r6 u; r" Z/ ~/ ]
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,7 H% G7 J6 v H) B1 I% o9 L% l; u
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
4 j# f. G5 v& o: jgroups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
/ N+ [( |8 z/ Q3 U1 J" vtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
/ `! Z7 G; u; `/ UCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.: ?1 M+ E- v. S. _# O
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
5 w7 }) Y& s0 O) `ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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' B8 w% O1 n1 `The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
: ?8 Y* D0 }; hs two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.+ L# o1 K* S" K7 @
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
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Suzana, ph 944-4687,! h! c; B0 ?# Z( b& q1 O$ A
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca$ @; O. b' w1 [5 S& B0 f
2 i4 Q* h6 e4 y6 r% \7 q+ O- L2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
. D8 \; C5 ^; t0 f! u% BIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
9 K- n" ]0 Y$ ?$ N# R0 J) R4 VWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley0 i! p; |% K9 @- Y% e f
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
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3) Edmonton Small Press Event) A0 c* x3 i9 W, P7 o% L6 t5 Y6 z
& _ ^$ t3 p; x. X' j) aPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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"Bougainville Sky"1 Y: `2 F3 G* h6 o( u b& o* K
Directed by Nick Agafonoff2 ~4 u1 ?$ q* o; }! Z& ^9 A! v# ^
75 min. Australia, 2006
2 h! t( ~& E& bMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm9 q) L3 j8 ^8 R8 x# ^3 B1 M
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre K$ r3 \! E2 p
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
6 C& R$ F# g: ]& t" y1 tAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income) G( v. l5 D2 m6 W; W
* f* [( }% z5 EFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance5 r# P; m8 z K8 L* K
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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6 s0 m J# E" lSynopsis:! a9 y& H f- Q& m6 J9 Q# Q8 K
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South( H' \" m; z) n2 @5 M' ]* V
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
$ d. B8 V$ s$ J8 y$ T2 u* Jof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
. @, S) v; ^! E8 O5 Q' Fconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the# {, r7 s2 s: [$ n* Y; t
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:4 j8 S4 u7 N: l/ t& ~: r( L, K( z
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter2 C; S* j( b/ M5 A: _
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
3 L- C4 y' a* ?8 H1 wisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
1 q0 x- {/ e+ G- j/ N5 ~international peacekeeping operation.
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
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who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
, }% ~2 D# u' t- Dscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and2 B" j2 Q ^; B3 p: Q
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
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& X* k+ V- M" [# j, ` ]and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!6 T$ m0 l3 E4 _3 X; U7 g
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the4 k. b1 d& Q* O0 G* J
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole+ l4 f% A- I4 |5 V" @
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
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Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
6 [" _7 k1 A1 E8 F: j* G i/ b+ ]so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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& _, O: ^$ l* lPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
; E9 {& }% g3 [% h K1 zSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House: N4 z/ C/ G% 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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