埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 7218|回复: 0

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

[复制链接]
鲜花(115) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2007-1-23 19:38 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
, b( K6 M* e; v! m
[转]7 Y& V5 ^, ]- j3 j  Z# a
I would like to tell you about 4 things:  H5 `( _* Q/ J$ j( y
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
4 n8 @2 c' F) d1 P! ]Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5! N: J# @  E+ Q+ z8 Q/ Q1 n
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.+ P+ q) r8 f0 ^4 J! z! j

* X3 q) r1 o$ `. h$ [$ }
. d9 F0 F, D7 V1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1, ^9 K4 b! ?7 S" p3 A. u  x
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
; U& E' z) z1 i; S! G& A+ R  dIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
; x3 Q3 W: e# ?9 D: Y& k2 }3 p, O# pEngagement Training.
0 o/ J4 {- q# z5 M0 a8 C8 {) Q
+ `0 a9 f/ C+ L- \& QWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,: k0 m5 S- Q8 _6 j; q
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
' J2 O. b. S5 _/ D" Vgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
7 O- A: E4 m1 q5 Z* K5 xtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy& w1 y8 D, B, Z( q' y
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.+ N9 W+ G$ P3 G6 U* g
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'4 m3 t& o/ e+ x9 N9 m3 j1 f
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.2 h! m4 O) t% l6 C. Q, ?

3 x) u) g6 R! ]' R8 g* ~2 Y( @/ m( cThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'9 E2 |7 Z  B. S8 i6 v, h8 h
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
3 F9 r9 ^, L) C0 Z8 k; U$ ~5 }, R2 u+ \  ~( L# T% {) _1 ?2 b4 P
Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
3 Q1 n8 H- i7 h$ |0 v3 u* X0 nRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,. z% O, I) l$ O7 e, A: q1 }
Edmonton,
1 D' Z7 j( I; a3 bSuzana, ph 944-4687,6 n+ c, N2 Z, e; B4 N; I8 w
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca6 e9 X9 E: o. j; d7 ^

$ W& @  i0 `: r0 ^2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 26 p; R' P% |8 T7 r
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting! J$ U0 I1 c" G; v- Q- g1 {
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
" G+ F/ \: o4 `$ F( T/ W$ D; R: o* aand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
/ j& `, |# y, Y# m5 gfor these exciting local events.4 _& G8 r' g0 c

! O% X) r: u( g9 i
: L) @1 _9 F7 p2 u/ Y0 H3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
6 J) }  i$ p& Z4 I( j9 z6 ^* _. X3 F  H% s/ [: l8 B
Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
) _* h! C: {+ X6 l( _
- z' C# Z5 e7 r" l"Bougainville Sky"
& \5 z  ^& o0 cDirected by Nick Agafonoff
0 }3 {  ]: P0 @. G) ^2 I6 j75 min. Australia, 2006' }# I0 ^& ]0 n6 a& M% w! D
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm9 I; z6 }; e7 z0 P5 L0 E
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre6 b9 r( s* ^2 j; f
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
1 ~6 v0 C5 U1 x0 S( AAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income); V! c: H1 q* |1 w. J

$ y$ ?) x3 u( Q7 n: `Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance" X3 L9 |% _- U3 w1 H
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith! D& h& S8 l" |! |& i

1 T) r! b/ G7 A$ x9 Y+ dSynopsis:
: J+ Z5 Q, o% q7 I********
/ D. D" H/ f$ S) {Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South% k) W0 a! T" ^- W; i
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years" w3 v; }9 F  I! Y6 O. G
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
& n0 w9 F, b* Q, O9 d* [! `' Mconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the( p3 I/ p. ~. y( O$ p+ V% p
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
$ G7 g) W' ~& Z6 [1 f% tthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter% w+ D$ z$ i& j$ `8 C* X, b
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the' o: ~: X# g( A& B2 w( o. J& q) \
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
% V1 h; G- F. S6 @) w* u- ?international peacekeeping operation.
" n- k* |. ]+ E9 c/ o
8 W" E' a( |4 D4 `- F6 uThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their  ~* C" k) l4 S" h' X
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people9 r! u3 g8 O0 [# p$ Z  ~
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
$ a/ Z# v6 x# v6 q; W% _: |" _screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
  j+ f: K4 J: x8 k& _Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
3 j; u/ W5 ?' y( p, |$ I) @improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
# _, m$ A3 @/ u4 }and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
6 p# F0 `0 V" s) R" }. a
$ |# P! q9 a0 rAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
7 m0 I! S& M3 Wsuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole6 U( c; P2 ]6 x% F  o  o
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the. o5 w; v. D+ R$ n/ s- M* X
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.& g+ Y0 r9 p- {1 _1 G
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,# S4 L+ H4 [2 {; f# a( {: }
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."& Q! b0 k: h: @0 {  e4 I
6 F' Z+ T! r3 ?% M% |
Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
4 A  k9 K, H# R2 m: NSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
% }: R7 Y% J% `( H  U3 mEdmonton Public Library.
7 b# w( Z+ k; K* V0 Y) H; C3 p; U! {
+ T2 w7 G- ~/ e- e
4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
& R3 L, P  `6 S3 i# P/ P$ D' G9 ~In support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.# I# g# j) s4 f, ^% a' o4 g
--
) ?- q2 i, u' y4 r  ]0 Z$ o6 ?/ k9 C
[ 本帖最后由 年轻的心 于 2007-1-23 19:45 编辑 ]
BougainvilleSky-E-Poster.jpg
您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2026-1-25 10:58 , Processed in 0.161858 second(s), 12 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表