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

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I would like to tell you about 4 things：
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.


1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
% W: F1 q- u2 F2 d  wI'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
. f. m! V1 N3 \. v  _Engagement Training.

. B" E; L0 G7 N. S: b' o% vWe 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
, B0 V5 D/ L( G% |  Z5 B1 ytogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
  m# H  [2 V. Z3 X+ N+ q- JCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
/ S' y1 e: z& \, B5 \ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

( p: O1 u1 D2 i! j- rThe 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.

& e7 }) `. H% t' ^; VEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
, M" w2 K5 b& [) m. {& m- _8 y; |Suzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
( S* q" z; _1 u0 R* X0 pIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
6 t, i# J& D7 m4 |for these exciting local events.

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3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

) F2 G6 T: O+ s& e$ X9 U% LPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
' I& |) {* `6 W! a3 C/ I! P75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
% e7 j' P$ n; z) fAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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# i* @3 ^% X! k- o) h  y( YFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith

Synopsis:
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) I7 D. D# g' G- u* b1 FSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
# k/ e2 q% p7 c4 n0 Z5 P* R; o0 Jof 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:
9 n2 r% E, d0 q$ W9 R1 fthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
9 t% ?9 G5 y, F8 W/ N* ainternational peacekeeping operation.

- A! M, U& d1 |5 \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
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
2 O" f6 P- N- P4 `$ B0 \% xscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
# K) B' [7 c7 Jimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
; u  S. D9 M- @+ s$ qand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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) p; ~$ w0 M0 D7 LAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
2 C' l) `( ^+ V( z* S* p& `1 qsuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
5 b3 H$ E, ?6 ?( x+ e, g2 v& k, Qprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
' O% \; b2 L9 M7 nhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
6 R: Z) G' u4 M: C  P6 |7 {so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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  r! h5 N2 H- d: p; Y  n9 YPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
* D3 X8 h" {8 y2 k- mSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
6 ^' T! j2 d! f. m1 [Edmonton Public Library.

2 E3 p" B8 O$ L4 k4) 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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