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

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2 u3 j* `3 `. F9 I/ O, m+ r9 eI would like to tell you about 4 things：
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Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
0 X4 K& e5 _6 y- {' E, L% X5 C- c! |/ Y& ~Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
( i2 t- L& b" q4 H+ o6 }0 E; c/ {In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
1 z4 I; w" @' h! D+ v' aEngagement Training.
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! w# y& Y9 q! a5 B, e: X* U4 mWe 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
. w  P. P2 a0 [+ i" R, Kgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
1 P. f9 Z- H3 X* L6 Q- g. E  aCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
( `; O6 R/ V* aYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
! H$ o% D8 ~0 p* E9 n" t0 Qve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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" A. [1 ]1 l3 x' Q/ E2 EThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
% E4 O6 j0 p: N9 v$ }/ t; d/ es two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.

, Z; Q' I8 g, ^Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
3 }1 {3 m3 [4 cRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
Suzana, ph 944-4687,
+ n* L. v1 Z$ ?! h' WEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
/ x8 J( \* I  N* v. f  yIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
0 K+ ^+ K8 J7 {+ [$ I+ O9 b) Pand 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

Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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. c# s1 ]1 N8 \) Z7 f/ c"Bougainville Sky"
$ x- ?3 u& }4 w% ?: }Directed by Nick Agafonoff
2 w# X1 a: z  u; S% T75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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* r9 n9 N7 n+ Y+ sAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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$ p% E7 V# z7 W& n& i( TFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
% V9 L+ H; m3 D" \- v1 U9 R' qby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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% t& {3 ^2 U/ Z, _; G6 k2 W( ISynopsis:
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- t9 B) G$ C4 r) z- H+ o; C5 Q6 h% w' TSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
' a6 U1 J* O1 n/ I0 dof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
; S  f- S& e: ~& u4 a2 F5 B5 z1 k$ gconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
& R6 _7 O0 S7 n9 ]they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
& j* @6 T  @+ U! M" H/ dIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
4 I! U; p. i$ O. k# Q; Tisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
international peacekeeping operation.
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! Q$ V3 x5 i8 C; Y; O  ]3 r# S2 FThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
6 ~7 }" L+ v1 f, }! {! g( wAfghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
; s$ d: Z& q0 a" m& G6 p; _" ~' Dimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
3 @& z, B2 V5 w4 B5 h  Oand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
* J; J3 u% {" Y" ~5 g6 osuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
, i" Y. `* S% F$ l4 i8 C, m" y, Dprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
8 g- s) r" F! S4 n0 Z, @9 nhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
" o2 b8 H$ M* |* ?3 X' ?Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
3 c7 o$ A- S2 C. U) oso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."

Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
! I; n: K$ q# _$ c% D5 uSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
Edmonton Public Library.

3 E& \$ ]" D& Z3 F+ K& l. l& }7 P4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
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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