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

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1 V. b' B3 e# [+ \: y0 |! WI would like to tell you about 4 things：
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
. P  J: R% N- q7 _: @. @/ ?2 WØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.

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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
' r* U/ q& h7 e' [4 Q. bI'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
' [) ^& \, v) n: d7 ]/ TEngagement Training.

We 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
/ m7 |' ^# b9 ~$ S! E3 B$ ~groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
# z& l0 o' \: \- ^+ @5 ^8 d7 g% M2 Z, rCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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8 i: Z0 _1 X: w3 V& A6 SThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
5 }5 a- `' B8 K$ t, [Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
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Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
$ D( w- z8 V# z& ?% M, xIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
" C6 k% r) A# z; j6 ~5 wWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.

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/ j! `* C0 X, L# r$ |: c' h4 z: \. H- W' i! w3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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) o, G2 n5 }, \4 c) v# B"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
; s! d" p- c! v# ]Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
. {4 _& G9 v& w1 b# i% q5 NAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

& z0 ]# M5 H( e& D& bFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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0 c7 P- d  ?* \- j; |/ A2 _. O8 J, e! ^Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
, \2 R7 \) `* `Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
# s  W' _! n; Aconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
; I) ~+ v/ `- w; C9 B% EIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
# C4 ^; e5 w" @& ]+ a* @island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
2 F8 f  j2 G) j& q7 D. }international peacekeeping operation.
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6 T3 a. C" w7 e( cThis 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
/ c1 R" g6 G, e0 yscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
1 j& V# J0 G3 f& U  N2 ^: nimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

; v' v" C) e! I6 |+ nAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
, ], O8 `" @$ B- a; I5 @9 lprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
7 \, a7 X8 H+ x7 O+ ^+ U$ Lhands 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,
- x; }9 ^2 N8 L# f8 V. ]2 }3 kso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."

  m# c1 _9 {) PPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
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Edmonton Public Library.
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/ h- `, M0 _& B( [9 Q: x# \3 X4) 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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