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,
- w3 A' |( f5 l/ M& t+ VØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
! K6 E' V5 N( u: n3 r7 `Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.


1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
I'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
Engagement Training.
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) n( }3 Z$ K% Y- B9 kWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
9 b" P) H+ D2 \( v3 V$ K(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
" Q: Y5 [) g2 f+ b6 n2 ugroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
! {: Z- H. w0 @- @6 R/ S' \  i4 ntogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
. L. l3 K: C+ k! T6 g$ H3 \; mCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
6 H# Q' v: T  F- y1 H5 m; |3 _You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
1 ^! \5 S; h( ]( Jve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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6 y! j: }+ }0 A, h0 wThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
. A4 |; }/ ?4 `* |6 h: T# ~s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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6 o  t- E( ?* N& Y3 GEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
( ?" }6 H! X5 j* ^- ?1 a. aSuzana, ph 944-4687,
4 S  G" ?8 p3 o0 MEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
4 \9 Z1 y  D) x& a4 ?! fIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
! [& `8 ~3 o" J" ~; oWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
; J( K$ g' u/ a- w: j  }and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
) s4 D3 u5 J. I4 ~for these exciting local events.

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3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

8 i  Q8 X* p) F) `1 U; s3 Q/ |"Bougainville Sky"
; I) _4 {6 v; I1 ^$ K; v* b6 U! f2 qDirected by Nick Agafonoff
4 Z  D' _( b$ ?; X) C75 min. Australia, 2006
; ]( B- Q# d6 Q8 Q) V6 F% H8 F) fMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
- \4 ~; a' t4 d/ X# vStanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
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of 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:
$ }) o6 a( \  fthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
( m# N$ K, j$ V0 y/ lisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
1 M+ Z! B" N4 [& {# h" w; D' Vinternational peacekeeping operation.

This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
$ `' Q) Y' ^  c5 ]own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
) M. o7 y* n" K6 `who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
0 M# u& w9 t/ D6 W( Limprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
( K5 G/ V, J* F0 F6 Aand 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
  |$ `6 L' D9 q2 p$ Asuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
8 H5 |; I9 c& @1 Oprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
# [' j7 p8 ?/ o0 O' T& N; BAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."

. e; Y; g0 B5 sPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
! Y) ^; z! ^" I2 s/ gEdmonton Public Library.

4 d5 @% A8 h  I0 v8 h8 B$ y. j4) 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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