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' X* ]( S' ]( u' wI would like to tell you about 4 things:
6 D0 U( s6 A. Y6 _/ O6 a' ZØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
- N$ W0 G* J9 r! GØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
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$ e4 f8 f3 X* W: n4 |& [6 P$ F8 D1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 11 U0 o5 [% o* k6 s
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.+ F! Y9 f- w" a; X: V5 ?
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community7 P4 `9 G1 }% i8 {
Engagement Training.
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6 ?* R* d$ z6 }We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,1 i8 D% G* K) f+ _; ?8 T+ M" z
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
$ B }/ s* i( @* sgroups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work) }3 y# n! j) I; w2 ~% e
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
5 p7 {6 x" |. o2 C/ |Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
/ J* o, h& L9 Y4 N7 V6 y; vYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
+ |" i6 F& m3 Z @& jve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.& F0 W5 g/ a2 G/ ?0 Q7 |
R% C0 |5 z+ \/ HThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
3 Q3 h, T. G0 l, ds two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006. m T4 f. g7 u# [
4 M$ J% y, w: P" m2 M) hEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
0 C. {# X) T: E; lRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,% u, e x5 f+ X6 C- | ]: D h' L
Edmonton,
, d& _8 J. w* u* m6 eSuzana, ph 944-4687,
4 M( u0 a( y2 x, R3 q |5 L- HEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca: R/ e6 x0 r1 ?: p; ]/ {; w1 {
9 c: _3 B8 l9 [5 x4 }% I2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
% q$ H8 U- h; GIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting5 ~' P' d: k& x c: e9 V1 v
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
, P& \+ f' N- U9 W9 V. eand Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March H! ^1 d' m* m% f
for these exciting local events.
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6 d! w. |5 C, v3) Edmonton Small Press Event j' S4 N1 J8 V- s
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:( w0 K4 f% D) i5 i
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"Bougainville Sky"7 X* T/ q* y+ f& h. ^9 ^
Directed by Nick Agafonoff6 \- w/ `" R8 f, r- V' l
75 min. Australia, 20062 K7 l9 d- ^" p% L% ^$ |# ?/ d
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm" u+ N/ b0 B8 N7 A+ t6 F. T# @+ J
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
! R3 p7 O1 O/ l, B+ mby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith* e e& D: G8 {" K$ b% o
8 P7 K( p, e8 s) u' k3 uSynopsis:( k7 P) s/ c/ z" c
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
* R, ^& |; }/ n) c0 R5 p! HPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
$ `. R3 }* V3 e, gof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
- h% ~) e5 J9 |% C2 `+ \conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the5 o2 S; G1 P2 {2 b/ ]* g) G
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
1 d* z% Y/ u8 A2 I4 M: g% fthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
. `2 r7 s% G) EIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the- i+ b ~1 W8 I. \
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
1 J4 K# c; u! d* j: ointernational peacekeeping operation.
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5 P6 M- O9 F! l5 e, L# J+ g' pThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
$ z6 l' E3 n1 U! y! Z3 {) K1 c2 o$ Gown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
G- t; L6 a' \. W5 u7 jwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV2 Y! p; A0 t p, m; y' H& t/ d' [
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and$ b1 V6 s1 |# c3 c
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems( Y* z& [ S/ H a
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
; y: x1 ~# @6 L; D; ]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
, _3 O+ {. e) psuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole; W- `. B' q* b& U8 s9 T
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the9 @) B7 d1 P+ q
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around. i6 s# O* C4 c# T9 k/ N( O2 @
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,; _+ e1 d* @% Z& H
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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' M6 x: M; o* M- T+ g: \; uPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
d) F! i- `( pSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
4 r q) L' Y! o8 f5 T7 I2 w* Y- pIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St. W* _# f+ I! N5 p: |6 I
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