活动 !!! Four upcoming events, including this Friday, Jan 26

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I would like to tell you about 4 things：
" A, Y- ~) ^. B! e/ {Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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5 g2 i) v1 t" T1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
% @( y6 F" h0 u3 P, FI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
- ]  B4 \- H7 NIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
Engagement Training.

We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
- j* v5 x5 c6 c6 b8 F+ Utogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
7 }( D; X9 ]7 s2 Q& `; i0 u, UCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
- G0 s8 Z& b% r# f4 B% h2 @4 u9 [/ XYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
( p) t$ U% p/ k6 u" D5 Xve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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2 a; i4 h. B1 \5 i; m, r  `The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.

, `( k& B' ^. I& I" S# I/ xEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
1 x& |! e$ h$ Q6 G9 F. s9 uRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
% l, F# b& L: U- lEdmonton,
; M7 B1 q% `, K* j/ qSuzana, ph 944-4687,
) D5 G3 Z+ R6 d& Z# Z: V+ {7 ]2 QEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
7 S( y; c( S6 N+ \. oIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
3 s  h3 P, Y$ x' s5 z  x, A# z0 m! T4 xWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
. o, H/ s; o- a6 x: [and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.
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3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

$ \4 m1 y# _: I* [4 t+ I9 VPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

8 p. a) s7 q" @( Q" R& ?% N"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
: ?: f+ T* g7 X% ~$ f- g75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
- q; ~* s) s; O) P4 n! }Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
: M9 D$ y1 S; xby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith

Synopsis:
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8 s; k: L* c% c  `' n; b* |, w% tSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
  R4 J$ j  V& i4 K- hPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
9 K! n+ E- O: u7 J# Pconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
% W4 v/ y& c, ]1 g0 TIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
  c% Y8 P4 ]3 u1 h4 Z3 s( Minternational peacekeeping operation.

This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
  r% b4 ?& T2 n; N' E% @, {own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
& P- x. O( |8 Z. Z: Kwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
& _9 m- u  z3 }0 Q- n1 b+ escreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
- Q" F5 V9 D& S, W2 sand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

" Z: E0 p. o: q+ ?! `& I* _According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
( ^( x7 ?/ j0 C. n0 jsuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
6 m/ ]* _" F7 G! l8 s7 ?6 z% Rprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
. Q: h# I- q5 b; U" fAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
! r/ q2 q& K* p; l# N( U4 n0 \so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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' e$ t0 d: A7 u1 L- ?Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
Edmonton Public Library.

9 a9 n1 a! L* h7 ?4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
, N  b+ l" G, \$ f. H- e$ GIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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