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

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I would like to tell you about 4 things:
# Y/ Y. L: g5 |( r* \. HØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
1 y, M1 h4 q( K0 F, o( ^% U  TØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5; m% ?& ^3 B0 J5 S  q
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.: T. b/ Z$ [; C: a: t# S' h  k
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0 _( W2 X# W% r5 {4 f+ i1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1. F* ]( s( t# S0 e
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.! K- M4 s; ]; h/ P: A  a' t
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community( P* j$ u2 Z8 S; \
Engagement Training.; L  }1 C# e, N

7 _- h  O: z0 w/ zWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,* r3 G( _, i2 ~  j( l/ [& Q' k3 y
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood& q* p4 i4 }# z
groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work' R: l7 D  B0 W5 S/ n3 s9 ^
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
  |) _: n- D5 UCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.- K. w$ c* I7 w; W3 O, J  F
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'; Y: n, \3 p+ z$ O) {! F8 H# ?
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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2 a* O+ @, G/ PThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'0 \$ y2 x! J( c' G; v! n' k
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006., C+ ^( T; h2 E) s; \! ]2 S

( ?9 G& k  v/ P/ w' ^0 ^Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
# ]# ?/ q5 T6 K% KRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
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( Y2 X' e/ ?9 D% o3 ]' D* G  hSuzana, ph 944-4687,  d* w* k  _& ]8 R  W
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca- j8 w  d8 h. W( P
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
4 b4 [( u% M! v% P5 l; F" J) @In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting% w* `1 ?% S/ g- `3 J6 n. _9 ^
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
) h# Q- d0 x+ Iand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
2 s* T& ~- r4 o2 z( w% K# `for these exciting local events.
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8 L+ X! A8 a$ R1 l0 i- r6 _. O+ n' M3)  Edmonton Small Press Event% Z! ~; g1 m: }

& T2 E) l  }6 W/ p1 KPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:6 F9 x" A) V& C& k( G7 L/ L
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"Bougainville Sky"
$ U! s; _7 O  CDirected by Nick Agafonoff
& j- R, e6 b* j3 W75 min. Australia, 2006* U0 k4 m7 [4 e  D0 a1 i
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm5 V. y, s2 X7 W3 `& V) U
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)& A7 g+ G' ]* W0 }+ r- o3 J

, b. v( @# x2 B3 f+ Q% LFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
, x( k, v3 M# @' L/ \& [by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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Synopsis:8 ]  }- @/ R$ b. N% P4 S
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South; Y8 [0 D0 ]5 [+ t. @7 r7 v/ I
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years7 Z$ M) o: F) B) Z
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
8 u- k2 X' x; o& qconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
& r3 e# u  [- k0 ^" }* Sinternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:  P0 h8 B4 B, H/ U7 c: W
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
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island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
" x: ]  ^, R: ]4 Yinternational peacekeeping operation.
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/ E3 T( J2 G# S7 W5 w& e. hThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
, K" ~  Q7 K( s, uown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
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screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and4 b# }- B' O! o, D( `0 r( q
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems$ s' S" |6 s' A, R/ D. H5 K& A
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs8 p9 y# c! ~- E: C* k% F+ q
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
/ m" T. J* P; P# z9 l4 }, x0 _success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
4 }* ]0 f9 Y0 e2 ?process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the1 ?  H8 o" F+ P+ {& V9 G% u
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.9 f$ X+ [1 z' K' r4 g( _3 m
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,3 n6 X3 g- v* t( `
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."' A3 ?% d2 E& u- P$ B; ?
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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
6 P% g( ~: {# k: G+ j- z; V3 k* ]Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
  B& y4 n8 A$ W+ N: P) Q* ^Edmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House3 W/ U& b' |/ g
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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