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

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0 F% c3 K2 g" [4 B% v) r2 B  K) MI would like to tell you about 4 things：
) T1 s" m, f! [: V: AØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
! j6 B- a" r; a# I! AØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
' q  C; }1 [% C6 k4 v7 VI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
- P8 u" u, A: @; E- z# l  rEngagement Training.

& _" R3 F+ [1 ?! R- d: U4 @2 CWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
6 |9 t% t; i7 T- A(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
1 U  S! E2 h# _5 B! iCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
; x$ Y1 c  X! a% K) tYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
2 F) g+ R  R  Z4 Wve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

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.
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& U" a% b3 c- J6 f, c$ ~; h% oEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
0 g+ G* ?% m6 a  x4 pSuzana, ph 944-4687,
  l2 U& c8 }0 i4 dEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
3 o+ U+ R  {! u- n5 J: E9 s0 kIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
6 b2 R2 n6 z2 Z; FWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
3 L4 M  s" m  k$ [7 O5 T9 ~' f7 e4 Dfor 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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3 h4 i: ^' X6 t* H; v' g8 v"Bougainville Sky"
2 _, t$ @5 |$ {Directed by Nick Agafonoff
* e- L, c9 }1 C+ T75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
" c3 ~" x. Z* u; |" vStanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
* d) H. V  A4 @6 Q+ gAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

/ j1 ]# p* u% b9 B* r, kFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith

# Q$ i' w, Y7 qSynopsis:
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$ N) K7 K# w; @( H8 \Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
" O  N' h5 f0 |' ^; G4 cof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
# V# a  _( v4 w/ Zthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
4 V  b* Y0 ^! }% H8 A( X8 R# e6 oIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
! Y3 H4 A& A$ M3 zisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
- p# @+ f6 o, }: K7 ointernational peacekeeping operation.
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# ~% E! F( Z- w8 {7 M$ t# }This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
8 i$ z+ p4 H, i: ewho 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
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
1 P- N1 r3 C3 M6 mand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
, B7 G% A1 d4 A: S/ J7 K( Jsuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
5 m% P" A/ I- V' l8 Yprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
: v' [/ @: f3 o; ?! ?! o, phands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
3 J/ [2 [# L7 O/ h7 {Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
) x: w. w) G3 a% Dso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."

Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
, C8 A) ]& O) Y8 p* m) e, @Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
Edmonton Public Library.

4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
1 F, F$ N- t; C9 ^: c; A* rIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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