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6 Q% _( W6 a4 a. Z: F kI would like to tell you about 4 things:
0 s* I$ _( U% J! m$ ]! jØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
* G! ?$ h- S% W- U9 T" ^Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.55 {& n8 I7 O7 N0 Z, u3 @ }
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.; ?% G& p8 F: o
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( e; C6 d' ?2 i" u' O/ `( @/ y1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
! B( z& ~+ n0 j( `3 MI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
! A) Z! x4 t( V" t2 p; a' ^In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,% U9 c& ^; f+ P' H" Q ]3 } X
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
4 L& E+ Q! f5 b" L5 `groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
! l5 q n! u! O2 H6 X* wtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy i$ Q6 |5 n& U! w
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.( P3 l+ g$ J0 D$ b. i2 V3 s& u
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'5 s) j1 k$ v( f' @+ |
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.$ K) Q! I K4 E0 c& c E9 I8 j2 o
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
o: |* q$ A* s' `3 k' gs two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.% l q4 r i% V9 w
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
/ S- f$ P' m8 }Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
# V0 r1 F2 @3 D; W& `; G ?5 lEdmonton,* j2 P1 K0 j; f* l/ L
Suzana, ph 944-4687,
4 w7 \: N# N! K' _6 t4 J' \Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 23 s' `/ [. V9 g2 [$ _0 j0 w
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting1 [* }4 X6 P* \
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley* A* _ Q2 A# o! N) p9 o+ i) i
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March6 k7 ^ x( r$ x/ o& @ [9 [2 p
for these exciting local events.
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& I% \' o6 Q$ T! h2 I. c+ }3) Edmonton Small Press Event7 q1 e- ~) B3 n ^. O' v
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:8 t6 y( Y) P$ c9 Z* N6 Z
( ?$ C( _ |( I5 Y"Bougainville Sky"
* D$ `. l1 r/ F& UDirected by Nick Agafonoff
. v, a1 r3 [* J' _+ A/ z75 min. Australia, 2006- q5 a. L& i9 v+ a
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
- K( L& @# o5 N, J9 G5 r8 VStanley A. Milner Library Theatre9 ~: d2 T& c, R
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)( b2 u' X. _( }* S; X" V% s
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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5 i& r5 h4 S O1 DFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance3 l0 t1 W/ D+ I3 ~! j
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith/ ?+ d* u9 @8 Z7 q
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Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South8 Q& x0 t% s7 R0 D" J5 R
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
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conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the; K; R$ M0 D1 I2 |
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
2 D; ` H' ]+ A- Q, J- Mthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter [! F1 i: f" j" u J
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the! p4 u, B* I$ M& j+ {
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed5 \7 d$ k- D8 L% r# ?6 ~4 v" n
international peacekeeping operation.5 B. _8 [% I( h3 `" V* U# X
+ @2 {$ D/ f0 T; |This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
% |, U) z5 @% z \) Cown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
4 w' D6 F- c4 \. [4 f! D8 J$ nwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV4 H. p1 _4 l6 W
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and/ v: ~8 o# j, e% A4 q) o
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
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and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!+ c( V) c) ^5 ]! ?) X* c3 S
# B9 z8 X$ B2 t0 M6 G2 S$ cAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the8 c2 V# x$ v \, ^) B5 {' B h
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
[) H$ u. F7 A& Y4 `3 @- k0 Mprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the& I! `, h& P1 X
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
: F* ]: o+ d6 A4 }Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,) k. R W' ]% Q! t5 g
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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! b8 P, Z1 w' l' c1 b3 c+ B8 ePresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
1 Y( l5 H6 J4 V, Y0 h' ^+ HSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the6 b9 C! p& ]# q/ ?2 q. q6 P
Edmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
* a& }, a7 E2 kIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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