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* L0 P F9 b! G1 V- k0 H/ SI would like to tell you about 4 things:8 u( E' ?$ Q" Y
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,! x( `! n) ~# N8 Y$ y0 _/ a- Q
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
8 u0 y: I3 ]% u$ }: ~0 e) zØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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0 w( o% |1 z& i9 E' c& ]8 E% b% I2 f1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
8 Y4 ?7 l% C4 k" a5 X T# z& TI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.' g& I8 O& n) U' E4 \0 V9 W
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community( F9 R6 I& T+ a: E3 J( p. e
Engagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday, `8 V% K8 j% f. V5 J" X3 R; h. I0 n
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood. @( h8 g. x# @) y
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work6 s* v# I$ K; U7 a: T: V% e
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
( ]# n- g% \/ A1 k# ?Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
: \4 y$ [/ J. uYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
* ?- a4 ]$ q3 q) pve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.9 }2 E# m+ g7 i
* U) V6 `! s+ u( M# I! rThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'0 E9 x2 G* ?: X5 d5 [
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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_8 U1 U: F7 H2 d. I8 `! ?Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.$ t2 g6 d+ H& R/ Y; M! f8 O8 ]
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
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Suzana, ph 944-4687,, U' V. ?! `! E" }! H
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca* G9 |! k4 p, n6 u6 {+ j6 h# B! y
( j' Y) v! d, T1 e2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
7 d% }+ B% E: p4 J5 v& l$ AIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting1 b7 C# z0 V$ ]& m# U& O l: I
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley9 _3 H6 K1 Z% \6 @
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March- a5 b5 A5 k- p6 j
for these exciting local events.7 j5 E2 S$ [% g, V3 ^3 V. p. f
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3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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: b u8 c7 H) P6 O) X- y4 `Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:. B; g+ Z) \8 L7 c
8 f! N0 w0 L" `7 j, R* U9 A% M"Bougainville Sky"# p9 N& D O& x! F
Directed by Nick Agafonoff! k- d6 ^8 T0 g7 g% x4 S5 R+ L
75 min. Australia, 2006
+ X& ?' R+ P6 ]1 ^ c/ C$ ~Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm+ s2 f& e0 p# }
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)) s* E( q) S* s- x. g
. W% X4 k4 b. h, `) ~+ ~3 L$ x- dFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance z+ ?& m* ?- b6 L) h3 E* S% J
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith4 x2 g" F- k1 R( \0 N }
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Synopsis:/ h/ q' N& {7 g# f d
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South$ Q: R) q. b& i
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years1 r: E( z9 d( E! C3 l% m
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter" }7 u2 Y4 Z5 a1 g0 a `# b
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
" F3 Z" K- |: s" H, |9 T% Dinternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
1 w0 W J' P- ]- Q* gthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
0 X( }& b6 A& G& A# L: zIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the% l; Y( W% ]4 W' D
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
6 b% F8 ?2 o* [2 Ginternational peacekeeping operation.
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- c: L0 K' n) ~+ L6 H6 q3 CThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their, _ u4 |) s& a X
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
! ]* j$ b6 H2 ^7 u' q5 {6 W+ pwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
0 n. H6 K- W' d/ Yscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
9 k4 O4 q. o% zAfghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
" ]1 K P5 h( Z0 r- b L l6 N0 \4 Eimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
' a9 F6 [: ?- c0 [" Fand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!' k- ]% M8 j3 i$ b
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the8 K+ v6 Z0 L9 d
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
# E: \6 o4 s) l( r& Qprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
5 _. V5 [ @2 T# r4 ehands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.0 @' l0 T1 U/ B
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,, r9 W3 Q: c) X$ l
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
: X9 U! `9 u9 ? SSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
. T- x' A# Z4 g' SEdmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House9 w3 W0 h+ o1 L% \+ [
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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